Writes a Type 45 destroyer armed with anti-aircraft missiles and a Type 23 anti-submarine frigate leaving the Royal Navy aircraft carrier fleet in the Mediterranean and heading to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus. Reuters a Sunday times Referring to your information.
The report said in the possession of the newspaper that RAF F-35B Lightning stealth aircraft and Merlin combat helicopters will be on standby aboard the main fleet carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, to support warships in the Black Sea.
A ministry spokesman told the newspaper that the British government is working closely with Ukraine, monitoring the situation and continuing to call on Russia to de-escalate the situation. “The United Kingdom and our international allies firmly support Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the newspaper quoted the spokesman as saying.
Tensions are rising between Moscow and Kiev in the Donbas region, on the Russian side of the border, due to a military gathering ordered by the Kremlin, and the escalation of conflict in eastern Ukraine between the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russian separatists. NATO leaders and the West noted: Support Ukraine In the conflict, the United States also assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of its support, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Vladimir Putin to withdraw his military force from the Donetsk Basin.
Russia said it had mobilized its forces in the region to protect its territory and Russian citizens due to the provocations in Ukraine. On Saturday, Moscow announced this for half a year Kerch Strait closes In the Black Sea. The response of the British fleet to the region was in part a response.
