Thursday, March 20, 2014

Ukraine To Hold Joint Military Exercises With U.S. And Britain


Ukraine To Hold Joint Military Exercises With U.S. And Britain After Announcing Troop Withdrawal From Crimea -- Daily Mail

* Security chief Andriy Parubiy says nations will work together to deter Russia
* MoD sats Britain 'routinely' holds military exercises with Ukraine
* News comes as embattled nation withdraws troops from Crimea
* Ukraine also demanded the release of its navy chief Admiral Serhiy Hayduk

Ukraine asked Britain for military support last night amid growing fears that Russia is set to launch a fresh land grab in Eastern Europe.

The embattled nation’s security chief Andriy Parubiy called for joint military exercises with the United States and Britain to deter Russia from seizing the rest of Eastern Ukraine.

He said Ukraine will hold manoeuvres with the two Western nations following the annexation of Crimea.

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More News On Ukraine To Hold Joint Military Exercises With U.S. And Britain This Summer

Ukraine to hold military exercises with US, UK -- AP
British military set for exercise in Ukraine -- The Guardian
We will hold joint military exercises with Britain and US, says Ukraine -- The Telegraph
Crimea Crisis: The Chess Game of Troop Movements in Europe -- Popular Mechanics

My Comment: This is not a good idea.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Joint Military Exercises for what, after losing of Crimea

Don Bacon said...

news:
Planning is going ahead for one exercise - codenamed Rapid Trident 14 - to be held near Lviv, close to the Polish border in western Ukraine, in July.

It's way out west, in July. Ukraine should still control that region in July.