Military exercises involving some 1,300 personnel from 15 nations are due to begin in western Ukraine on September 15. The Pentagon has said 200 U.S. soldiers will participate in the annual exercise, called Rapid Trident.
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A soldier from the US Pennsylvania National Guard (L) speaks to a Lithuanian soldier as they take part in a field training exercise during the first phase Saber Strike 2014, at the Rukla military base, Lithuania, on June 14, 2014.
