British military set for exercise in Ukraine | UK news | The Guardian
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British forces are preparing to travel to Ukraine in July to join allies in a peacekeeping training exercise.
The troops will be part of a group of about 1,300 troops, mostly American, who are taking part in Rapid Trident, a previously planned exercise.
US officers cancelled a military exercise in Russia in the light of current events but confirmed the exercise in Ukraine would go ahead.
British officials said they had yet to decide the UK’s level of participation in Ukraine but confirmed planning for Rapid Trident 2014 in Lviv, near the Polish border, was ongoing.
The US has already sent 12 warplanes and 300 personnel to Poland in the wake of Russia’s takeover of Crimea.