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Thursday, 2 May
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Zelensky signed an important law on the admission of foreign troops to Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky signed the Law "On Approval of the Decision of the President of Ukraine on the Admission of Units of the Armed Forces of Other States to the Territory of Ukraine in 2021 to Participate in Multinational Exercises" No. 1131-IX, which the Verkhovna Rada adopted on January 26, 2021, as was reported by the press service of the head of state.

In total, it is planned to hold eight multinational exercises on the territory of Ukraine, in which it is planned to involve about 21 thousand Ukrainian servicemen and about 11 thousand foreign participants.

In particular:

- Multinational exercises for the training of armed forces units, Ukrainian-American exercises "Repid Trident - 2021"

- Ukrainian-British exercise "Kozak Mays - 2021"

- Ukrainian-American exercise "Sea Breeze - 2021"

- Ukrainian-Romanian exercises "Riverain-2021"

- Ukrainian-British exercise "Voyer Votcher - 2021"

- Ukrainian-Polish exercises "Three Swords - 2021" and "Silver Saber - 2021".

In addition, the document contains a plan for the participation of the Ukrainian military in 17 multinational exercises outside Ukraine, including the participation of NATO and Georgia.