The Russian military has announced that the Baltic Fleet's corvettes have been monitoring two US destroyers in the area.
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According to the statement released by the Russian National Defence Management Centre, Russia’s "Boykiy" and "Soobrazitelny" warships have been escorting the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Porter and USS Gravely in the Baltic Sea.
"The forces of the Baltic Fleet took Gravely and Porter, the destroyers of the US Navy that entered the southern part of the Baltic Sea, under escort. Russian Navy corvettes Boiky and Soobrazitelny are monitoring the actions of the US ships", the Russian National Defence Management Centre said Monday.
On Sunday, images of the USS Donald Cook, a missile destroyer deployed to the Black Sea, were unearthed online shortly after the vessel entered the region.
#USSDonaldCook passed through Istanbul on 19th January 2019 northbound. This is the 1. deployment of this destroyer and 2. deployment of a US Navy warship to the Black Sea. To track movements of foreign warships through Bosphorus click here: https://t.co/MYUQ7ILfpJ pic.twitter.com/TEVqQLBlco
— Bosphorus Naval News (@Saturn5_) 19 January 2019
The Russian Black Sea Fleet began tracking the destroyer's movements, having sent one of its frigates, the Pytlivy, to shadow the US vessel.
READ MORE: Russian Navy Monitoring US Destroyer in Black Sea – Control Center
Earlier this month, the USS Gravely destroyer was spotted passing through the Danish straits and approaching the Baltic Sea.
#USNavy photos of the day: #USSGravely pulls into #Copenhagen, #Denmark, #USSDecatur conducts exercise #NeonUnion19 with the Royal Bahrain Naval Force, #Sailors handle a bomb, and an F/A-18F Super Hornet lands aboard #USSJohnCStennis!
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) 10 January 2019
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