The conduct of NATO exercises in the square of Ukraine only provokes the escalation of the situation said on the first day of the week at a press conference in MIA " Russia today " CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha.

" I view held on the square of Ukraine's teachings as a phenomenon, which only provokes the escalation of the situation. I think in the state, which in fact is in a state of civil war, when, that is speaking, not terminated before the end of the fire, on the square of this country to conduct exercises - nothing like trying to push the state to some action, or one of the parties to the conflict, " said Bordyuzha.

International military exercise Rapid Trident-2014, involving Soldiers from fifteen countries in the world, started a week ago in Lviv region. According to the Ministry of defence of Ukraine, the training will last two weeks. They are held on the square of the international centre for peacekeeping and security of the Academy of ground forces named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachny (Yavoriv military training ground). In the process of training will be used almost 700 weapons, more than 50 military vehicles and combat vehicles.

first of Ukraine held exercises Sea Breeze 2014, which was attended by about 2 thousand soldiers from different countries, such as Canada, France, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Turkey and Romania.


Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the UN on September eleven, the victims of the conflict was almost 3, 2 thousands of civilians, more than 8 thousand were injured body.

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