US-Ukrainian Sea Breeze Military Drills in Black Sea Involve Over 3,000 Troops

© Sputnik / STR / Go to the mediabankThe USS Whidbey Island dock landing ship which arrived for the Sea Breeze 2016 exercise is seen here in Odessa port.
The USS Whidbey Island dock landing ship which arrived for the Sea Breeze 2016 exercise is seen here in Odessa port. - Sputnik International
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The Sea Breeze military drills in Ukraine's south engage over 3,000 military personnel, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

The Ukrainian Navy Hetman Sahaidachnyi frigate (R) and United States Navy missile destroyer Donald Cook (DDG-75) are moored near one another during the international drill Sea Breeze-2015 which officially begins in southern Ukrainian city of Odessa, on September 1, 2015. - Sputnik International
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KIEV (Sputnik) — The Sea Breeze military drills co-hosted by Washington and Kiev in Ukraine's southern Odessa city engage over 3,000 military personnel, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

"Today, on July 10, the Ukrainian-US military and maritime exercises Sea Breeze-2017 were solemnly opened in Odessa… The drills are involving 31 ships, a boat and a support vessel, 29 aerial vehicles and over 3,000 of personnel," the statement read.

The drills brought representatives of military forces from a total of 16 states to practice a multinational naval security operation in a crisis region, according to the statement.

The press service of the Ukrainian Naval Forces reported that the drills are to be held on July 10-23 locally in the north-western part of the Black Sea in the Odessa and Mykolaiv regions.

The Sea Breeze exercises are annual multinational drills that train maritime, air defense, anti-submarine, and search and rescue operations, with the aim to strengthen cooperation among allies so as to ensure stability in the Black Sea region.

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