Norway announced Monday $242 million in new military aid for Ukraine, including help securing access to the country’s vital Black Sea ports, APA reports citing Voice of America.
“It is essential to protect the Ukrainian population and Ukrainian infrastructure from attacks by Russia’s Black Sea Fleet,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in a statement. “It is also important to protect exports by sea of grain and other products, which generate crucial revenues for Ukraine.”
The aid includes funding for training Ukrainian soldiers as well as mine clearance operations.
Norway’s Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram said mines are a “significant threat” in the Black Sea and that the aid will help Ukrainian forces detect and defuse mines near the coast.
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