NATO armies and Ukrainians are preparing for a joint exercise. As usual
(BRUSSELS2) The event would be trivial if it did not take place in an unstable context in Ukraine, where the most diverse “rumors” are circulating.
The initial phase of the American-Ukrainian exercise Rapid Trident 2014 planning has just ended in Lviv (formerly Lvov - near the Polish border), we learned from the General Staff of the Ukrainian army. About 50 soldiers from 8 countries (USA, Poland, Romania, etc.) discussed the conditions of this exercise and worked out the first planning documents.
The exercise will (normally) take place from July 14 to 25 next in the Lviv region, involving 1000 people, military transport planes, which will drop paratroopers and helicopters. It should test and evaluate Ukrainian units for interoperability with units of NATO countries and their integration into the NRF. NATO experts will also be present. Because as the Americans of the US Command for Europe say, this exercise has, above all, " aimed at promoting regional stability and security..
“Rapid Trident is designed to promote regional stability and security, strengthen partnership capacity, and foster trust while improving interoperability between USAREUR, the land forces of Ukraine, and other PfP and NATO partner nations. »
Military police deployed in Kiev: only for the protection of buildings
As for the deployment of military personnel of the Armed Forces to ensure public order or provide assistance to employees of the MBC (the Ministry of Internal Affairs) in Kyiv, they " are fake said Acting Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Military Police Colonel Oleg Lavrov in a statement on January 31. Military police have apparently been deployed since January 14, but in the " courtyard of the building of the Central House of the officers of the armed forces "and in order to ensure" his protection ". But the goal is to protect the property of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against theft and other criminal acts in accordance with Article 3 of the Constitution.
