Rapid Trident

Among the foreign participants in the exercises are representatives of Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Georgia, Estonia, Spain, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania, the USA, Turkey and Sweden.

In addition to Ukrainian servicemen, soldiers and officers from the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Turkey, Romania, Georgia, Moldova, Poland, Norway and Sweden were involved in the exercises[6].

In the role of the conditional adversary ("OPFOR"), fighters of the joint unit - cadets of the Odessa Military Academy and servicemen from Bulgaria - acted.

On September 3, 2018, on the basis of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security of the National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachny, the opening of the multinational Ukrainian-American command and staff exercise involving troops "Rapid Trident - 2018" took place.

Military personnel of the multinational Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian brigade named after the Great Hetman Kostiantyn Ostrozky are also participating in this year's "Rapid Trident-2018".

During this time, the Ukrainian military and their colleagues from partner countries are practicing a number of tasks of a combat, logistical and humanitarian nature.

About 3,800 military personnel from 14 countries of the world - members and partners of NATO, namely the USA, Canada, Poland, Great Britain, Lithuania, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine - will practice combat skills together for two weeks.

Almost 700 units of automotive equipment and combat armored vehicles, 4 Mi-8 helicopters of the army aviation brigade, which is twice as much as in 2018, were involved in the training ground.

As part of Rapid Trident, military personnel will be able to simulate the actions of both their units and a hypothetical enemy with the help of computers and special software.