National Guards of Ukraine and California plan to conduct joint exercises

The California National Guard delegation headed by Major General David S. Baldwin has visited the training center of the National Guard of Ukraine near Kyiv. It’s been noted that the center's capacities had boosted in the past years, as well as its material base and infrastructure. “In the nearest future the California National Guard would consider the possibility of its units to joint exercises on the basis of this Ukrainian training center,” said Baldwin after the meeting with the Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Lieutenant General Mykola Balan last Friday. According to General Balan, on the basis of the International Interdepartmental Center in Kyiv region there is the possibility of conducting joint international exercises for the military personnel of both guards in 2020.