Russian warships interfere with U.S.-Ukraine joint naval drills in Black Sea

[rangerrebew]

Russian warships interfere with U.S.-Ukraine joint naval drills in Black Sea
 Sunday, May 9, 2021 12:00:51 PM

On May 8, Russian warships interfered with joint naval exercises of the United States and Ukraine which were held about 100 nautical miles from Odesa, reported Ukrainian State Border Guard Service on its website.

On Saturday morning, the flagship of the Ukrainian Maritime Guard Grigory Kuropatnikov was joined in the Ukrainian waters by the U.S. Coast Guard ship Hamilton.

It is noted that the American partners arrived in Ukraine on a friendly visit, which will include joint maneuvers at sea, joint trainings to exchange experience in monitoring and assault operations, as well as a meeting of Coast Guard representatives to discuss ensuring safety of navigation.

https://uawire.org/russian-warships-interfere-with-u-s-ukraine-joint-naval-drills-in-black-sea

[rangerrebew]

Long ago and far away, I served aboard an aircraft carrier home ported out of Alameda, Ca.  After completing a yard period, we were taking her out to see how the repairs worked out.  The Russians were interested, tool.  They put a "fishing fleet" off of San Fransicko to check us out.  We went through the middle of the "fishing fleet" at 43 knots which gave the Ruskies quite a ride on the wake created.