KIEV: Ukraine on Monday launched joint military exercises with the United States and a string of other NATO countries as tensions with Moscow remain high over the pro-Kremlin insurgency in the country’s east.
The annual Rapid Trident military exercises, taking place in the western Ukrainian city of Yavoriv until July 8, involve some 1,800 soldiers from 14 countries and focus on “peacekeeping and stability operations,” the US military said in a statement.
A spokesman for the regional branch of the Ukrainian defense ministry, Oleksandr Poronyuk, told Agence France-Presse that some 200 pieces of military equipment, including two helicopters, will be used during …read more
Source: The Manila Times
