Ukrainian-American Sea Breeze training will be held July 10-22 This year, in the maneuvers on the Black Sea, in addition to the organizers of the United States and Ukraine, the military units of the 15 states will be involved. The Ukrainian-American military training Sea Breeze will be held on July 10-22 in the Black Sea. They will take part in the armed forces of a total of 17 states. This is stated in a statement by the US Forces Command Europe (EUCOM). This year in the maneuvers, besides the organizers of the USA and Ukraine, military units of Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Georgia, Canada, France, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Turkey and Sweden will be involved. The training will be conducted with the participation of subdivisions of the land, naval forces, and also parts of the naval landing. The purpose of the maneuvers was announced to improve the interaction and flexibility of the use of armed forces of the participating countries, strengthening the means of joint strike. Will be conducting the development of naval operations to isolate the battlefield, the use of air defense, measures to combat the survivability of ships, search and rescue operations. Organizers of Sea Breeze claim that their conduct is aimed at ensuring stability in the Black Sea region. From the American side in Sea Breeze will be involved two missile-equipped ships - Hue City type Ticonderoga cruiser and Carney-type Arleigh Burke, one patrol boat attack aircraft Boeing P-8 Poseidon. In total, almost 800 military sailors and US marines will take part in the maneuvers. Sea Breeze training has been conducted regularly since 1997. In 2016, they were held July 18-30, with the participation of military seamen, observers and instructors from 16 countries. Then the doctrine covered the north-western part of the Black Sea, south of Odesa and part of the Mykolaiv regions.