Kyiv remains set on building a ‘mosquito fleet’ of small, fast, and stealthy short-range patrol and fast attack craft which theoretically could prove more survivable and useable than large frigates and destroyers. And NATO member states are furnishing much of the new force, some of it for free.
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Sebastien Roblin: Ukraine’s ‘mosquito’ fleet
Giurza-class artillery boats escort the Ukrainian navy's flagship Hetman Sahaidachniy during the Sea Breeze exercises on July 20, 2020.
