Russia's military says it is monitoring the US navy’s guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke after it entered the Black Sea.

The United States has sent two patrol boats to beef up the Ukrainian navy amid escalating tensions between Kiev and Moscow.

A multinational NATO battalion has conducted military drills in Poland amid heightened tensions along the country’s border with Russia’s close ally, Belarus, and US-instigated provocations in the Black Sea region.

Russia says it expects the United States to abandon its "irresponsible" plans to control the Black Sea, after the US navy's 6th fleet deployed its command ship Mount Whitney to the strategic region.

In a phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday, Putin drew attention to what he called provocative nature of the large scale exercises led by the US and its allies in the Black Sea

The Russian Defense Ministry says the recent US military actions in the Black Sea are “aggressive” and pose a threat to regional and strategic stability.

The Russian Defense Ministry said the recent US military actions in the Black Sea were “aggressive,” and “posed a threat to regional and strategic stability.”