KIEV (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 05th April, 2019) Ukraine alongside NATO member states started "Sea Shield" joint drills on Friday.
"On April 5-13, fourteen Romanian warships, six warships from Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, the Netherlands, and Turkey as well as 2,200 troops will be carrying out joint combat missions in the Black Sea region," according to the Ukrainian Mission to NATO.
According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, NATO member states agreed on measures to support Ukraine and Georgia in the Black Sea. These measures include drills, exchange of information and entering the sea ports. The measures will help raise NATO's awareness of the situation in the Black Sea, Stoltenberg said.
On January 15, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Main Directorate of Ukrainian Armed Forces Training Igor Podolyan stated that the Ukrainian military will take part in six multinational drills that will take place in the country in 2019. He also noted that Kiev will participate in joint Ukrainian-American drills "Sea Breeze-2019" and "Rapid Trident-2019."
