The U.S.-Ukraine Sea Breeze naval exercises, explained

“We are demonstrating to the world that the Black Sea is an international sea. It is open and available for the free transport of commerce, of shipping, for all nations, and it is not owned by any one nation,” Capt. Kyle Gantt said at a briefing Tuesday. Gantt is deputy commander of Task Force 65, the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed destroyer squadron in Europe, headquartered in Spain.

Source: WP