The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky asked Verkhovna Rada to allow the admission of foreign troops to the country in 2021 to participate in the exercises. “Strana.ua” informs about it.
The Head of State has registered a bill developed by Ministry of Defense . It is planned to spend more than UAH 38.5 million on the exercises.
Earlier, Ukraine announced plans to conduct more joint exercises with NATO on its territory. Kiev also proposed to create a center under the North Atlantic Alliance to combat hybrid threats.
In addition, it became it is known that the MQ-9 Reaper attack drones For the first time, the US Air Force (Air Force) will be involved in exercises on the territory of Ukraine. They will test the strength of the air defense systems in service with the Ukrainian army.
The corresponding agreement was reached following the meeting of the US Air Force representative in Europe Kevin O ‘ Brian and Acting Head of the West Air Command of the Ukrainian Air Force, Major General Dmitry Karpenko .