Taiwan's military sent aircraft and ships to keep watch and activated shore-based missile systems, it added, without providing further details.
Iran can use the sea to expand its strategies in Central Asia and protect shipments of weapon systems, such as drones, to Russia.
This new naval officer is already working hard to assist her colleagues - and hopefully receiving belly rubs along the way.
The intention behind this action, according to Naval News, is to reduce the size appearance of the ship so that the ship's identity is not confirmed.
The most likely outcome to anticipate is the establishment of procedural arrangements centered around regulatory agreements and understandings.
At the time of the attack, a US RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft was in the central area of the Black Sea, the defense ministry said.
Ukrainian officials said on Monday that Russia had put five aircraft out of action in an attack on a military target in western Ukraine and caused a fire at the Black Sea port of Odesa in airstrikes