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Ukraine and US Navy Co-hosts ‘Exercise Sea Breeze 2021’ in Black Sea

Current GK (RAS) Defence

The Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 (SB21), co-hosted by Ukraine Navy and the United States, began on June 28, 2021 in the Black Sea region.
The annual multinational maritime exercise will continue till July 10, 2021.
The exercise will involve sea, land, and air components, to enhance interoperability and capability among participating nations.
The Ex-SB21 will see the participation of largest number of nations in the exercise’s history with 32 countries from six continents involving 5,000 troops, 32 ships, 40 aircraft, and 18 special operations and dive teams scheduled to participate.
The Exercise Sea Breeze is taking place since 1997 to bring most Black Sea nations and NATO Allies and partners together to train and operate with NATO members in the pursuit of building increased capability.
List of 32 participating nations are, Albania, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.