Warsaw, Oct. 18 (SANA) The United Kingdom, France, Germany and Poland will conduct joint military exercises in Poland next month, simulating the deployment of multinational forces in Ukraine if a ceasefire is reached, the British Ministry of Defence announced.<\/p>\n
The British newspaper The Times reported on Oct. 18, quoting the UK defense<\/a> secretary as saying: \u201cThe exercises aim to ensure European forces are ready to support Ukraine<\/a> in the postwar phase, particularly in military training and reconstruction.\u201d<\/p>\n A source told the newspaper that the manoeuvres would include a scenario in which multinational forces are stationed in a designated area.<\/p>\n Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk described the participation of French and British troops as extremely important, saying the exercises would strengthen European armed forces\u2019 readiness to address security threats.<\/p>\n According to The Times, at least 1,500 military personnel from the four countries are expected to take part. The drills will focus on troop movements, coordination of deployments and the provision of logistical supplies, including food and fuel.<\/p>\n The exercises come amid European discussions on possible security arrangements for Ukraine in the postwar period. These include the potential deployment of a multinational force to support stability and provide military training and logistical assistance.<\/p>\n kA\/RK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warsaw, Oct. 18 (SANA) The United Kingdom, France, Germany and Poland will conduct joint military exercises in Poland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-806594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}