NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine

{{Short description|none}}{{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{multiple issues| {{Citations needed|date=October 2025}} {{MOS|date=October 2025}} }} {{Infobox militant organization | name = NATO Security Assistance and Training Ukraine | founding_leader = ACO (with SHAPE, ADCON) | founder = North Atlantic Council | caption = NSATU emblem | image = Coat of arms of the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine.svg | image_size = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = NSATU, ''Ukraine mission'' | political_leader = 22px NAC ({{ill|Defence Policy and Planning Committee|lt=DPPC|uk|Комітет з оборонної політики та планування НАТО}}){{efn|Defence Policy and Planning Committee of NATO headed by Assistant Secretary General of NATO for Defence Policy and Planning.}} | military_leader = SACEUR (OPCON) | leader3_title = Founding directives | leader3_name = Voluntary non-legally binding Ukraine response consolidator | leader1_title = NSATU Commander | leader1_name = LTG Curtis Buzzard{{efn|name=DUAL|Concurrently COM SAG-U (from June 2024).<ref name=PDF>{{cite web |title=Ukraine, Allies and Partners meet to better align international military support |url=https://shape.nato.int/news-archive/2025/ukraine--allies-and-partners--meet-to-better-align-international-military-support-with-ukraines-requirements |date =10 February 2025 |website=shape.nato.int |access-date=8 October 2025}}</ref>}}<ref name=LID>{{cite web |title=Leadership |url=https://shape.nato.int/nsatu/about-us/leadership |website=shape.nato.int/nsatu |access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref> | leader = Christopher Cavoli (July 2024–July 2025) GEN Alexus Grynkewich (July 2025–present) | leader2_title = Unit type | leader2_name = Operational command | foundation = July 11, 2024<ref name = INAUG>{{cite web |url=https://shape.nato.int/news-archive/2024/nsatu-responsibilities |title=NSATU Assumes Responsibilities to Support Ukraine |website=SHAPE.nato.int |date=18 December 2024 |access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref> | dates = December 18, 2024–present<ref name= Reuters>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/military-aid-increasingly-focuses-boosting-ukraines-defence-industry-2025-07-02/ |title=Military aid increasingly focuses on boosting Ukraine's defence industry |first1=Sabine |last1=Siebold |work=Reuters |date=2 July 2025 |access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref> | dissolved = | merger = | split = | predecessor = International Donors Coordination Centre | merged = | successor = | country = 20px Ukraine (recipient) | crimes = Military aid to AFU | allegiance = {{flag|NATO}} (provider) | motives = Ukraine to prevail, Russia to be deterred<ref>{{cite news |url=https://shape.nato.int/news-releases/SACEUR-Germany |date= 27 August 2025 |title=SACEUR briefs German cabinet on security environment |publisher=SHAPE Public Affairs Office |access-date=29 August 2025 |via=SHAPE.NATO.int}}</ref> | area = ACO AOR | headquarters = Lucius D. Clay Kaserne {{DEU}}, Hesse {{small|{{coord|qid=Q327689}}}} | slogan = Harnessing the strength of Alliance to support Ukraine<ref name=TRI/> |anthem = | status = Multinational, active | size = HHBN-equivalent | partof = NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (as Command) | allies = {{Collapsible list|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; |title = 31 contributing nations<hr>Allied commands, coalitions, mission: |NATO members' forces, except:<ref>{{cite web |title=Strategic Headwinds: Understanding the Forces Shaping Ukraine's Path to Peace |publisher=CSIS |access-date=21 August 2025 |url=https://www.csis.org/programs/futures-lab/projects/strategic-headwinds-understanding-forces-shaping-ukraines-path-peace}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-international-security/article/friends-in-need-friends-indeed-explaining-variation-in-military-support-to-ukraine/EC09FDB9268B92FF09C764E460685CD4 |doi=10.1017/eis.2025.13 |journal=European Journal of International Security |page=1-26 |title=Friends in need, friends indeed? Explaining variation in military support to Ukraine |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=10 April 2025 |first1=Justin |last1=Massie |first2=Barbora |last2=Tallová|doi-access=free }}</ref> |• 23px Belgian Armed Forces |• {{military|CRO}} |• {{military|LUX}} |• 23px Spanish Armed Forces Components of partners' militaries:{{efn|Second Ishiba Cabinet's defense minister considered Japan's contributing to NSATU.