Royal Navy warships will sail for the Black Sea next month as tensions continue to rise between Ukrainian and Russian forces.
Putting the ships off the coast of Ukraine is intended to show solidarity with Kiev and Nato allies in the region after the President Biden decided to cancel the deployment of two American warships to the Black Sea last week for fear of escalating the crisis over the massing of Russian troops.
One Type 45 destroyer armed with anti-aircraft missiles and an anti-submarine Type 23 frigate will peel off from the Royal Navy’s carrier task group in the Mediterranean and head through the Bosphorus into the Black Sea, according to senior naval sources.
RAF F-35B Lightning stealth jets and Merlin submarine-hunting helicopters are to
