US Navy destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98)MOSCOW, Apr 3 The United States will be afraid to return to the Black Sea in the near future and will wait for the complete elimination of the mine danger that arose through the fault of Kyiv, said Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Mikhail Popov. The United States withdrew its Navy ships from the Black Sea due to events in Ukraine and has not yet made a decision about the timing of their return, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said earlier.Turkey stated that it is taking all necessary measures against the «mine threat» «The presence of a mine threat seriously puzzled the command of the US Navy. Those classes of ships with missile weapons that traditionally enter the Black Sea are not intended for independent mine action,» Popov said in an interview the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. And in general, the fight against sea mines has never been the strength of the American fleet, Popov added. minesweeping helicopter squadrons. Naturally, in the forward zones, the United States relies on NATO allies, whose mine action capabilities are also limited,» Popov said. USA and the desire to help their European friends, left face to face with problems that never get tired of creating Ukraine,” added the deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. the sea, including because Kyiv has greatly worsened security in its waters, creating a situation with drifting mines, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Mikhail Popov said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. Also, US Navy ships left the Black Sea because «before the American Command, apparently, realized that it might not be possible to provoke Russia with impunity without dangerous consequences for oneself, Mikhail Popov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, said.
