
A Navy destroyer and reconnaissance aircraft also trained in the Black Sea in January. Officials with 6th Fleet announced last month that ships from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group conducted a patrol in the Black Sea, with U.S. Navy ships routinely operate in the Black Sea.

Psaki said administration officials have also had discussions with NATO allies on the increased tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week about the new buildup of troops near the border. Ukrainian forces have been fighting Russian-backed separatist rebels since the illegal annexation. "On this somber anniversary, we reaffirm a simple truth: Crimea is Ukraine," Biden said. Russia in 2014 carried out an annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, which President Joe Biden slammed in February on the seventh anniversary of the invasion as a violation of international law and sovereignty. Todd Neikirk is a New Jersey based politics and technology writer. "Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed this week alone. Tagged: Fox News, Greg Gutfeld, Jen Psaki, Mockery, Space Force. After asked a question regarding the US Space Force, the newest branch in the US Military, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki appeared to make a joke at the expense of the Military Branch. "Russia now has more troops on the border with Ukraine than at any time since 2014," Psaki said. WATCH: Jen Psaki Appears to Mock US Space Force in Press Conference. is "increasingly concerned by recent escalating Russian aggressions in eastern Ukraine, including Russian troop movements on Ukraine's border." White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that the U.S. The ministry said the vessels will be there for a training exercise. Russia's defense ministry announced Thursday that 10 vessels, including landing and artillery boats, from the Caspian Flotilla would be moving into the Black Sea. And they will leave on 4 May and 5 May, respectively," an unnamed Turkish Foreign Ministry source told the Middle East Eye. "One US warship will arrive on 14 April, and another on 15 April to the Black Sea.

The ships, according to the outlet, will remain there until May 5.
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notified Turkey more than two weeks ago of plans to send two warships to the Black Sea. The Middle East Eye, a London-based outlet that covers the region, reported Friday that the U.S. The Navy abides by the Montreux Convention, he added, which requires that Turkey be given 14 days' notice of plans to transit straits into the sea.
