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Commander of the Ukrainian Navy: We hope, that Denmark will give us a license to build ships of the Knud Rasmussen class

Commander of the Ukrainian Navy: We hope, that Denmark will give us a license to build ships of the Knud Rasmussen class
The meeting became known, which took place between the commander of the Ukrainian Navy Oleksiy Neizhpapa and the military attaché of the Danish Embassy in Ukraine. Main topic for discussion, as it turns out, became the topic of military-technical cooperation between Kyiv and Copenhagen "as part of the continuation of the process of transition of the army and navy of Ukraine to NATO standards".

According to the press service of the naval forces of Ukraine, during the meeting, issues of a possible start of construction of Danish ships for the Ukrainian fleet were discussed. The report said, that these could be Knud Rasmussen-class patrol ships. Moreover, Alexey Neizhpapa expressed the hope that, that Denmark will give Ukraine a license to build such ships at one of the specialized Ukrainian enterprises.

The Danish military attaché said, that it is in the interests of Denmark to continue deepening military-technical cooperation with Kyiv. At the same time, the representative of the embassy of this NATO country added, that Denmark is in favor of "improving the security of Ukrainian maritime borders in the Azov-Black Sea region".

Commander of the Ukrainian Navy: We hope, that Denmark will give us a license to build ships of the Knud Rasmussen class

In its turn, Ukrainian commander expressed hope that, that Denmark will help the Ukrainian Navy "to follow the path of active modernization".

The Ukrainian press notes, that this is the second meeting of the commander of the Ukrainian Navy with the Danish military attache since the beginning of the year.

For reference: Danish patrol ships of the Knud Rasmussen class are a very rare combat unit even for Denmark itself. FROM 2008 in total, the shipbuilding company Karstensens Skibsværft built only three such patrol ships for the Danish Navy. The ships are armed with cannon 76 mm (design and production in Italy), two 12.7 mm machine guns. Knud Rasmussen also have electronic weapons, American anti-aircraft missiles RIM-162 ESSM and torpedoes MU-90 from EuroTorp. Therefore, it is not enough to order the construction of these ships from Denmark, you still need to negotiate on the supply of weapons with other countries, or try to arm patrol ships "in your own way".

used photos:Ukrainian Navy, Danish Navy

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