Sea Breeze-2011 bilateral naval exercises of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the United States Navy with invited representatives of other countries have started in Odesa (southern Ukraine), the press service of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine reported.
The exercises, consisting of four phases, include, inter alia, combat firing, amphibious landings, embargo operations, survey of the civil vessels, arrest of offender ships, Ukrinform reported.
Representatives of 17 countries are partaking in Sea Breeze 2011: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Georgia, Kenya, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, USA, Ukraine, France and Sweden.