Ukraine and the United States will start a military exercise involving more than 30 countries in the Black Sea and southern Ukraine on June 28, despite Russian calls to cancel the drills. Sea Breeze 2021 follows a rise in tensions between NATO and Moscow, which said last week it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of a British warship to chase it out of Black Sea waters off the coast of Crimea. Britain rejected Russia’s account of the incident.
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Reuters: Ukraine, US to start Black Sea military drills despite Russian protest
Giurza-class artillery boats escort the Ukrainian navy's flagship Hetman Sahaidachniy during the Sea Breeze exercises on July 20, 2020.
