NEWSWATCH AFP: Eyeing Russia, US leads fresh military drills in Ukraine
AFP covers U.S.-Ukrainian relations and recent military drills near Ukraine’s border with Poland.
Ukrainian and US troops launched fresh drills Monday 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.
Their immediate aim is to build resolve and cohesion within the ex-Soviet state’s outdated and woefully underfunded armed forces — caught in a 15-month east Ukrainian quagmire against pro-Russia militias that has claimed more than 6,500 lives.
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