As soon as the U.S. ship entered the Black Sea, it was immediately targeted by the Russian army and sent ships to closely monitor it.

The Russian Satellite News Agency reported on January 29 that the Defense Management Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense told reporters that the U.S. Navy’s destroyer Potter, equipped with cruise missiles, entered the Black Sea and the Russian Black Sea Fleet monitored it.

The Russian Defense Management Center said in the news: “The Black Sea Fleet has begun to track the U.S. Navy-equipped cruise missile destroyer Porter, which entered the waters of the Black Sea at 17:00 on January 28, 2021.”

Previously, the U.S. destroyer Donald Cook also entered the Black Sea on January 23.