<ref>{{cite news |quote=Details of Japan’s participation still need to be discussed, but the Japanese Self Defense Force, if stationed, is not expected to involve combative roles because of the country’s postwar pacifist principles. |url=https://apnews.com/article/japan-nato-rutte-ishiba-security-china-russia-52fdf10f23f76a2ccd3d9045eb0e049d |first=Mari |last=Yamaguchi |date=9 April 2025 |access-date=10 October 2025 |title=Japan's Ishiba and NATO chief vow to deepen security ties as regional threats rise |work=APnews}}</ref>}} |{{military|AUS}} |{{military|NZL}} |{{military|UKR}} }} {{small|{{hlist|{{flagdeco|US}} SAG-U|20px JATEC|UDCG|24px MNF-U|IDCC{{efn|International Donors Coordination Centre, IDCC, has handed over its responsibilities to NSATU since 2025.<ref name="OAR">{{cite report |url=https://media.defense.gov/2024/Nov/13/2003583230/-1/-1/1/OAR_Q4_SEP2024_FINAL_508.PDF |title=Special Inspector General for OAR Report to the Congress, Q4FY2024 |date=13 November 2024 |access-date=28 July 2025 |via=media.defence.gov}}</ref>{{rp|37}}<ref name="OAR2">{{cite report |url=https://www.stateoig.gov/uploads/report/report_pdf_file/oar_q3_fy25_final_508.pdf |title=Special Inspector General for OAR Report to the Congress, Q3FY2025 |date=15 August 2025 |access-date=15 August 2025 |via=stateoig.gov}}</ref>{{rp|44 Table 10}}}}|{{flagicon|EU}} EUMAM UA}}}} | opponents = {{hlist|{{flagdeco|RUS}} Armed Forces of RF|{{BLR}}{{efn|Since 2022, when Belarus allowed Russia to use its territory to launch the invasion and to launch missiles into Ukraine. {{also|Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine}}}}}} | battles = Russo-Ukrainian war (2022-present) |flag = | organizations = Multinational • Joint • Combined commd. | website = {{Official website|url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/search.htm?query=NSATU&submitSearch=}} | module = | module2 = {{Infobox military unit |child= | unit_name = ''Assistance et formation de l'OTAN en matière de sécurité pour l'Ukraine (AFOMSU, {{nobold|French}})'' | image = Wiesbaden Naming Ceremonies (7371544584).jpg | image_size = 300 |alt = | caption = Clay Kaserne in 2012 | native_name= {{lang|uk|«Підготовка та сприяння НАТО Україні з безпеки» (Командування}}, ''Ukrainian'') | allegiance = 23px SHAPE | start_date = {{start date|2024|7|11}} (inaugurated)<ref name= INAUG/> {{start date and age|18 December 2024}} (activated)<ref name= Reuters/> |disbanded = | type = Combined joint operational Command | role = {{hlist|Provisioning of equipment, training to AFU by NATO members/allies|AFU long-term doctrine overseeing}} | size = ~350 personnel (from 31 countries, including Ukraine){{efn|{{as of|2025|7}} HQ-based only. 700 if accounted for collocated SAG-U with its assisting personnel in SHAPE, Casteau, Belgium, and NSATU's 2 logistics hubs: one in Rzeszów, Poland, and another under development in Câmpia Turzii, Romania. Australia and New Zealand are working closely with representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in addition to 28 NATO countries.<ref name=Reuters/><ref name=ROM>{{cite web |url=https://www.mediafax.ro/social/s-a-aprobat-participarea-armatei-romane-la-misiunea-de-asistenta-de-securitate-si-instruire-nato-nsatu-si-infiintarea-unui-centru-de-instruire-maritima-pentru-militarii-ucraineni-in-romania-22504298|title=S-a aprobat participarea Armatei Române la misiunea de asistență de securitate și instruire NATO-NSATU și înființarea unui centru de instruire maritimă pentru militarii ucraineni, în România |language=ro |first=Andreea |last=Soare |website=mediafax.ro |date=3 October 2024}}</ref> Eventually 700 personnel are to be staffed in NSATU.