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Ukrainian military exercises with the participation of instructors from the United Kingdom have started in Zhytomyr region.
Britain's Defense Secretary Michael Fallon together with a British delegation visited the 199th Training Centre of the Command of Ukraine's highly mobile airborne troops.
In addition to the skills of warfare, soldiers demonstrated skills in providing medical assistance to the wounded.
The British military gained experience when participating in military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, while the Ukrainian armed forces participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas. The foreign instructors believe it is very useful for the troops to exchange their experience.
Fallon promised that Britain would complete the training of 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers until the end of March 2016.
According to Deputy Defense Minister for European Integration Ihor Dolhov, thanks to these drills, the Ukrainian armed forces get trained in keeping with NATO standards, and it is a great contribution of the UK to Ukrainian reforms.