Ukraine President Tells Poles He Wants EU, NATO Membership

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Today, July 20, in 169 training center Land Forces of Ukraine "Desna" in Chernihiv Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine Roman Vashchuk handed Armed Forces of Ukraine mobile military hospital.From the Ukrainian side took part in the event, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine on European integration, Igor Dolgov, director of the Military Medical Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Colonel Andrew Willow medical service and other officials of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.- This mobile hospital care is another part of the Canadian government, it is necessary today to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It fully meets the requirements that apply to medical provision in the comprehensive measures to reform the Armed Forces of Ukraine, - said Igor Dolgov.

 

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During the visit to Kosovo Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yuriy Gusev held a meeting with the deputy commander of KFOR.

">Armed Forces Brigadier General Anthony Austria Waldner briefed the Ukrainian delegation to the basic logistics software KFOR and thanked the Ukrainian side for its continued participation in NATO operations and high training Ukrainian national contingent.

At KFOR headquarters for the Ukrainian delegation held a briefing on logistical support, during which participants learned about the process of planning, logistical levels to ensure mission KFOR in Kosovo, and the structure, objectives, opportunities and current projects united team of logistic and support KFOR.

 

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US leads fresh military drills in Ukraine
23 Jul, 2015
US servicemen stand on humvees as they take part in a military drill in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine, on July 22, 2015.

Ukrainian and US troops launched fresh drills on July 20 near the war-torn country's Polish border in a bid to show unity and resolve in the face of an increasingly resurgent Kremlin. The annual Rapid Trident exercises involve 1,800 soldiers from 18 countries and last for just under two weeks.

Military drill in Yavoriv polygon
23 Jul, 2015
A Ukrainian serviceman wearing camouflage takes part in a military drill with US troops in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine, on July 22, 2015.

Machine gun mounted on a humvee
23 Jul, 2015
A US serviceman gestures beside a machine gun mounted on a humvee as he takes part in a military drill in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine, on July 22, 2015.

Rapid Trident exercises
23 Jul, 2015
Ukrainian servicemen wearing camouflage take part in a military drill with US troops in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine, on July 22, 2015.

Exercises involve 1,800 soldiers
23 Jul, 2015
A US serviceman smokes a cigarette beside humvees as he takes part in a military drill in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine, on July 22, 2015.

US servicemen stand on and beside humvees
23 Jul, 2015
US servicemen stand on and beside humvees as they take part in a military drill in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine.

US servicemen take part in the drill
23 Jul, 2015
US servicemen take part in the drill in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine.

 

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1,800 soldiers from 18 countries
23 Jul, 2015
US servicemen take part in the drill in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine.

Fresh drills
23 Jul, 2015
US servicemen take part in a military drill in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine.

US servicemen stand on humvees
23 Jul, 2015
US servicemen stand on humvees with mounted machine guns as they take part in a military drill in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine.

 

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NATO is in war zone and help Ukraine against rebells or is it Russia now will attack Ukraine???
Is it right with NATO helping Ukraine in war zone!


Lovely heart.

 

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Today, August 18, Kyiv hosted the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine on European Integration Igor Dolgov, director of the Department for Political Relations and Security Policy Directorate of NATO integration, partnership and Dr. Alberto Bean.The sides discussed the implementation plan of resettling and plan supervisory board of the NATO Trust Fund, through which the project will be implemented in practice.

- In today's reality the return to civilian life, the transition from military to civilian careers is especially important, - said Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine for European Integration Igor Dolgov. - Our joint work with the Trust Fund aimed at systematic and comprehensive solution to this important issue.

Dr. Albert Bean stressed the importance of achieving practical results of the Trust Fund.According to him, it is expected that in 2018, as a result of the project will introduce a system of personnel training, improved the existing regulatory framework governing the matter, pilot projects and implemented a new system of social adaptation.It should be noted that the project aims to improve the existing system of social adaptation of Ukraine's Armed Forces to NATO standards, particularly in the training of personnel responsible for issues of social adaptation.

 

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Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania :: News » News Releases


Lithuania responds to a request from Ukraine – Lithuanian military instructors will share their expertise in a two-week course organised for their counterparts from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and will share experience in arranging Marksmanship Course and Urban Combat Course.

