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After the maneuvers “Vyshgorod” returned to the place of permanent deployment, and the Turkish ships were moored to the pier of the seaport.
Performed the task of tactical maneuvering in the orders / Photo: Dumbravii Odessa Ukrainian and Turkish Navy held a joint exercise of PASSEX type.

As reported in the command of the naval forces of Armed forces of Ukraine, in the Northern part of the Black sea the crew of a small armored artillery boats APU Vyshgorod held joint exercises of the type PASSEX with the TCG Barbaros frigate and missile boat TCG Marti Navy of the Turkish Republic.

Joint maneuvers of ships of the two countries took place against the backdrop of the annual naval exercises fleet of Turkey, “Blue homeland”.

“It should be noted that during the current exercises almost simultaneously 67 the Turkish units attend forty foreign ports in Marmara, Aegean and Black seas. In particular, the Georgian Batumi will visit a frigate and a missile boat, in the Romanian Constanta will include a frigate and a minesweeper, and the Bulgarian port of Varna will be visited by a frigate and a submarine,” – said the Agency.

In addition, in the Russian port of Novorossiysk with visit will include anti-submarine Corvette and minesweeper.

As reported in the command during joint exercises of the Ukrainian artillery boat, and the Turkish ships completed the task of tactical maneuvering exercises in air defense, as well as training for communications, in accordance with NATO standards.

It was emphasized that this was another step in deepening cooperation between the navies of the two countries and increase the compatibility level, the purpose of which is to strengthen stability and security in the black sea region.

Today a Protocol meeting was held of representatives of the Navy command APU with Turkish colleagues.

As noted by the first Deputy commander of the Navy APU rear Admiral Alex Neiipp, part of the Ukrainian crew in the joint exercise – the evidence of systematic cooperation of the domestic fleet with the fleets of the NATO countries.

He added that in 2019 this is the first exercise of PASSEX type in the Black sea with the participation of the Ukrainian ship.

“It’s hard to overestimate the importance of such joint exercises. Therefore, the participation of small armored artillery boat “Vyshgorod” this training was very useful for his crew, and the Ukrainian Navy as a whole”, – said during the formal meeting Neiipp.

After completing the tasks in the sea MBAC “Vyshgorod” returned to the place of permanent deployment, and the Turkish ships were moored to the quay of the Maritime station of the port of Odessa.

According to the program of the visit, the Turkish Navy will make a number of Protocol visits, get acquainted with historical places of Odessa.

As UNIAN reported earlier, yesterday in Odessa profits two ships of naval forces of the Turkish frigate TCG Barbaros and attack boat TCG Marti.

The visit of the Turkish warships will continue until March 8.