U.S., Ukrainian Navies Conduct Drills in the Black Sea

USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) enters the Black Sea on September 15, 2020. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission.

Destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) performed drills in the Black Sea with the Ukrainian navy on Tuesday, the U.S. Navy announced.

Ukraine’s Island-class cutter Starobilsk (P191) and the Gurza-M class (Project 58155) gunboats Nikopol (P176) and Kastopol (P180) participated in the exercise, according to a Navy press release. Starobilsk is a former U.S. Coast Guard cutter that was transported...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/29/u-s-ukrainian-navies-conduct-drills-in-the-black-sea

Retired U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Arrive in Odessa to Join Ukrainian Navy

Members of the Ukrainian navy train aboard a retired U.S. Coast Guard Island-class cutter that was transferred to Ukraine. Ukraine navy photo.

Two former Coast Guard Island-class cutters arrived in Odessa, Ukraine, on Monday, as part of a program to beef up Ukraine’s navy with retired U.S. vessels.

The two cutters, renamed by Ukraine Slavyansk (P190) and Starobilsk (P191), are the first in a planned deal to send four Island-class hulls to Ukraine, as part of U.S. program sending excess military...

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/21/retired-u-s-coast-guard-cutters-arrive-in-odessa-to-join-ukrainian-navy