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Two Island–class patrol boats are heading to Ukraine from the United States .

This is stated in the message of the US Embassy in Ukraine on the social network Facebook .

Two U.S. Island-class patrol boats have departed from Baltimore, Maryland, for Odessa, as part of more than $ 2.5 billion in US assistance to Ukraine since 2014. They will help strengthen Ukraine’s maritime security and increase operational efficiency. compatibility of the Ukrainian Navy with NATO, “US diplomats said.

As UNIAN reported, in November 2019, the first two patrol boats of the Island class, which were named “Starobilsk” and “Slovyansk”, joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These boats are already successfully performing tasks in the Black Sea basin.