Exercises by countries of the "coalition of the ready" to prepare for a possible deployment of military forces in Ukraine will begin in Poland on November 9, the maneuvers will continue until November 22. This was stated in a statement by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom. The exercise, called Coalition, will be jointly led by Britain and France. 2.8 thousand military personnel will participate in them, including 300 Britons. 11 countries of the North Atlantic Alliance will participate in the maneuvers. The exercises will be the first major maneuvers of the "Multinational Force Ukraine" (MNF-U), the military component of the "Coalition of the Ready". The participants will practice the transfer of personnel, equipment and supplies, protection and support of the department's activities. The "Coalition of the Ready" summit will be held in Berlin in November. Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, referred to the information about the holding of the first exercises of "multinational forces for Ukraine".