KHARKIV, March 27 – A large-scale international military exercise involving U.S. instructors will be conducted on the Yavoriv training area in the Lviv region of western Ukraine in April, President Petro Poroshenko said.

"The large-scale international military exercise involving U.S. instructors, which will begin on the Yavoriv training area in April, will be an important stage. It means integration in the world's largest defense structure," Poroshenko said at a graduation ceremony conducted in the National Academy of the Ukrainian National Guard in Kharkiv.

Poroshenko reiterated that a lot of work was done before the agreements to conduct this training exercise were reached.