23 Ukraine’s military instructors will attend the courses in Lithuania. Most of them will gather experience at the Urban Combat Course at the King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion in Panevėžys while the rest will undergo the Marksmanship Course at the Gaižiūnai Training Range in Rukla.

Both courses will be conducted by Lithuanian military instructors with Juozas Lukša Training Centre Rukla and other units of the Lithuanian Land Forces.

All the guests from Ukraine are veterans of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in Eastern Ukraine or have arrived in Lithuania straight from it.


Lithuania's military assistance to Ukraine

Lithuania has been actively supporting Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity, as well as providing support by every means possible and legally acceptable, including military assistance, since the beginning of the aggression of the Russian Federation in the country. The Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania is rendering humanitarian assistance, material support and handed over elements of military equipment in response to the need of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Wounded members of Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) are treated at the Military Rehabilitation Centre Druskininkai and civilian healthcare institutions.

Lithuanian and Ukrainian armies cooperate in the area of military education and training. Ukrainian soldiers are invited to study at Lithuania’s military education institutions, Lithuania is providing financing for the studies of Ukrainian officers at the Baltic Defence College.

Lithuanian paramedics were involved in the United States-conducted training mission for the Ukrainian Armed Forces from February to April. Four instructors of the Lithuanian Armed Forces have also been training Ukrainian soldiers alongside U.S. troops since July.

Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine established the LITPOLUKRBRIG tri-national brigade together.

Lithuanian Ministries of National Defence and Foreign Affairs assigned roughly EUR 50 thousand to the NATO Trust Fund which finances measures of strengthening command, control, communications and computer capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

 

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Ukraine s goal is moving closer to NATO membership, Yatsenyuk said| Ukrinform

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KYIV, September 1/ Ukrinform/. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who has been on a working visit in the southern port city of Odesa on September 1, attended the opening ceremony of the academic year at the Odesa Military Academy.

The Prime Minister has told students of the Academy that the training of military personnel for the Armed Forces of Ukraine should conform to the NATO standards since the objective of Ukraine is to move closer to the membership in this military-political organization, a regional Ukrinform correspondent reports.

The Prime Minister's working visit agenda also includes his participation in the opening of the Sea Breeze-2015 multinational military drills that begin in the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Commander of the US Navy Sixth Fleet Vice Admiral James Fogg will take part in the ceremony.

Today Yatesniuk is due to visit the Ukraine Navy frigate Hetman Sahaidachny and the USS Donald Cook guided missile destroyer that entered the port of Odesa on August 31. The vessels will participate in Sea Breeze 2015 military exercises.

Interpreter: Two-thirds of Ukrainians want to join NATO and be inside ‘borders of civilized world' - read on - uatoday.tv

Number of supporters of Ukraine's NATO integration has increased after Russia invaded Donbas

Sixty-four percent of Ukrainians say they want to join the Western alliance, according to a new poll conducted by the Kucheriv Democratic Initiative and the Razumkov Center. And they want to, Vitaly Portnikov says, because its borders are today the borders of the civilized world that no aggressor would even think about attacking.

In a comment for Radio Liberty today, the Ukrainian analyst says, for many years, it seemed unthinkable that so many Ukrainians would make that choice. Sixty-four percent – almost two out of three – was a figure that "seemed unachievable" but now it is destined to rise even further.


"The Russian invasion of Ukraine has destroyed all Soviet propaganda myths, which for many years remained the chief discourse in relation to the majority of citizens of Ukraine about their own security," Portnikov says.

That is because, contrary to what Moscow had insisted, "It was not NATO that attacked Ukraine but ‘fraternal' Russia. And it was not NATO that tried to ‘draw in' Ukraine into its military operations but Ukrainians themselves who wanted NATO countries to get involved in a war which Russia is conducting."

Read also Poll: Ukrainians split on visa regime for Russia, joining NATO, but very negative about Russian government

"NATO has clearly shown," Portnikov continues, "that it can guarantee the security of those who join it: an aggressor will not even think about violating the borders of the civilized world. But unfortunately, Ukrainians are still outside these borders." Had they been within them in the past, the present would be very different.

