[Ray Allan]

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/04...ias-front-door

The United States began the drills, called Operation Atlantic Resolve, more than one year ago over the crisis in Ukraine.

The guided missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham entered the Black Sea on April 3.

The amphibious command ship Mount Whitney, frigate Taylor, cruiser Vella Gulf, and destroyers Truxtun, Donald Cook the same ship the Russians fried with their "magrav" technology a few months ago, Ross and Cole are among other ships participated in the drills, The Navy Times reported.

Relations between Washington and Moscow have deteriorated over the conflict in Ukraine.

Meanwhile the US military deployed 750 tanks and thousands of troops to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in order to deter what it described as "Russian aggression."

US Army Europe said in a statement last month that the forces will remain deployed for about nine months to reassure the Baltic states of its commitment in the face of Russia's "aggressive moves" in Ukraine.

In an interview with Press TV last month, a political commentator said the United States and its European allies are seeking to overthrow the Russian government by escalating the confrontation with Moscow up to the "threshold of a thermonuclear war."