The United States is dispatching a warship to the Black Sea amid tensions between Ukraine and Russia, a Pentagon official said on Monday.
“We have decided to send a ship into the Black Sea. We expect it will arrive there within a week,” said Pentagon spokesman colonel Steven Warren, without disclosing the name or type of the vessel citing “operational security.”
“The purpose is primarily to reassure our allies and partners in the region that we’re committed to the region.”
“We’re still planning the details of our operations in the Black Sea but we expect port calls and exercises with other Black Sea nations.”