 

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Home back 4 more soldiers participating in anti-terrorist operations were integrated rehabilitation center in Druskininkai, Lithuania. During the month guys restoring health, were water and massages, riding bikes, doing rock climbing on rock climbing walls.

Also for our soldiers organized excursions to interesting cities, historical places, museums.As the soldier paratrooper Vladimir Karpenko, concussion he received last September in Lower Krynkoyu in Donetsk region.

Was treated in a military hospital. Then back in the war zone, but always suffered from headaches.- Thanks to the organizers of travel and Lithuanian doctors. Head now almost hurts. And the quieter the soul - shared his impressions of people.According to the soldier, a month of rehabilitation, he saw almost the entire country, and even the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite.- Wanted to meet us, - said Vladimir Karpenko. -

Interested health, asked whether we like them. Talked about life. Lithuanians are very good attitude to the Ukrainian to our soldiers. Experiencing and strongly support. Even in the market when you want to buy a souvenir, ready to give away for free.

 

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Defense Minister of Ukraine Colonel-General Stephen Poltorak attended a meeting of the National Security and Defense of Ukraine by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.- Today the meeting has a historical character. For the first time it involved a great friend Ukraine - Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty, - said the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, opening the meeting.

The President of Ukraine stressed the challenges in time of war: "The threat of Russian invasion, the threat of continued aggression does not disappear. Unfortunately, we have to live with it for years, "- he said.Therefore the immediate goal must be to Ukrainian Armed Forces, which are already among the strongest on the continent in a more efficient and effective formation. This should be done in cooperation with NATO, which thus invest in their own security.In fact, supporting Ukraine, NATO strengthens its position on the eastern border.

"By investing in Ukraine, in its security sector, they do not spend money to help other countries, and invest in its security sector", - said Poroshenko.- Ukraine - is the eastern outpost of Euro-Atlantic civilization and today not only protects its own sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence, but fighting for freedom and democracy in the region and the world, - stressed the President of Ukraine.

Ukraine joining NATO is no alternative.- When we create all the conditions by reforming countries to meet the country's criteria for NATO membership, I will be decided on a national referendum.

And so it will be fixed will of the Ukrainian people, - he said.

Over 60% of Ukrainians support Ukraine joining NATO – Poroshenko

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that the support of the Ukrainian public for joining NATO is growing and that at present 60% of the country supports Ukrainian membership of NATO.

"The Euro-Atlantic choice with the prospect of joining NATO is gaining extremely important support in Ukrainian society. Two years ago, the Euro-Atlantic integration direction was supported by 16% of Ukrainians. One year ago their number was reaching 50%. Right now, the number of Ukrainians supporting Euro-Atlantic integration already exceeds 60%," Poroshenko said at a meeting of the National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine in Kyiv of Tuesday.

Poroshenko said that the rise in support for NATO membership is the result of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

 

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Polish Demba training field hosted a closing ceremony of Common Challenge — 16 held on December 11 through 16. Its aim was to inspect the readinerss of the multinational brigade to take part in UN-led international operations under the CREVAL (Combat Readiness Evaluation) requirements.

The national contingent of the LITPOLUKRBRIG and Ukrainian airborne battalion represented the Ukrainian military.

“The international commission has inspected us during four days”, Col. Volodymyr Yudanov said. “It was difficult to meet all CREVAL requirements. In 2016 we have trained a lot, undergone operational cooperation and trained our staff for peacekeeping missions. Thus, we have passed the final certification”.

Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for European Integration Ihor Dolhov, Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Poland Antoni Macierewicz, Minister of National Defence of Republic of Lithuania Raimundas Karoblis took part in the VIP day of the exercise. Ihor Dolhov, Antoni Macierewicz, and Raimundas Karoblis signed the LITPOLUKRBRIG Certificate of Full Operational Capability.

“Having participated in this exercise the LITPOLUKRBRIG completed its annual cycle of training. The brigade is not just a symbol, it’s a real joined force of three peoples such as Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian”, Mr Dolhov said.

During the VIP Day Mr Antoni Macierewicz awarded three Ukrainian officers.