Russia accuses West of warship provocation
September 07, 2008 00:00:00
MOSCOW, Sept 6 (Reuters) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the West Saturday of acting provocatively in and around the Black Sea, where the United States is using warships to deliver humanitarian aid to Georgia.brI wonder how they would feel if we now dispatched humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean, suffering from a hurricane, using our navy, Medvedev said, adding that a whole fleet had been dispatched to deliver the aid.brThe United States has used warships to ferry relief supplies to Georgia after the brief but intense war with Russia in early August, in part to send a signal to Moscow.brIts biggest ship yet arrived on Friday. The USS Mount Whitney dropped anchor off Georgia's Russian-patrolled port of Poti.