<ref name=OAR2 />{{rp|44}}}} | command_structure = {{ubl|18px Allied Command Operations}} | garrison = Clay Kaserne, Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Hesse, Germany | garrison_label = Headquarters | nickname = ''Ukraine mission'' |patron = |motto = |colors = |colors_label = |march = |mascot = |anniversaries = | website = {{URL|https://shape.nato.int/nsatu |Website, SHAPE}} | commander1 = LTG Curtis A. Buzzard (first) {{army|USA}}{{efn|Starting December 2024, as dual-hatted COM SAG-U (since August 2024).}} | commander1_label = Commander 3-star rank | commander2 = GM Maik Keller (May 2025-present) {{army|DEU}} | commander2_label = Deputy Commander | commander3_label = Ukraine Mil. Rep. | commander3 = BRG Hennadii Shapovalov (first) {{army|UKR}} | commander4_label = ACOM, Force Dev. Support | commander4 = Brigadier Richard Bell (first) {{army|UK}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shape.nato.int/NSATU/newsroom/saceur-on-support-for-ukraine-we-are-moving-as-quickly-as-we-can |date=28 July 2025 |title=SACEUR on Support for Ukraine: We Are Moving as Quickly as We Can |publisher=NATO SHAPE |website=NATO Allied Command Operations |author=NSATU HQ Public Affairs Office |access-date= 5 August 2025 |via=shape.nato.int}}</ref> | commander6_label = ACOM, ECLS | commander6 = BRG Witold Bartoszek (first) {{army|POL}}{{efn|Assistant Commander - Equipment Coordination and Logistical Support<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shape.nato.int/NSATU/newsroom/enhancing-support-for-ukraine |title= Enhancing support for Ukraine |date = 2 October 2025 |publisher=NATO SHAPE |website=NATO Allied Command Operations |author=NSATU HQ Public Affairs Office |access-date= 8 October 2025 |via=shape.nato.int}}</ref>}} | commander5_label = ACOM, Training | commander5 = BRG P.H.G.H.Robichaud (June 2025-present) {{army|CAN}}{{efn|Brigadier General P.H.G.H.Robichaud's full name is Patrick Henri George Hugh Robichaud.<ref>{{cite web |date= 16 July 2025 |first=Tam |last=Le |publisher= 7th Army Training Command |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/9183267/canadian-brig-gen-patrick-robichaud-observes-jmtg-u-opfor |title=Canadian Brig. Gen. Patrick Robichaud Observes JMTG-U OPFOR |access-date= 8 October 2025}}</ref>}} | commander7_label = Senior enlisted leader | commander7 = Sgt.Maj. Mark Morgan (first) {{army|USA}}{{efn|Since December 2024.<ref name=LID/>}} |notable_commanders = |identification_symbol = |identification_symbol_label= }} | module3 = {{left|'''Today part of'''}} {{ubl|60,000 equipment movements{{efn|{{as of|2025|8}}, facilitated under the command since NSATU is responsible for Poland LEN hub, which started in March 2025. Since NSATU inception, it has directly managed 1500 movements.<ref name="UKRINF1">{{cite news |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4030791-major-general-maik-keller-nsatu-deputy-commander.html |title=Major General Maik Keller, NSATU Deputy Commander - Ukrinform: Exclusive |date=29 August 2025 |first=Ievgen |last=Matiushenko |agency=Ukrinform |access-date=30 August 2025}}</ref>}}|6,700/23,300''mt'' monthly throughput{{efn|{{as of|2025|8}}, average cargo tonnage facilitated through Poland LEN hub by NSATU only; and, as December 2025 overall, respectively, since March 2025.<ref name="MILITARNYI"/>}}|25000 AFU personnel quarterly training{{efn|{{as of|2025|7}}, coordinated since March 2025.<ref name="UKDef">{{cite web |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/new-nato-command-now-coordinates-60-of-ukraine-aid/ |title=New NATO command now coordinates 60% of Ukraine aid |first=George |last=Allison |work=UK Defence Journal|date=12 June 2025 |access-date=24 August 2025}}</ref>}}}} | module4 = {{left|'''NSATU SAG-U EUMAM UA'''}} {{center|SAG-U–NSATU joint coordination{{efn|Current NSATU–SAG-U joint efforts that were confirmed at the 21 July 2025 UDCG extended meeting: * US–NATO co‑funding mechanism (new channel announced by US president Donald Trump and Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte for European and Canadian allies to pool funds to purchase US‑made weapons and technology for Ukraine providing faster access to high‑demand systems); * Air defense boost (packages of Patriot missile systems and other advanced air‑defense assets pledged by allies to counter Russia’s intensified missile and drone strikes); * Industrial and financial backing (long‑term funding streams to expand defense production capacity in Europe and North America to replenish stocks while sustaining Ukraine’s needs over multiple years).