Tzarism
L Todd Wood
Sept. 25, 2018
The U.S. Coast Guard will transfer two armed cutters to the Ukrainian navy in a ceremony in Baltimore, MD this week, as the Trump administration continues its buildup of lethal support for Kyiv in its struggle against the Russian Federation in the Sea of Azov.
The Russian navy has harassed and boarded multiple Ukrainian vessels over the last several months as the conflict in Donbass spills out into the body of water the two nations share. The new Russian bridge to Crimea has been used to restrict Ukrainian shipping into nearby ports.
For its part, the Trump administration has called for upgrading Ukraine’s naval and aviation capability in the face of the Russian received threat.
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