ODESA – Participants in the Sea Breeze 2013 exercises will conduct security operations at sea with an emphasis on emergency evacuations, the press and information department of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has reported.
The participants in maneuvers will work out a number of joint
exercises on responding to natural and man-made disasters and improve
the skills of interaction during humanitarian operations to ensure the
safety of civilians.
The military are currently discussing the details of the exercises at
the main planning conference of joint Ukrainian-U.S. exercises. The
conference will determine the composition of the forces and equipment
that will participate in the exercises, specify their venue, and develop
the basic documents for international training.
Participating in the event, apart from the Ukrainian and U.S. sides,
are also representatives of other countries that confirmed their
participation in the exercises: Germany, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania,
Turkey, Canada, Italy and Bulgaria.
On the first day of the conference about 70 servicemen from
participating countries worked out the plan of action for forces at the
exercises and started planning the operation. In particular, it was
decided that the Ukrainian side would be represented in the exercises by
all branches of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Over 20 ships, about 15
airplanes and helicopters, an integrated brigade of marines, special
forces and search and rescue services will practice interacting during
the Sea Breeze 2013 drills.
