NATO’s group in Black Sea to grow to four ships

NATO’s group in Black Sea to grow to four ships — Russian Naval Staff

World March 04, 2015, 15:54

At the moment two NATO ships are in the Black Sea already — the USS Vicksburg (a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser), and Turkey’s frigate The Turgut Reis

MOSCOW, 4 March. /TASS/. Two more NATO warships will enter the Black Sea within several hours, a source at Russia’s Chief Naval Staff has told TASS.

"At the moment two NATO ships are in the Black Sea already — the USS Vicksburg (a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser), and Turkey’s frigate The Turgut Reis. Within hours the Italian frigate the Aliseo and Canada’s frigate The Fregerickton will join in. At the moment they are passing through Black Sea straits.