(ANSA-AFP) - KIEV, JUL 19 - Ukraine, the United States,
Poland and Lithuania launched joint military exercises on
Monday, amid ongoing tensions between Kiev and Moscow. The
drills, dubbed Three Swords 2021, involve more than 1,200
military personnel and over 200 combat vehicles, and will take
place at Yavoriv training ground in the western Lviv region
until July 30, the military said. "The official launch ceremony
took place today," Volodymyr Skorostetsky, a Ukrainian military
spokesman, told AFP. Part of military cooperation involving
Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, the exercises are being held in
Ukraine for the first time. In 2014, Ukraine, Poland and
Lithuania set up a joint military unit in the eastern Polish
city of Lublin. The unit includes 2,600 Poles, 570 Lithuanians
and 340 Ukrainians. The latest military exercises come after
Ukraine and the United States held joint naval exercises, Sea
Breeze, in the Black Sea. (ANSA-AFP).
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