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-backs-new-us-led-channel-to-accelerate-aid-to-ukraine/ |title=NATO backs new US-led channel to accelerate aid to Ukraine |first=George |last=Allison |date= 1 August 2025 |access-date= 24 September 2025 |work= UK Defence Journal}}</ref>}} EUMAM UA-NSATU data sharing, Ukrainian LNO staff rotation<ref name=SHAPE>{{cite web |url=https://shape.nato.int/NSATU/newsroom/strong-together-eu-and-nato-intensify-training-cooperation-in-strausberg |title=Strong Together: EU and NATO Intensify Training Cooperation in Strausberg |date=29 July 2025 |publisher=NATO SHAPE |website=NATO Allied Command Operations |author=NSATU HQ Public Affairs Office |access-date=21 August 2025 }}</ref>}} | module5 = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|''Footnotes''}}|{{notelist}}}} }}

The '''NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine''' (NSATU), also known as the "Ukraine mission",<ref name="reuters" /> is a NATO command inaugurated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO summit in Washington in July 2024 with the stated task "to plan, coordinate, and arrange delivery of security assistance that Ukraine needs to prevail in its fight today, and in the future."<ref name="natopress">{{cite news|title =NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine |work = Allied Command Operations |date = 2024-07-11|url = https://shape.nato.int/news-archive/2024/nato-security-assistance-and-training-ukraine-nsatu-is-assisting-ukraine}}</ref> NATO stated that the command was to "build upon and complement organizations already in place."<ref name="natopress2">{{cite news|title =New NATO Secretary General visits SHAPE and NSATU |work = Allied Command Operations |date = 2024-10-14|url = https://shape.nato.int/news-archive/2024/new-nato-secretary-general-visits-shape}}</ref> The command is headquartered at Clay Kaserne, the U.S. military base in Wiesbaden-Erbenheim.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news|title =NATO will not be intimidated by Russia's threats, Rutte says at Ukraine mission HQ |work = Reuters |date = 2024-10-14|url = https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-will-not-be-intimidated-by-russias-threats-rutte-says-ukraine-mission-hq-2024-10-14/ }}</ref>

==Strength and goals== {{Infobox militant organization | name = {{big|Ukraine mission}} | module = {{Infobox military operation | name = ''{{nobold|{{hlist|December 2024 (IOC)|April 2025 (FOC)|present}}}}'' | partof = foreign military assistance during ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine | image = Flag of NATO and Ukraine.svg | image_upright = 1.36}} | module2 = {{left|'''Mission statement'''}} {{right|Enduring, predictable, coherent support to Ukraine through the coordination of Allied logistics, training, and planning efforts on and up to 24-month horizon}} | module3 = {{left|'''{{ubl|• Development framework|• Training areas|• Logistics hubs|• Technical cells}}'''}} {{right|{{ubl|Ukraine-organized 4-monthly OFDeF conferences, in support|~140, in facilitation globally<ref name=TRI/>|Two, sub-commands-managed|Two, under supervision}}}} | module4 =  {{Infobox military operation | name = {{hlist|Execution|Outcome}} | subtitle = as of December 2025 | image = 230514-A-MC970-1004 (1).jpg | image_upright = 1.36 | caption = US M1A1 Abrams tanks needed for training the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived via NSATU's LEN-P await transport to training areas at Grafenwoehr, Germany.{{efn|The M1A1 training is expected to last several weeks and will include live fire, crew qualification, maneuver, and maintainer training. Armed Forces of Ukraine training is conducted by 7th Army Training Command at Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas in Germany on behalf of U.S. Army Europe and Africa.}} | scope = {{hlist|Training, equipping coordination|Force generation|Logistics}} | type = NATO Ops Command | location = {{flagdeco|DE}} Clay Kaserne HQ, DE | location2 = {{flagdeco|PL}} Rzeszów Logistics Enabling Node (LEN — P),&numsp; Remote&numsp;Maintenance&numsp;and Distribution Cell–Ukraine (RDC-U), PL{{efn|The LEN-P synchronizes the inbound aid receipt, transfer and onward movement of donated materiel to the AFU. The RDC-U is responsible for the maintenance and repair of equipment once donated to the AFU.