As reported by The Times on Saturday, the drills will involve at least 1,500 soldiers from the United Kingdom, France and Germany, alongside Poland.
Slated for November, the manoeuvres are expected to be among the first ones specifically designed to rehearse the deployment of a potential European force to Ukraine after a cessation of hostilities, according to The Times.
They are set to focus on the operational realities of a potential post-war security mission, rather than combat itself. So, they are intended to take practical challenges of moving and sustaining European forces across borders including troop movements, coordination between national armed forces and the delivery of essential supplies such as fuel and food.
British Defence Secretary John Healey has said that thousands of troops would take part in major exercises in Poland next month to ensure the allies were ready to support the military training and post-war reconstruction Ukraine would need.
The exercises were agreed at a summit of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris in July and subsequently announced by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The initiative, led by Britain and France, brings together countries working on security arrangements intended to underpin a potential ceasefire and prevent a renewed Russian attack.
The preparations come as European allies seek to establish credible security guarantees for Kyiv amid uncertainty over the future course of the war and the role of the United States.
While Britain and most NATO members have consistently blamed Moscow for the conflict, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, US President Donald Trump has drawn attention to divisions among Western leaders after declining to confirm whether Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated the war.
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Source: PAP, gazeta.pl