Reuters rapporterer her til aften: As fighting between the army and Russian-backed rebels rages in eastern Ukraine, preparations are under way near its western border for a joint military exercise this month with more than 1,000 troops from the United States and its allies.

The decision to go ahead with the Rapid Trident exercise Sept. 16-26 is seen as a sign of the commitment of NATO states to support non-NATO member Ukraine while stopping well short of military intervention in the conflict.

The annual exercise, to take place in the Yavoriv training center near Ukraine’s border with Poland, was initially scheduled for July, but was put back because early planning was disrupted by the crisis in the eastern part of the country

Økonomisk Ugebrev mener: NATO spiller unødig hasard med europæernes sikkerhed. Spørgsmål: Er de europæiske befolkninger interesseret i krig mod Rusland – for Ukraine, der i årtier har været russisk interessesfære.