Posted on 09/05/2006 11:20:57 AM PDT by lizol
Ukraine, Poland and the United Kingdom hold joined military exercises
Zhytomyr region hosts "Cossack Steppe 2006" the Ukraine-Poland-UK military exercise. It is the first time the exercises are held in this region of Ukraine, the Cabinet press office informs.
The exercises are to deal with training a multinational peacekeeping battalion. All the Ukrainian and Polish military participating in the exercise are experienced in Iraqi peacekeeping mission. The British military will join the exercises on September 7.
The exercise is underway within the framework of the Partnership for Peace NATO program.
As Military Attaché of the Polish Embassy in Ukraine Krzysztof Kucharski said, by means of analysis of the previous exercise, the event contributed to a positive experience, which was very useful to the Polish, Ukrainian and British military officers during their missions in Kosovo and Iraq.
Just hope their objective isn't the third bridge.
My father served in Nikolaev, back in the soviet days.
Cossacks fighting along side of the Poles? Don't tell Taurus Bulba.
But W can't do any better than follow that idiot FDR who "gave" Poland to his Uncle Joe (Stalin).
May God watch between them.
After all they conquered Moscow together, also fought against Ottoman Empire. This is nothing new.
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