A Ukrainian Military Band treated the Ship's Company to a concert on the jetty in Odessa.A Ukrainian Military Band treated the Ship's Company to a concert on the jetty in Odessa.
A Ukrainian Military Band treated the Ship's Company to a concert on the jetty in Odessa.

13 photos of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon in Odessa in Ukraine

HMS Dragon has spent a week in the Ukraine’s premier port forging closer ties with the country’s navy.

The Portsmouth-based destroyer has broken away from the UK’s amphibious task group currently operating in the Mediterranean to patrol the Black Sea, working with Britain’s allies and partners in the region to guarantee freedom of movement.

She sailed through the Dardanelles and Bosporus bound for the historic Black Sea port of Odessa, home of the Ukrainian Navy, for a high-profile visit focused on diplomacy and combined training, before paying their respects to the city’s WW2 dead.

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