A story about large-scale military exercises in Rivne on October 18, 2008.
The maneuvers involved 2,500 soldiers, 700 pieces of weapons and military equipment. Colonel and commander of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade Ihor Dovhan comments on the good training of the Ukrainian military.
President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, who attended the training and awarded Ihor Dovhan and other soldiers with personalized watches, also mentioned the problems of the Ukrainian army, namely the lack of funding.