Ukraine, Turkey Plan Joint Exercises in Black Sea
26 Apr 2021
Ukraine and Turkey will hold joint military drills in the Black Sea in late 2021, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced Saturday.
Representatives from Ukraine and Turkey’s armed forces met virtually on April 24 to coordinate plans for the exercises.
Ukraine’s naval forces command “took part in the initial conference on training planning” of the Turkish Navy’s “Dogu Akdeniz 2021” or “Eastern Mediterranean 2021” drill, “which is to take place at the end of the year in the Western Mediterranean,” according to a press release by Ukraine’s defense ministry.
“Representatives of the Ukrainian Navy discussed the format of Ukrainian participation, in particular, the involvement of Navy officers in the work of the exercise’s multinational headquarters, as well as their training onboard the Turkish Navy’s ADA class (MILGEM) corvettes,” the statement read.