The warship was named «Hetman Ivan Mazepa».
The anti-submarine corvette "Hetman Ivan Mazepa" was launched for the Ukrainian Navy from the slipway of Turkey. The event was attended by the wife of the Ukrainian president Elena Zelenskaya, as she reported in her Telegram channel on Sunday, October 2.
"Today in Turkey had the honor of launching a corvette, which will serve Ukraine and at the same time will have a Turkish heart," she wrote.
Zelenska reminded that the name for the ship in 2021 Vladimir Zelensky himself chose and this is the first ship of this class, which will serve in the Ukrainian Navy.
We shall clarify, corvette in Turkey began to build last year, and from the budget of Ukraine was allocated $140.7 million. The corvette will be included in the Ukrainian Navy in 2024.