News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news US Navy Says Black Sea Drills are ‘Essential’ Despite Russia Tensions The US and Ukraine-led Sea Breeze 2021 naval exercises are currently underway in the Black Sea A recent naval provocation from the UK in the Black Sea that involved a British warship sailing 12 nautical miles off the coast of Crimea has put a renewed media focus on the sensitive region. The US and Ukraine are leading 30 other nations in the Sea Breeze 2021 naval exercises in the Black Sea, and a US Navy commander told Newsweekthat these drills are “essential” desp...