US patrol boats sent to back up Ukrainian Navy near Black Sea
The new boats are part of a security package to Ukraine worth over $2.5 billion since 2014, the year when Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula.
US flagged general cargo ship Ocean Grand, carrying two US Coast Guard cutters, sails in the Dardanelles, on its way to the Black Sea, in Canakkale,Turkey November 20, 2021.(photo credit: REUTERS/YORUK ISIK)ByREUTERSUpdated: