Smoking hot pursuit in the Bosphorus. Russian Navy corvette Admiral Essen struggling to keep up with USS Donald Cook southbound. Spotted by @Saturn5_ @YorukIsik @KerimBozkurt @alperboler pic.twitter.com/SeK51ORz4T— Serhat Güvenç (@SerhatGuvenc) March 1, 2019
Sputnik: US Destroyer Caught Between Two Russian Warships Off Turkey (PHOTOS)
Earlier, the Russian Black Sea Fleet promised to keep a close eye on the USS Donald Cook as it made its way into the waterway last week for a visit to the Ukrainian port of Odessa.
The Tomahawk-capable USS Donald Cook destroyer was caught between two Russian warships shadowing it near the Dardanelles Strait, a military diplomatic source told Russian media on Friday.
The US vessel was said to have left the Strait at about 8 am local time, followed about ten minutes later by Russia's Admiral Essen, a Kalibr-capable frigate normally based in Sevastopol. At the same time, the USS Donald Cook reportedly maneuvered to avoid a collision course with Russia's Admiral Makarov frigate, en route to the Black Sea from the Mediterranean Sea, where it had engaged in military drills off the Syrian coast in January.
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WNU Editor: Two little Russian corvettes/frigates trying to catch up to a Tomahawk-capable U.S. destroyer. That must have been quite a sight to see.
