Ukraine, US conduct joint exercises in Black Sea

Together with the US Coast Guard, Ukrainian border guards are conducting exercises in the Black Sea, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports.

“Yesterday at dawn, at a distance of more than 100 nautical miles from Odesa, in the exclusive maritime zone of Ukraine, the flagship of the Maritime Guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine met the US Coast Guard ship Hamilton,” the State Border Service said in a statement.

The department noted that the American partners arrived in Ukraine on a friendly visit.

Following the State Border Service, the Ukrainian ship Grigory Kuropyatnikov and US Hamilton stay in the Black Sea and continue joint exercises.