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The Ukrainian Armed Forces began a second stage of the Southern Wind 2016 command post exercise on July 25, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff said.

“The active phase of the exercise will involve practical actions, in particular, tactical live-fire drills by battalions (divisions) and landing operations and raids by highly-mobile paratroopers, overcoming considerable distances by a combined method with river crossing, flight tactical tasks, countering an enemy airstrike and so on,” the General Staff said on Facebook.

This stage is to last for seven days and take place in Kherson region.