"Vessels of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) and the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) entered the port of Odessa for a visit," the press service said on a Facebook page.
The goals and duration of the visit have not been specified.
The group of the NATO vessels includes Dutch frigate De Ruyter, Turkish frigate Fatih, Romanian frigate Regele Ferdinand as well as German support ship Rhein, Turkish mine sweeper Anamur and Romanian mine sweeper Lupu Dinescu.
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Apart from Ukraine, the United States, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, India, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom took part in the drills.
