Naval exercises Sea Breeze-2017 with the participation of the armed forces of the NATO countries started in the south of Ukraine.
As UNIAN notes, “the exercises are conducted in the spirit of the Partnership for Peace program in accordance with the program of bilateral cooperation between the defense ministries of Ukraine and the United States for the current year.”
Representatives from 16 countries – Ukraine, USA, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, France take part in the exercises.
From the Ukrainian Navy take part 15 ships, boats and support vessels, up to 8 aircraft and helicopters, a rescue search and landing group, an infantry unit, an engineering unit of about 50 units of equipment, etc.