Nearly two weeks of multinational naval exercises are set to begin in the Black Sea amid warnings from Russia that it will respond to challenges in contested waters off Ukraine after an incident with a British warship last week.
Ukraine-U.S. Relations
RFE/RL: Naval drills kick off in Black Sea after incident between Russia, UK destroyer
The Ukrainian Navy Hetman Sahaidachnyi frigate (R) and United States Navy missile destroyer Donald Cook (DDG-75) are moored near one another during the international drill Sea Breeze-2015 in southern Ukrainian city of Odessa, on Sept. 1, 2015.
