'We have a permanent threat from the Russian Black Sea fleet,' Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Havrylov said.
, adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, tweeted in May that the U.S."is preparing a plan to destroy the Black Sea Fleet."
"The effective work of the Ukrainians on warships convinced to prepare a plan to unblock the ports," he tweeted."Deliveries of powerful anti-ship weapons are being discussed." He posted the message after Reuters reported on May 19 that the White House was working to provide Ukraine with anti-ship missiles in the hands of Ukrainian troops to help defeat Russia's naval blockade.that Ukrainian officials were in talks to determine whether they could use U.S.-supplied weapons to attack Russian forces in Crimea.
"Sooner or later we will have enough resources to target Russia in the Black Sea and Crimea," he said, according toCrimea and the Black Sea have been the subject of discussion or reported conflict several times in recent months. A pair of bridges, together called the Kerch Strait bridge, runs between mainland Russia and Crimea. General Philip Breedlove, who served as
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