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Around 2800 troops from ten countries are planned to be involved in the exercises in Nowa Dęba.
The “Coalition of the Willing” 9 will begin its first large-scale military exercises in southeastern Poland in November. During the maneuvers, participants will test whether they can deploy forces to Ukraine after hostilities end. The exercises will run until 22 November. This was reported by the UK government press service.
After almost two years of meetings and summits, the “Coalition of the Willing” is moving to military drills. The first maneuvers of this scale are set to begin in Nowa Dęba on 9 November in southeastern Poland. They will take place under especially tense circumstances. The grouping of 36 countries, led by France and the United Kingdom, will test its ability to deploy troops to Ukraine after the cessation of hostilities between Kyiv and Moscow.
The “Coalition of the Willing” exercises will continue until 22 November. During the maneuvers, participants aim to demonstrate they can assemble forces that would deter Moscow from resuming combat. The task is complicated by the fact that the United States is not participating in the initiative. Its role in future security guarantees for Ukraine remains undefined.
For the first exercises in the Polish region bordering Ukraine, about 2800 troops from ten countries are planned to be deployed. Most of them will be French. The main contributions will come from France and the United Kingdom. Other participants include Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Belgium. In total, about 2800 troops will be involved in the exercises.
Participants will rehearse relocation of personnel and equipment, logistics, and force management. They will also train interoperability between units from different countries. A separate phase will be devoted to aviation, which could help secure flights once Ukraine’s airspace is reopened. That phase will involve Typhoon fighters of the UK Royal Air Force and a Voyager tanker aircraft.
Turkish forces in Istanbul will practice the maritime portion of the exercises. In particular, they will train in clearing mines from waterways so commercial ships can safely return to Ukrainian ports.
The UK government emphasized that multinational forces could operate in Ukraine only after hostilities cease and at the request of the Ukrainian government. These units will not perform peacekeeping tasks or monitor compliance with a ceasefire.
Recall that as early as July, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that at least 25 countries were ready to deploy multinational forces to Ukraine. According to him, deployment could begin within a few days after a ceasefire regime comes into effect. Starmer said this after a meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing” in Paris and noted that the plan had been agreed in January.
In addition, at the Carpathian Eight meeting they agreed to create a “Railway Coalition” to support Ukrzaliznytsia. Minister for Restoration, Infrastructure and Transport Mykola Kalashnyk called renewing the locomotive fleet the coalition’s first task. They plan to allocate 100 million dollars from the URTF trust fund to purchase used locomotives abroad.
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