NATO announced exercises with the participation of Ukraine in crisis response
NATO and partner countries will conduct exercises with the participation of Ukraine in the script drop between 2 non-Alliance countries, according to the communiqu? of the NATO. Alliance claim that maneuvers CMX15 will be held from 4 to 10 March without deployment of any military power on the ground, according to news Agency ". The exercises will be participating countries-NATO partners: Australia, Finland, Japan, Sweden and Ukraine. As observers - South Korea, New Zealand and Georgia. Yesterday a constant authorized of Russia to NATO Alexander Grushko said that countries of the North Atlantic Commonwealth spent about 200 events a military nature on the Eastern borders in the framework of enhanced activity of the Commonwealth in the area. First NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, opening the meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of defence Ministers, said that the Alliance proceeds " to the most significant expansion of its military capabilities since the end of the cold war. Also Stoltenberg said that before the end of 2015 NATO countries and partner countries will hold military exercises in Georgia at the base of a permanent training centre in the country. After the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine, the head of the Ministry of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu announced an "unprecedented" increase in the activity of the military might of the USA and NATO in Eastern Europe the Russian borders.