The UK will transfer two decommissioned ships of the Ukrainian Navy to Ukraine. This is stated on the website Of the Royal Navy.
On August 4, a solemn farewell ceremony was held at the Clyde Naval Base in Scotland with two mine-fighting ships-HMS Blyth and HMS Ramsey. The first served the British Navy for 20 years, the second for 21 years.
"Goodbye and thank you for your service, HMS Blyth and HMS Ramsey. As two mine hunters, you were decommissioned after 41 years of collective service, " the British Navy said in a statement.
The document notes that these ships provided support for operations in the Middle East and off the coast of the United Kingdom, participated in NATO missions in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. Now, when the work on them is completed, they will enter the service of the Ukrainian Navy. The place of minesweepers in the UK, as noted in the statement, will be taken by unmanned autonomous systems.
On August 3, the United States began the largest naval exercise since the Cold War, Large Scale Exercise 2021 (LSE 2021). According to the statement of the US Navy, the training is conducted in order to show the capabilities of the United States to wage war on several fronts and respond to the aggression of China and Russia, including in the Black Sea, in the Eastern Mediterranean, in the South China and East China Seas.
Anastasia Makarova
