by topwar.ru
The United States will supply Ukraine with 18 patrol boats taken out of storage by the Navy, Marine Corps and US Army. According to preliminary information, all boats will be part of the new flotilla The Ukrainian Navy, created on the Dnieper.
According to the Ukrainian press, citing American sources, the delivery will include two 35-foot SURC (Small Unit Riverine Craft) river boats, ten 34-foot Sea Ark Dauntless patrol boats and six 40-foot maritime combat patrol boats, whose name is not is given. The Pentagon itself claims that all boats are designed to operate on the waterways of Ukraine.
They are mainly intended to protect river routes so that Ukraine can maintain control over them. These boats can also be used in coastal areas
– said a spokesman for the US Department of Defense…
