U.S. deploys fighter jets and destroyer near Ukraine.

Poland's Defense Minister has announced that the first of twelve F-16 aircraft from the U.S. and at least 300 service personnel should arrive in Poland on Monday or Tuesday for a training drill. Meanwhile, a U.S. guided-missile destroyer, the USS Truxtun, passed through the Bosphorus Strait on Friday afternoon on its way to the Black Sea.

The training drill involving the F-16 fighter jets will include other airfields besides Lask where a U.S. Air Force detachment is stationed. And the U.S. warship's movements raise fears that the stand-off between Russia and Ukraine and the West over Crimea could become more militarized.

• A Turkish coast guard vessel is escorting the U.S. warship during its voyage along the Bosphorus Strait that forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia.

• The U.S. Navy said in a statement that the Truxtun, with 300 sailors on board, left Greece on Thursday en route to the Black Sea and would conduct training with Romanian and Bulgarian naval forces. 

http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20140308/101773.shtml
8/3/14
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