NEWPORT, England – A Canadian warship will sail into the Black Sea in the coming days to take part in a multi-lateral exercise with Ukrainian, U.S. and other vessels.
HMCS Toronto, a Halifax-class frigate, will enter the Black Sea on Sept. 6 to begin the exercise starting on Sept. 8, military officials at the NATO summit here said Thursday.
The focus of the exercise, called Sea Breeze, is on interoperability, they added.
The U.S. and Ukraine are leading the exercise, with NATO participation. Fourteen warships are involved.
Military officials said that Sea Breeze is a long-standing exercise and is not being conducted in response …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
