Poroshenko Offers Parliament to Admit Foreign Military to Take Part in Multinational Training Maneuvers

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill allowing the admission of the armed forces of other states to the country’s territory in 2019 to participate in joint exercises. The corresponding document is published on the website of the Ukrainian parliament. It says that foreign military this year should take part in six training maneuvers in Ukraine. First training maneuvers in the framework of the Partnership for Peace program in Ukraine will be attended by 3 000 American military and NATO soldiers. The next training maneuvers are Rapid Trident – 2019, which will be attended by                           2 thousand soldiers from the United States and NATO countries. The same quantity of foreign military will be involved in the Sea Breeze – 2019 training maneuvers. 220 Romanian soldiers will arrive at the Riverine-2019 training maneuvers, 350 NATO troops will arrive at the Maple Arch training maneuvers. The final training maneuvers will be Warrior Watcher – 2019 with participation of 300 soldiers from the UK. Source: RBC