In a major deal with France, Ukraine is negotiating to buy 22 ships and 24 helicopters to patrol Ukraine’s the Black Sea and Azov Sea borders.

In a major deal with France, Ukraine is negotiating to buy 22 ships and 24 helicopters to patrol Ukraine’s the Black Sea and Azov Sea borders. “These [22] ships will be of patrol class, which will reliably carry out the tasks assigned to protect the sea border,” President Poroshenko said last week, reports Interfax-Ukraine. Last month, Petro Tsyhykal, head of the Border Guard Service, told Channel 5: “Negotiations are underway with French partners for the purchase of 22 modern patrol vessels with the help of the Internal Affairs Ministry.”