In Britain today, President Zelenskiy is to a sign a memorandum for a 10 year, $1.6 billion (£1.25 billion) loan to build 10 new fast attack boats for Ukrainian Navy for use in the Black Sea.

In Britain today, President Zelenskiy is to a sign a memorandum for a 10 year, $1.6 billion (£1.25 billion) loan to build 10 new fast attack boats for Ukrainian Navy for use in the Black Sea. Armed with eight ship-killer Neptune missiles and carrying a crew of 35, the 56-meter Barzan class boats are to have a range of 1,800 nautical miles, the equivalent of the voyage from Odesa to the Kerch Strait and back. The first two boats are to be built by BAE Systems Maritime, possible at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The other six are to be built in Ukraine.