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Ukraine Offers Maritime Expertise to Help Reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Kyiv signals a larger role in new regional security groupings focused on keeping the shipping lane open.

Overview

  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered Ukraine’s wartime maritime know-how to partners working to restore navigation in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.
  • Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha joined a virtual meeting of about 40 countries that focused on reopening the narrow waterway that carries a large share of global oil exports.
  • Zelenskyy said new arrangements will expand Ukraine’s presence in emerging security formats with Gulf and Middle Eastern partners.
  • Rustem Umerov will deliver a country-by-country report on progress on Friday, covering outreach from the Gulf to Türkiye.
  • Ukraine points to sea drones and other systems proven in the Black Sea against Russia as practical tools it could share to help protect shipping.