<ref name=OAR2/>{{rp|50-51}}}} | location3 = {{flagdeco|PL}} Zurawica RTW (Regional Technical Workshop), PL<ref name=OAR2/>{{rp|51}} | location4 = {{flagdeco|RO}} Câmpia Turzii LEN — R, RO{{efn|The mission will coordinate, under the leadership of SACEUR, assistance for Ukraine's security. The command will support increasing the interoperability of the Ukrainian army. Romania will host the necessary logistical activities, without NATO's involvement in the conflict. The aim is to strengthen regional security and support strategic partners. The facilities will include training and logistical support for Ukrainian forces.}} | coordinates = {{coord|50|02|58|N|08|19|28|E}} | coordinates2 = {{coord|50|06|36|N|22|01|08|E}} | map_type = NATO | map_label = HQ | map_label2 = LEN-P | map_size = 300px | map_caption = NATO {{!}} NSATU main operational sites: DE, PL {{Location map many|Europe Central | width = 290 |float = right |relief = |border = no | caption = {{big|NATO eastern flank {{!}} NSATU sites: {{small|PL, RO{{efn|{{as of|2025|10}}, contingency facility; under renovation. On 17 September 2025, Romanian president requested parliamentary approval for establishment of the LEN-R Command.<ref name="PodTV">{{cite web |title=România, hub strategic NATO: Comandament logistic propus de președintele Nicușor Dan |trans-title= Romania becomes NATO logistics hub: Nicușor Dan asks for Parliament's approval |archive-date=5 December 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251205114912/https://podtv.ro/2025/09/18/romania-devine-hub-logistic-nato-nicusor-dan-cere-aprobarea-parlamentului/ |url=https://podtv.ro/2025/09/18/romania-devine-hub-logistic-nato-nicusor-dan-cere-aprobarea-parlamentului/ |language=ro |website=PodTV.ro |quote=The command will have the status of Allied Command and will be part of the NATO-HQ NSATU [...] Command. |date=18 September 2025 |access-date=24 September 2025}}</ref>}}}}}} |alt = |AlternativeMap= |overlay_image = | label = LEN-R (ICAO: LRCT) | label_size = 90 |pos = |bg = |mark = Blue pog.svg | marksize = 6 | coordinates ={{coord|46|30|12|N|23|53|07|E}} | label2 = Zurawica RTW | label2_size = 100 |pos2 = |bg2 = | mark2 = Blue pog.svg | mark2size = 6 | coordinates2 = {{coord|qid=Q1989523}} }} | planned = on 24-month horizon | planned_by = 23px {{ill|Defence Policy and Planning Committee|lt=DPPC|uk|Комітет з оборонної політики та планування НАТО}} | commanded_by = 18px LTG Curtis Buzzard{{efn|Starting December 2024, as dual-hatted COM SAG-U (since August 2024).<ref name=PDF/>}} with SACEUR,<ref>{{cite web |quote=«Preparations are underway, we are working very closely with the Germans on the Patriot transfer», Alexus Grynkewich told a conference in the German city of Wiesbaden. «The guidance that I have been given has been to move out as quickly as possible.» |title=Transfer of Patriot units to Kyiv being prepared, says NATO's top commander |website=Reuters.com |via=Reuters |date=17 July 2025 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/transfer-patriot-units-kyiv-being-prepared-says-natos-top-commander-2025-07-17/ |access-date=17 July 2025}}</ref> DSACEUR 18px Admiral Keith Blount | objective = Allied doctrinal support of AFU for its NATO membership, full interoperability of forces | date = {{start date|2024|12|18|df=y}}–present | timezone = CET UTC+01:00/CEST UTC+02:00 | executed_by = 16px COM NSATU/SAG-U (dual hatted) with UDCG deliverables | outcome = ''Ongoing and evolving:''<ref name=UKDef/><hr>{{hlist|220,000 metric tons of cargo{{efn|{{as of|2025|12}}, moved through NSATU facilities since March 2025.<ref name="MILITARNYI">{{cite web |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251222111827/https://militarnyi.com/en/news/second-logistics-hub-in-romania-to-be-opened-for-ukraine/ |archive-date=22 December 2025 |url=https://militarnyi.com/en/news/second-logistics-hub-in-romania-to-be-opened-for-ukraine/ |author=Roman Pryhodko |date=December 21, 2025 |title=Second Logistics Hub in Romania to Be Opened for Ukraine}}</ref>}}|25,000 AFU soldier trainees, and 500 equipment movements, per quarter{{efn|Minimum coordinated, and managed directly, by NSATU respectively.