Ukrainian Naval Forces will receive “Centaur” landing boats to protect Sea of Azov

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Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of Defense Planning at the Ukraine Army’sGeneral Staff, Colonel Viacheslav Demyanenko said that in addition to six small armored artillery boats in the Navy, another similar boat and two amphibious boats, Centaur, are scheduled to be deployed this year.

“Navy accepted six small armored artillery boats in 2019, and it is planned to receive another one such boat and two amphibious boats “Centaur”. The development of the technical design of the rocket boat “Lan” (Doe) type, equipped with the “Neptun” rocket complex, is still continues. The United States transferred two Island-type patrol boats to the Ukrainian Navy as part of international military assistance. We continuing to form a set of naval forces on an ongoing basis to perform tasks on the coast and in the Sea of Azov water area,” Ukrinform quotes Demyanenko.

As The Journalist reported, UN established special assistance fund for civilian population of Donbas.