Ukrainian Navy to create a mine countermeasures division

3 July, 2023 Ukraine's Sandown-class minehunters "Cherkasy" and "Chernihiv". June 2023. Great Britain.

Photo credits: Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine The Ukrainian Navy is planning to create a full-fledged mine countermeasures division. Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesman for the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, shared this on the United News live.

The creation of such a formation, in particular, is required to ensure the safety of civil shipping. "We are moving forward, and as for further prospects, the creation of a full mine countermeasures division is now being discussed, because one of our main tasks is to ensure the safety of civil shipping in the waters of our seas," he says, underlining that mine countermeasures is one of the priorities.