Authorized NATO will be present at the international military exercise Rapid Trident-2014 in the West of Ukraine as observers, said in an interview the Director of the NATO information office in Moscow Robert Pszczel.
" Not NATO conducts these exercises, They are bilateral Ukrainian-American, " said Pszczel, noting that the exercises were designed by the NATO countries and their partners.
He said that even the participation as observers " is useful from the perspective of experience ".
" The main goal of the exercises to the military from different countries could better with each other to work during operations, (learned) to conduct International operations. One of the main tasks is to learn to work with improvised explosives, and to escort the convoy, " said Pszczel.
according to his statement, combat shooting is Not planned in advance, but the teachings themselves will Not become a major military equipment, in addition to the base, which will bring foreign participants.
International military exercise Rapid Trident-2014, which will participate Soldiers from fifteen countries in the world, was launched on the first day of the week in Lviv region. According to the Ministry of defence of Ukraine, the training will last two weeks. They will be 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.
The Russian foreign Ministry have said before that the planned exercises and accompanying statements lead to tension, pose the danger signs of progress in the peace process in Ukraine and exacerbate the split in Ukrainian society.
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