<ref name=UKRINF1/>}}|Burden-sharing unity|Allies policy harmonization|Frictions deconfliction<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-celebrates-trumps-weapons-reversal-devils-details-2025-07-16/ |title=Trump promised Patriots for Ukraine. Now Europe has to provide them |first1=Gram |last1=Slattery |first2=Mike |last2=Stone |first3=Jonathan |last3=Landay |first4=Steve |last4=Holland |work=Reuters |date=17 July 2025 |access-date=17 July 2025 }}</ref>}}}} | module5 = {{Infobox command structure | name = Command structure | date = {{nobold|{{small|'''''December 2025'''''}}}} | parent = SHAPE ''(under SACEUR General Alexus G. Grynkewich)''<ref>{{cite web |quote=In a statement, the alliance said, "Working closely with Ukraine and the United States, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich will validate packages that correspond to Ukraine’s needs, such as air defence, ammunition and other critical equipment for rapid delivery from U.S. stockpiles". |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/netherlands-uses-new-nato-channel-pay-us-arms-ukraine-2025-08-04/ |title=Netherlands uses new NATO channel to pay for US arms for Ukraine |website=Reuters.com |date=4 August 2025 |access-date=4 August 2025}}</ref> | subordinate = Senior Enlisted Leader; Ukraine Military Representative, ACOS-SHAPE staff supplement (both 1-star ranked); DCOM (all four under COM). Under DCOM (2-star):<ref name="TRI">{{cite web |url=https://shape.nato.int/resources/site21749/General/NSATU_Trifold_V16pdf.pdf|title=Trifold |access-date=8 October 2025 |via=SHAPE.NATO.int}}</ref><ref name=DIV>{{cite web |title=NSATU Divisions |url=https://shape.nato.int/NSATU/about-us/nsatu-divisions |via=shape.nato.int/nsatu |access-date=8 October 2025}}</ref> {{hlist|ACOM-Training|ACOM-Equipment Coordination and Logistical Support, ECLS (Capability Integration Branch and the Liaison Officer element, Maintenance, and Logistics Branches, Data Fusion Cell, and the Operations and Plans Branch)|ACOM-Force Development Support (Coordination and Synchronization Support AFU, Design Enhance, Resources Optimize, Insights and Plans)}}}} | module6 = {{center|{{left|'''Mission assessment criteria'''}} {{ubl|''Qualitatively:'' progress to desired end state|''Quantitively:'' cargo throughput tonnage provided; number of AFU personnel trainees programming coordinated}}<hr>{{Website|https://www.dvidshub.net/tags/image/nsatu/|Picture gallery: NSATU}}}} }}

According to the information released by NATO 11 July 2024, NSATU was to have around 700 personnel to be headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany.<ref name="natopress" /> According to the NATO statement, NSATU would have "three main focus areas: oversee training of Ukrainian armed forces at training facilities in Allied countries; provide support to the long-term development of Ukraine’s Armed Forces; support Ukraine through planning, coordination of donations with Allies and partners, transfer of security assistance material, and repair of equipment."<ref name="natopress" /> The statement clarified, "These efforts do not make NATO a party to the conflict, but enhance support to Ukraine’s self defence."<ref name="natopress" />

===Leadership and command=== Lieutenant General Curtis A. Buzzard, US Army, serves as the inaugural commander of NSATU and is dual-hatted as the Commander of the Security Assistance Group – Ukraine (SAG-U). Buzzard was nominated for his third star assignment to the Wiesbaden-based Ukraine support command in July 2024, assuming the additional NATO position in December 2024.{{efn|name=DUAL|Concurrently COM SAG-U from August 2024.<ref >{{cite web |title=About NSATU |url=https://shape.nato.int/resources/site21749/General/NSATU_Trifold_from%20J10_for%20distribution_A4%20Size.pdf|website=shape.nato.int |access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref>}} Buzzard’s leadership role as both NSATU and SAG-U commander reflects the transition of support coordination from an American-led, bilateral SAG-U to a genuine NATO-led, multinational command. The dual-hatting also unifies reporting structures and minimizes redundancy between American and NATO systems.<ref>{{cite news |title=USA Leaves Key Logistics Hub For Ukraine Aid in Poland: Was It Trump Or Planned in Advance |work=Defence Express |date=9 April 2025 |url=https://en.defence-ua.com/news/usa_leaves_key_logistics_hub_for_ukraine_aid_in_poland_was_it_trump_or_planned_in_advance-14121.html |access-date=30 August 2025}}</ref>

