Minesweepers: Strait of Hormuz
(asked on 23rd March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will discuss with Ukraine their deployment to the Straight of Hormuz with the two former Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunters which were gifted to Ukraine but which been prevented from transiting to the Black Sea owing to the 1936 Montreux Convention.
This question was answered on 26th March 2026
Decisions on employment of Ukrainian military assets rests with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It would therefore not be appropriate for me to comment further on this specific issue.