Since the beginning of this year, the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been replenished with eight ships, commander of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ihor Voronchenko has said.

“We took four armored boats into service, two assault landing boats were launched, and by the end of October they will be redeployed to home points and tested. We must receive a multifunctional search and rescue ship from the port of Yuzhny (it will replace four support vessels that have served their time.) Another support vessel is 95 percent ready. Thus, there are eight ships and boats,” he told in an interview with the BBC Ukraine released on October 16.