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A US Navy commander said Wednesday there is "no significant change" in the conduct of Russian aircraft and warships toward Western naval and air assets in the eastern Mediterranean as Moscow's war in Ukraine grinds on.

Russia claims that a patrol ship of the Russian army fired warning shots at the British destroyer, but the British claim that this did not happen.

Earlier, the British destroyer received a warning that weapons would be used if it violated the borders of the Russian Federation, however, the warship did not respond to that warning, according to the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

The United States' Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Friday a near-collision between in a Russian destroyer and a US Navy ship in the Philippine Sea was reminiscent of Tuskish aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean.

The U.S. Navy said on June 7 a Russian destroyer almost collided with one of its guided missile cruisers in the Philippine Sea in an incident it denounced as "unsafe and unprofessional."

In what has been described as a show of force to Greece and Cyprus, Turkey on Wednesday launched its biggest ever naval exercise.

The "Blue Homeland 2019" exercise, with the participation of frigates, destroyers and fighter jets, takes place in the Black Sea, the Aegean and the Mediterranean through March 8.

A Chinese warship sailed within yards of an American destroyer -- forcing it to change course -- in an "unsafe and unprofessional" encounter as the US vessel was in contested waters in the South China Sea, an official said Oct. 1.

The citizens of Piraeus had the opportunity to see three Chinese navy ships sail into their port in the framework of the Chinese initiative under the theme “Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum, May 2017. The three ships were the frigate Plans Jing Zhou (FFG-532), the Destroyer Plans Chun (DDG-150) and the Plans Chao Hu (AOR-890) replenishment ship.

Chinese navy destroyer Changchun, the flagship of long-term overseas drilling, and two other warships docked at Istanbul's port on July 18, as part of Beijing's plan to tour them around the world in 180 days. 

Chinese Military Attaché to Ankara Zheng Qinli, Consul General to Istanbul Qian Bo and a group of Chinese citizens in the city welcomed the fleet headed by Admiral Miao Hua. 

The Chinese Navy launched a new destroyer on Wednesday at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The People's Liberation Army Navy claimed that the 10,000-tonne domestically designed and produced vessel is the first of the Asian giant's new generation of destroyers.