In Odessa and Mykolayiv region today, July 22, solemn closing ceremonies of the Ukrainian-American military exercises Sea Breeze-2017, which lasted from July 10. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on the official website.

"The maneuvers were held with the participation of representatives of 16 countries, they were attracted to almost 3.5 thousand. Servicemen, about 30 ships, launches and ships, 22 units of aviation equipment, about 100 units of automobile and armored vehicles, "the Defense Ministry notes..

According to the commander of the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Igor Voronchenko, one of the peculiarities of the maneuvers was the fact that during the events the Maritime Operational Headquarters was tested, an analogue which at the end of this year is planned to be introduced into the organizational and staff structure of the national Navy.

US Navy maneuvers leader Matthew Lehman, captain of the 1st rank, said that US military sailors will use every chance to conduct joint exercises in the Black Sea. He added that the current maneuvers were different from all the previous ones in terms of complexity, which significantly increased.

"During the exercise, more than 5 thousand.

Nautical miles, 60 joint exercises and elements were performed; The land component carried out 850 jumps with a parachute, six landings of sea assault, aviation carried out more than 310 sorties, its total flight time is 240 hours, and divers performed about 300 dives, the total time of their stay underwater was 75 hours, "the APU.

Earlier today it was reported that for the Sea Breeze-2017 is being watched by the Russian reconnaissance ship CER-201 "Priazovye".