Maritime Coalition officially launched: the Ukrainian Navy named its purpose
Kyiv • UNN
The United Kingdom initiated the creation of a coalition to strengthen Ukraine's maritime capabilities, ensure safe civilian navigation, and secure the grain corridor. Coalition members will provide ships, equipment, and training to protect sea lanes and counter mine threats in the Black Sea.
In the United Kingdom UK announces the creation of a coalition to develop maritime capabilities Ukraine to ensure the safety of civilian shipping and the operation of the grain The Ukrainian Navy has announced the creation of a coalition to develop Ukraine's maritime capabilities to ensure the security of civilian shipping and the grain corridor, UNN reports .
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The coalition was created at the initiative of the United Kingdom to increase Ukraine's capabilities at sea to ensure the safety of civilian shipping and the operation of the grain corridor.
The naval forces report that the coalition members will provide Ukraine with ships and equipment, and will train the boat crews of the naval and river flotillas of the Navy, marines, air defense, mine action units, etc.
The main tasks of the of the Coalition are to help Ukraine win a victory at sea, ensure the safety of civilian shipping and to neutralize the danger of mines, as the Black Sea is currently the most dangerous in terms of mine safety in Europe. The sea is a big road and it should be equal for everyone, which is why we have to protect it and become such a powerful fleet that russia will never have the desire to seize it again
In addition to the Ukrainian Navy delegations of the Ukrainian Navy, the ceremony of announcing the opening of the Coalition for the Development of Maritime The ceremony of announcing the launch of the coalition to develop Ukraine's maritime capabilities was attended by British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, Minister of Defense of Norway Bjørn Arild Gram, Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Europe Admiral Stuart Benjamin Munsch, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe, Admiral Sir Ben Key and representatives of other European countries.
To recap
In March the then Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov announced the creation of a a "ship coalition" to support Ukraine. According to him, it already included the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Belgium, which agreed to provide the country with minesweepers.
In May, Reznikov invited Germany to join the creation of a "maritime coalition", for the safety of navigation in the Black and Azov Seas.
On December 11, it became known that the UK will provide Ukraine with two Sandown-class minesweepers and will form a new maritime coalition with Norway to strengthen Ukraine's security in the Black Sea. Also, the United Kingdom Britain and Norway will also provide Ukraine with 20 Viking amphibious assault boats and 23 fast attack boats.
