On Tuesday, the Black Sea fleet said its ships had rehearsed destroying enemy targets and that their air defence systems had been put on alert at its bases in Novorossiysk and on annexed Crimea, the Interfax news agency reported. defence systems' and complained about NATO activity near Russia's borders.
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russian forces could observe the USS Mount Whitney navy command ship 'through binoculars or in the crosshairs of its. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Black Sea naval forces practised destroying enemy targets on Tuesday as Moscow bristled at the presence of two U.S.