The US destroyer USS Ross entered the Black Sea and Russia warned that he was monitoring "permanently"

The Russian navy claims to be watching US destroyer USS Ross, armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, who entered this Sunday in the waters of the Black Sea, reported Monday the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

"The forces and badets of the Black Sea Fleet constantly monitor the USS Ross destroyer of the US Navy," said a spokesman for the defense quoted by the agency. Interfax.

The source added that shortly after entering the waters of the Black Sea the American ship, destroyer of the clbad Arleigh Burke, was under the control of the Russian radio means.

"In addition, direct supervision of the actions of the US warship It is carried out by patrolman Vasili Bykov and the reconnaissance ship Ivan Jurs"said the spokesman.

The USS Ross, one of the four destroyers that the United States maintains in the base of Rota (Spain), in April 2017, participated in a missile attack on the Syrian Air Base in Al Shairat, Homs Province.

According to the Montreux Convention ships from non-coastal Black Sea countries may remain in their waters for up to 21 days.

The Ross USS crossed the Bosphorus Strait off Istanbul, Turkey, and entered the Black Sea on Sunday, as part of a series of naval exercises conducted in this stretch of water by member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), what Moscow saw as a provocation.

On this occasion, Romania, a country with coastlines on the Black Sea,The maneuvers also included ships from Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Holland and Turkey.

Romania has even called for the formation of a permanent force of NATO in the Black Sea.

On the other hand too Ukraine has called for a greater presence of the Atlantic Alliance in the region, especially after the forced annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 and the last naval conflict that experienced Kiev and Moscow at the end of last year.

"Strengthening NATO's military presence in the Black Sea region can help contain Russia's aggression"Ivanna Klimpush-Tsintsadze, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister, said in March, according to local media.

A former member of the Soviet Union, Ukraine has gradually moved closer to the West after its accession to independence in 1991, even though it planned to be part of both of the European Union (EU) and NATO, which provoked strong opposition in Russia.