NATO forces and the Ukrainian army have launched joint military exercises in the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula that rejoined Russia last year.
The naval drills, code-named Sea Breeze 2015, began on Monday in Ukraine’s Odessa and Nikolaevsk regions with the participation of 2,500 troops and some 150 military vehicles.
Kiev has deployed 1,000 forces, nine warships and eight aircraft for the maneuver, in which 1,000 US marines as well as five warships, two submarines and six aircraft are also involved.
The remaining 500 soldiers, six warships, three submarines and six aircraft belong to Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, the …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
