Vice Admiral, former chief of staff of the black sea fleet of the Russian Navy Pyotr Svyatashov in an interview with NSN commented on the message that the us missile destroyer Donald Cook entered the Odessa sea port.
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“The Donald Cook has already received a residence permit on the Baltic and the Black sea. The black sea fleet monitors and from the air and from the land of his movement”, — said Svetashov.
According to him, the destroyer is no threat — he leads the exploration and examines the actions of the Russian forces.
For his part, first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on defense Andrei Krasov in an interview with the newspaper “Izvestia” expressed the opinion that one of the true reasons for the exercise of the destroyer in the Black sea — the US desire to support the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the eve of elections of the head of state.
“As for America, such provocative actions are not new to us. This deployment of NATO troops near our borders in the Baltic countries, and the location of the global missile defense system in Romania and Poland. Frequent flights of reconnaissance aircraft along our borders. Frequent visits by vessels such as Donald Cook in the Black sea”, — he reminded.
Earlier in the Federation Council appreciated the message of the arrival of the US destroyer in the port of Odessa.