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Your questions answered: Why hasn’t the West provided Ukraine with navy ships to challenge Russia’s dominance?

With a second front opening in the war and Russia claiming control of several settlements, it’s been an important week for the war in Ukraine. Readers have been sending in their questions to our senior correspondents and military experts for their take on the changing battlefield environment. Today, Lamas asked:

Given the impressive success of Ukraine to contain the operational degrees of freedom of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, why hasn’t the West supplied the Ukrainian navy with ships in order to consolidate its dominance and pose a serious new challenge to the Russian army?

Military analyst Sean Bell had this to say…

Thank you for this interesting question. At the start of the Russian ground offensive, the Ukrainians scuttled their remaining naval warships to stop them from falling into the hands of the Russian invaders. While the Ukrainians have proven effective at using naval drones to target Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels, the West has been cautious in directly supplying navy ships to Ukraine to challenge Russia’s dominance.

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This Ukrainian operational success has limited Russia’s ability to conduct an amphibious assault against the Ukrainian port of Odessa and has provided vital freedom of movement on the western edge of the Black Sea for Ukraine to continue exporting its grain and provide revenues for its war effort.

Late last year, the UK Ministry of Defence announced the transfer of two Royal Navy minehunter ships to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to operate at sea. Strengthening Ukraine’s maritime capabilities, particularly countering the threat from Russian sea mines, is crucial for restoring Ukraine’s maritime exports.

However, the only maritime access route into the Black Sea is through the Bosphorus straits, controlled by Turkey. Under the Montreux Convention of 1936, Turkey has the power to restrict warships’ access to the Black Sea, limiting the immediate transfer of naval assets to Ukraine.

Although the UK and Norway launched a Maritime Capability Coalition to support Ukraine’s maritime capabilities, the focus will be on rebuilding Ukraine’s military maritime capability after the current hostilities have ceased. The international community may donate maritime capabilities that are land or air transportable, but delivery of UK Naval Minehunters will depend on reopening access to the Black Sea.

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