Two NATO ships arrived to the port of Odessa

Two ships of the NATO Constant Naval Group arrived at the port of Odessa, the official page on Facebook reports the command of the Ukrainian naval forces.

"The ships of the NATO NATO naval group (SNMG2) were visiting the port of Odessa today, on July 24, - the destroyer of the Royal Navy of the UK DUNCAN and the frigate of the Turkish Navy Yildirim," the Navy press center said.

According to the program of ships, protocol meetings of their command with the leadership of the Ukrainian Navy will be held. Residents of the city will be able to visit ships, and NATO military will meet with Ukrainian sailors. Also, crews will visit cultural events. The visit will last until July 27.

Командующий ВМС ВСУ Игорь Воронченко провел встречу с командиром похода коммодором Джеймсом Морли и командирами прибывших кораблей, стороны подчеркнули важность развития сотрудничества между украинскими ВМС и НАТО, флотами стран-партнеров с точки зрения укрепления безопасности на море и в регионе.

It is planned that at the end of the visit, NATO ships will be held in the Black Sea together with the Navy of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces.

Last week in the Odessa and Nikolaev regions, the Sea Breeze 2017 naval exercises ended, in which 17 countries, including Great Britain and Türkiye, took part. In Crimea, in turn, a check of the Black Sea Fleet was tested, RIA Novosti recalls.

On January 26, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a law allowing units of the armed forces of other states to Ukraine in 2017 to participate in multinational exercises,the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine was reported.

On March 17, four ships of the same NATO group were visiting the port of Odessa on March 17, the Facebook of the Ukrainian Navy reported.