NATO exercise Rapid Trident 2015 ended within the international centre for peacekeeping and security Academy of land forces on jaworowski polygon In the Lviv region of Ukraine, informs on the last working day of the week press group exercises on his page century

International Exercise Saber Guardian/Rapid Trident-2015 was launched on 20 July In Lviv region. They are the most large-scale exercises in the country this year, participated in more than 1,800 soldiers from 18 countries. The American military is the most numerous among the foreign participants of the exercises in the West of Ukraine, consisting of about five hundred people, said the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of defense.

"Summing up the results of exercise Rapid Trident 2015, I Wish to note that They were useful for all military contingents. The developers of the teachings fill them with the necessary content and dynamics, and division of professional and high-quality execution of tasks. I am shocked with the achieved level of compatibility and coherence, which showed our multinational headquarters and divisions, " said co-Director of the exercises on the Ukrainian side Colonel Alexander Sivak, quoted by the press group.

for its part, the co-Director of the exercise American Colonel Alfred Renzi said that " two weeks ago you were standing on this field as 18 different national contingents "." Today I see the multinational brigade, " he said.

During practical training exercises planned to apply nearly 900 weapons and about 130 military vehicles and combat vehicles.

The annual Exercise Saber Guardian/Rapid Trident in Ukraine are held with the participation of the offices of Ukraine, the United States and several other NATO countries and the former USSR. In 2014 participated in about 1, 3 thousand soldiers from fifteen countries.

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