Georgian troops join allied counterparts in 9,000-strong exercise in Estonia
The Spring Storm drills have involved Georgian troops since 2017. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Georgia press office.
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Georgian service members are among over 9,000 troops from over a dozen states involved in the Spring Storm defence drills organised by the Ministry of Defence of Estonia that launched on Monday.
Hosted and run by the Estonian Defence Forces, the exercise also involves units of NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence, armoured hardware and air element between April 29-May 17.
Georgian personnel is joining counterparts from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Poland and Ukraine in the drills.
#Estonia ’s largest annual military exercise #SpringStorm , in which 9000 soldiers from 13 countries – ???????? , ???????? , ???????? , ????????, ???????? , ???????? , ???????? , ???????? , ???????? , ???????? , ???????? , ???????? and ???????? – take part, has begun! #Kevadtorm #WeAreAllies #WeAreNATO #AlliedStrong @Kaitsevagi pic.twitter.com/JdCLpcSfmQ
— MoD Estonia (@MoD_Estonia) April 30, 2019
The annual edition of Spring Storm, held in the country's north-east, utilise Estonian airspace to allow air forces of the host country as well as Germany, the UK, US and Poland to conduct manoeuvres.
Armoured units, including tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, are also used in the drills.
Georgian service members have been involved in the exercise since 2017, when just three officers of the General Staff of the Georgian Defence Forces were involved in staff activities within Spring Storm.