Diplomats are now working to get the anti-mine ships.
in London, a decision was made to hand over several warships to our country. He visited one of these, there are already trainings for defenders. The ambassador told the publication “Suspilne” about this.
“Our military personnel are already training on it. They control the ship, they control the weapons. There will be several such ships,” the diplomat noted.
At the same time, the ambassador reminded that after the attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine on February 24, Turkey closed the straits in the Black Sea for warships.
“Our priorities have shifted. We now need anti-mine ships. 2 is the initial number we are currently working with. These are combat ships that are in service with Her Majesty's Naval Forces,” the ambassador noted.
Prystayko added that these ships will be modernized: they will be reworked, updated and equipped with equipment needed by the Armed Forces.
“But these are not only 2 ships. They have more of the same class. And our officers and sailors are currently being trained on the existing ships,” the ambassador concluded.
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Let us remind you that back in the spring the then Prime Minister of Britain Boris Johnson proposed train up to 10,000 Ukrainian servicemen every 120 days to work on modern equipment of NATO standards. These trainings are actively ongoing, even already rotation of defenders took place.
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