The Armed Forces of Ukraine will take part in the multinational military exercises "Trident Juncture 2018". The active phase of the exercise with the participation of the 45,000th interspecific contingent of troops will be held in the north of Norway from October 25 to November 7, the press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports..

In addition to 29 NATO countries, military units from Sweden and Finland will participate in the maneuvers. The message of the VSU management also states that "the command-staff phase of the exercise will last until the third decade of November in the alliance's administration and training centers from the Italian province of Campania to the Norwegian regions of Tromso and Finmark".

According to the scenario of the exercise, the multinational coalition of NATO will conduct a large-scale military operation to liberate the illegally occupied northern part of the Kingdom of Norway.. The aggressor is the fictional country "Murinus".

Since September 2018, five officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been involved in the work sections of the headquarters of the multinational coalition of the North Atlantic Alliance..