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 by Ed Adamczyk Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2019
The guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook left the Black Sea on Monday after conducting multinational exercises and stirring a Russian response. The Arleigh Burke-class ship entered the Black Sea on Jan. 19, as its movements monitored by Russia's Black Sea Fleet. The Russian frigate Pytlivy tracked the U.S. ship's movements. The USS Cook's arrival came two months after Russia seized three Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea. The Ukrainian ships were fired upon, and 24 crew members were detained. The Ukrainian ships illegally crossed the Russian maritime border on the sea, Russia said, and a criminal case was opened. While in the Black Sea, the USS Cook conducted security operations "enhancing regional maritime stability, combined readiness and naval capability with our NATO allies and partners in the Black Sea," the U.S. Navy said on Monday in a statement. The ship also visited the port of Batumi in the Republic of Georgia, with sailors participating in a sports day with Georgian sailors. Prior to the visit, the Cook's crew and the Georgian Coast Guard conducted integrated search and seizure exercises. The U.S. Navy regularly operates in the Black Sea, consistent with international law. The sea, which is bounded by seven countries including Russia and Georgia, is entered from the Mediterranean Sea through the Bosphorus Strait. .@USNavy #Sailors aboard #USSDonaldCook #DDG75 stand watch in the bridge as the ship transits the #Bosphorus Strait, Jan. 28, 2019. #PresenceMatters #US6thFleet pic.twitter.com/YvjtWbEmvk- U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet (@USNavyEurope) January 28, 2019
Ties between US, Russia and China 'dysfunctional': UN Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 The world is facing worrying "fragmentation", UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday, warning that the relationship between the United States, Russia and China was worryingly out of kilter. "The relationship between the three most important powers, Russia, the United States and China, has never been as dysfunctional as it is today," the UN secretary-general told the World Economic Forum in Davos. Guterres said the ongoing shift away from a world dominated previously by two Cold War superpowers ... read more
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