A military exercise involving Ukrainian and U.S. forces, along with troops from more than a dozen other countries, opened July 20 in western Ukraine, as fighting between government troops and Russia-backed rebels escalated in eastern Ukraine, despite a cease-fire.
Voice of America: Multinational military exercises start in western Ukraine
US servicemen react as they examine an Ukrainian Armoured Personal Carrier (APC) prior to the cermony of the drill opening in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine on July 20, 2015.
