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The Balkan Battlegroup is a EU Battlegroup led by Greece. Originally referred to as HELBROC (an acronym for HELlas, Bulgaria, ROmania, Cyprus), it consists of military units from Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Cyprus. During its third and fourth standby period in the second half of 2011 and 2014, the Balkan Battlegroup was joined by Ukraine. == History == The Balkan Battlegroup has been on standby in the following semesters: *1 July – 31 December 2007. *1 January – 30 June 2009.〔 *1 July – 31 December 2011 (including Ukraine).〔 *1 July – 31 December 2014 (including Ukraine).〔〔 It is expected to serve again in 2016, 2018 and 2020.〔 On 1 July 2011, Ukraine was part of the Balkan Battlegroup for the first time. It contributed 10 staff officers, a company of Ukrainian armoured vehicles manned with marines, and an Ilyushin Il-76 strategic lift aircraft.〔 Even with the War in Donbass going on since April 2014, Ukraine took part in the Battlegroup's standby period in the second half of 2014.〔 The Riga Declaration of 22 May 2015 stated that the Eastern Partnership Summit's participants 'appreciate Ukraine's contribution to an EU Battlegroup in 2014 and its interest in continuing such contributions in the future'. Anders Åslund, Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, was highly critical of the "embarrassing" EU declaration, that did not explicitly condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine, and only summarily praised Ukraine's contribution to the EU Battlegroup, commenting that: "Ukraine offers the EU admittedly minor military support, while the EU does nothing for Ukraine." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balkan Battlegroup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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