Servicemen of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian multinational brigade (LitPolUkrBrig) on February 1 will start a final stage of the Brave Band exercises, during which they train to hold humanitarian operations, the press service of Ukraine's Defense Ministry reported.

"According to the scenario of the exercises, officers from Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine plan to complete tasks adhering to the basic principles of the decision-making process under NATO standards. They've studied the situation in the operation zone where a humanitarian crisis is arising due to a large-scale natural disaster... During a week, the LitPolUkrBrig will be developing possible courses of action and carrying out a simulation of the humanitarian operation," the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on its website on Tuesday.

The ministry also noted that the Brave Band exercises were the first combat training of the LitPolUkrBrig headquarters since the formation of the brigade on January 25, 2016.

The exercises will finish on February 12.

As reported, in July 2015 Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Polish defense ministry chiefs signed an agreement on the operation of the joint military unit - multinational brigade LitPolUkrBrig.

On January 25, 2016, an opening ceremony of LitPolUkrBrig headquarters was held in Lublin (Poland).