00:01around 2 800 troops from 10 european countries will stage the first exercise of a new multinational
00:09force in support of ukraine in poland later this month london and paris said on tuesday led by
00:16france and the uk the multinational force ukraine has no offensive mission and is only to be deployed
00:22once a ceasefire is agreed to end the war sparked by russia's 2022 full-scale invasion the force which
00:30was set up in 2025 and already has an operational headquarters in paris is not a nato operation and
00:37has little us involvement it aims to support the ukrainian armed forces ensure security in ukrainian
00:44airspace and allow economic activity to resume in the black sea but the extent and duration of the
00:50exercise risks antagonizing russia with moscow still showing little appetite to settle for peace
00:56the exercise is scheduled to last from november the 9th till november the 22nd in southeast poland
01:02not far from the ukrainian border french general armel dirou said that the aim of the exercise was
01:09to prepare how the mission would be deployed overcoming the various potential logistical
01:14and cultural issues between the different countries militaries
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