Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has given his formal approval for the creation of a joint military brigade with Lithuania and Ukraine, TASS reported.
The resolution signed by Komorowski on Monday will take effect two weeks after it is published, the Polish leader’s office has confirmed, according to the Russian news agency.
The joint unit, which will consist of 4,500 servicemen, is planned to become fully operational by 2017. The brigade’s first joint drills have been scheduled for the autumn of this year.
Talks on establishing a joint force comprising servicemen from Ukraine and EU and NATO members Poland and Lithuania had been held …read more
Source: Novinite
