KYIV, Feb 1 – Deliveries of patrol boats to Ukraine manufactured by the French company OCEA will begin at the end of 2021, said French Ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins.

"Construction has started in France and started in Mykolaiv in Ukraine in December 2020. Deliveries will begin at the end of 2021. This is a EUR 136-million project, receiving a financial support from the French government, through a loan of the French Treasury (EUR 40 million) and Bpi France (EUR 76 million)," the ambassador said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.