Ukraine: NATO-Kiev conduct joint rescue exercises in Lviv

Joint NATO-Kiev "management field" drills titled 'Ukraine 2015' continued in Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast on Thursday. Footage shows activities on the ground as emergency services deal with a chemical or biological threat, with paramedics tending to injured civilians and rescue teams searching through the rubble of collapsed buildings. Organised by NATO’S ‘Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre’ (EADRCC) and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU), at least 1,100 firefighters, rescue and emergency services personnel as well as experts dealing with the fallout from a chemical or nuclear attack took part in the exercises, which began on September 21. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko took part in the official opening ceremony of the joint drills