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Two US patrol boats of the "Island" type, which were handed over to the Navy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the end of September, will arrive in Ukraine in July 2019. Active preparation of ships and crew is in progress.
Commander of the naval forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Ihor Voronchenko announced, writes DW
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Channel 24 wrote on September 27 in the United States with participation The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, and the Vice Admiral of the United States Coast Guard, Michael McAllister, will hold a solemn ceremony for the transfer of two 30-meter patrol ships to the island of Iceland.
The completion of these vessels is underway.
In July, they should be in Ukraine. Crews are being prepared, a coordinated procedure for the completion of these vessels and a joint training program based at Baltimore. We have adjusted the latest steps for the boats to arrive in Ukraine as soon as possible
he said.
Voronchenko also said that the ships would be converted to Ukrainian artillery weapons
By the way, the commander of IFOR Voronchenko had declared that in the waters of the Azov Sea there were nearly a hundred ships and ships of the Black Sea Fleet . and the FSB. Less than half of them can perform all the tasks. At the same time, Ukraine has more than four ships at sea.
The conflict in the Azov and Black Sea region has worsened
The 25 November, a Russian border ship broke into the tracks of the Ukrainian tug in the Kerch Strait. It is known that two small armored Ukrainian artillery boats and raids were conducted in accordance with international standards from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol
However, Russia said that Ukrainian warships would have illegally penetrated into the temporarily closed waters of the Russian Sea. and continued their movement towards the Kerch Strait.
A group of Ukrainian ships continued their journey to Mariupol. However, during the withdrawal from the Kerch Strait, Russian border ships opened fire on Ukrainian ships, injuring six Ukrainian soldiers. Russia also captured two Ukrainian ships and 24 Ukrainian sailors, who were later arrested in occupied Crimea and taken to SIZO Moscow.
Ukraine then introduced a military state in the 10 regions until December 26th. In addition, on November 30, Ukraine banned the entry into its territory of Russian citizens aged 16 to 60 years.
Russia is no longer the first month of the world to block foreign ships going to the Ukrainian ports of the Azov Sea. As a result, the Ukrainian economy suffers considerable losses.
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