KYIV, Nov 13 – The United States in support of Ukraine's security sector will provide Ukraine with three more Island-class patrol boats, in addition to the Starobelsk and Sloviansk boats already transferred to Ukraine's Naval forces, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy Joseph Pennington has said.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's ArmyInform ezine quoted Pennington as saying in Odesa on Wednesday that the Starobelsk and Sloviansk boats are just a small part of the security assistance that the United States has already provided to Ukraine since 2014. Pennington said he was pleased to announce the United States would provide three more patrol boats of the same class.