NSDC approved the admission of foreign NATO members to military exercises in Ukraine

This was stated by the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov.

“They will start in September this year, next week.

And today we voted for the admission of our partners to these exercises, "TASS quotes him.

The command post exercises will be held by Ukraine from 22 to 30 September together with 15 countries, 11 of them are NATO members.

Thus, representatives of the Armed Forces of Britain, Georgia, Italy, Jordan, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, USA, Hungary and Sweden are expected in the country.

In total, 12.5 thousand people and more than 600 units of weapons and military equipment will take part in the training events.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed concern about the military development of Ukraine by NATO.

He recalled that in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine, there can be no foreign military bases on the territory of the state, and the current situation creates security problems for Russia.