The post of Deputy Commander at NSATU is occupied by Major General Maik Keller, German Army, who assumed the role in May 2025, according to Ukrainian and NATO official briefings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deputy Commander |url=https://shape.nato.int/NSATU/about-us/leadership/deputy-commander-2 |via=NATO.int |access-date=30 August 2025}}</ref><ref name="UKRINF">{{cite news|title=NSATU deputy commander outlines center's key functions |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4030805-nsatu-deputy-commander-outlines-centers-key-functions.html |date=29 August 2025 |access-date=30 August 2025 |agency=Ukrinform}}</ref> Keller’s appointment represents Bundeswehr commitment to NSATU operations in Wiesbaden HQ and at logistics hubs, with German officers rotating through key leadership positions. Other staff rotations and handovers are subject to the periodic reorganization typical of NATO multinational headquarters.

===Organizational structure=== {{as of|2025|8}}, staffed by around 350 core personnel, representing as many as 31 NATO and partner nations, NSATU integrates several Indo-Pacific partners, notably Australia and New Zealand personnel, and Ukrainian liaison officers who form a central element in requirements identification and real-time operational dialogue.<ref name=UKRINF1/><ref name=UKRINF/>

NSATU operates as a NATO command under Allied Command Operations (ACO), with reporting lines through the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) at SHAPE. Its mandate, governance, and planning priorities are established by the North Atlantic Council on the advice of the Defense Policy and Planning Committee (DPPC), consistent with the NATO Defense Planning Process (NDPP).<ref>{{cite web |last=Jans |first=Karljin |date=18 March 2022 |publisher=Clingendal Institute |title=Will Russia's invasion boost NATO's budget?|url=https://spectator.clingendael.org/en/publication/will-russias-invasion-boost-natos-budget|quote=[...]which goes beyond the idea of the 2% target. This will require focusing on Alliance readiness levels with, at the centre the NATO Defence Planning Process, addressing the full spectrum of challenges. |access-date=8 October 2025 |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531222912/https://spectator.clingendael.org/en/publication/will-russias-invasion-boost-natos-budget |url-status=live}}</ref> NSATU does not act as an “operating force,” but instead as a joint, multinational coordination and oversight body for international security assistance and training.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_238371.htm?selectedLocale=en |date=10 October 2025 |title=NATO Ambassadors visit SHAPE |access-date=10 October 2025 |via=NATO.int}}</ref>

NSATU’s role is distinct from, but closely coordinated with, several major bilateral and EU multi-lateral efforts: the EU Military Assistance Mission for Ukraine (EUMAM UA), the UK's Operation Interflex, Canada’s Operation UNIFIER, the US-led JMTG-Ukraine, and others.{{efn|'''Joint and Trilateral Cooperation: Mechanisms and Milestones''' *''Formal and Operational Integration'' From 2025 onwards, joint activities by EUMAM UA, NSATU, and SAG-U to reach operational coherence include: :Joint Training Conferences: Used to realign priorities, share outcomes and lessons learned, and agree on standards for training content, delivery, and evaluation. :Reciprocal Information Exchange: All three organizations maintain open channels for intelligence sharing, doctrinal alignment, and operational planning to reduce redundancies and ensure resources reach the front where most needed;<ref name=NSATU>{{cite web |url=https://shape.nato.int/NSATU/newsroom/forging-the-future-of-ukraine |date=2 October 2025 |access-date=8 October 2025 |title= Forging the Future of Ukraine's Combat Power: One Year of Force Development |publisher =NATO SHAPE |website=NATO Allied Command Operations |author= NSATU Public Affairs