https://nypost.com/2021/04/20/russia-sends-warships-in-black-sea-amid-us-ukraine-tensions/

ByEmily Jacobs

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Russia sent a fleet of over 20 warships to launch multiple cruise missiles in the Black Sea on Tuesday — days afterdefying President Biden’s demandthat the nation drop its military offensive against neighboring Ukraine.

Video released bythe TASS news agency, a state-owned wire service known largely as a propaganda outlet for the Kremlin, showed the Admiral Essen, a massive Russian naval frigate, launching a series of missiles into the air.

The agency described it as “a joint exercise.”

News of the “exercise” comes amid ramped-up tensions in the region, with Biden declaring a national…