As per reports, USS Nitze (DDG-94) stopped on the edge of the Bosphorus Strait, on its way to make a port call in Turkey.It’s the closest a U.S. warship has been to the Ukraine-Russia war since it started nearly a year ago.Nitze was seen by ship spotters at the lower edge of the strait on Friday. U.S. 6th Fleet confirmed in a tweet that Nitze anchored off Instabul’s coast ahead of a scheduled port call at Gölcük Naval Base.Turkey closed the Bosphorus Strait to warships on Feb. 28, 2022, four days after Russia invaded Ukraine. Since the closure, only warships with ports on the Black Sea, which includes Russia’s Black Sea Fleet and Turkish ships, can enter.The last American warship to transit the strait was USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), which left the Black Sea on Dec. 15, 2021. In this video Defense Updates analyzes why USS Nitze’s presence near the Ukraine-Russia war sends a powerful message?#defenseupdates #USSNitze #usvsrussia