Office}}</ref> *''Joint Equipment and Sustainment Working Groups'' The NSATU Capability Sustainment Working Group (CSWG), launched in January 2025, involves three organizations. Its remit includes: :Joint troubleshooting of supply and sustainment bottlenecks —particularly for complex NATO-standard equipment now flooding into Ukraine’s inventory. :Inclusion of Ukrainian defense industry representatives, paving the way for international contract integration and domestic capability-building;<ref name=NSATU/> *''Integrated Lessons Learned and Doctrinal Development'' The partnership has resulted in rapid adaptation, among other, of: :battlefield lessons - with integration into both EUMAM UA and NSATU curricula and propagated across all donor nations; :a shared template for End-of-Training Reports (ETRs) capturing and disseminating best practices, challenges, and innovations '''N.B.''': {{as of|2025|10}}, EUMAM UA, akin to NSATU, operates only on EU/EU+ territory. Any proposal for in-country training is contingent on a future truce or agreement.<ref>{{cite news |title=L'UE favorable à former l'armée ukrainienne après larret Des combats |work=Euronews |url=https://fr.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/08/29/lue-favorable-a-former-larmee-ukrainienne-apres-larret-des-combats |date=29 August 2025 |access-date=30 August 2025}}</ref>}}<ref name=UKRINF1/><ref>{{cite web |quote=[...]during their time in supporting the AFU as part of the JMTG-U mission, including training over 400 Ukrainian soldiers in leadership skills, providing for the real life support needs for over 4,000 soldiers,[...]|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/499372/task-force-saber-assumes-jmtg-u-mission-during-transfer-authority-ceremony |title=Task Force Saber assumes JMTG-U mission during transfer of authority ceremony |date=1 June 2025 |access-date=8 October 2025 |first=Tam |last=Le |publisher= 7th Army Training Command}}</ref>

==Headquarters and operational sites== Wiesbaden has for years served as a U.S. Army Europe command hub, and since November 2022, Clay Kaserne has served as the location for the US-led SAG-U before its shift to NATO’s multilateral command after 2024. The selection of this site{{emdash}}a major NATO facility with extensive infrastructure, secure communications, and robust transport links{{emdash}}was intended to enable high-volume, secure operational coordination of bulk flows required by the Ukraine mission.<ref name= Reuters/>

The primary logistics enabling node for NSATU, a location functioning as the main logistics and repair hub for Western aid to Ukraine during the earlier phases of the war is Logistics Enabling Node - Poland (LEN-P).<ref>{{cite news |title=NATO to open logistics centre in Rzeszów, Poland to repair Ukrainian Equipment |url= https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/28/7413291/ |date=23 July 2023 |access-date=30 August 2025 |via=pravda.com.ua}}</ref> There is a dense presence of US, NATO, Polish, and other allied forces in Rzeszów; runway activity and customs data confirm immense throughput capacities for weapons, vehicles, and medical evacuations.<ref name=OAR2/>{{rp|50-51}} NSATU's logistics node from early 2025, it coordinates the reception, staging, onward movement (RSOM), and maintenance support for donated equipment and personnel destined for Ukraine.<ref name="DODOIG">{{cite report |author=((DoD OIG)) |url= https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jun/27/2003492968/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2024-101_SECURED.PDF |title=Audit of Remote Maintenance and Distribution Cell–Ukraine Restructuring Contract Surveillance Planning and Contractor Oversight (Report No. DODIG‑2024‑101) |id=DODIG-2024-041 |date=5 January 2024 |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref> LEN‑P’s operational remit — including RSOM, repair and maintenance facilitation, accountability, and retrograde enablement — complements US DoW's remote maintenance efforts. Specifically, LEN-P works alongside the Remote Maintenance and Distribution Cell‑Ukraine (RDC‑U), which was established in July 2022. The US Army supported RDC-U activities by awarding a major maintenance task order on 5 December 2022.<ref name="DODOIG"/>

LEN‑P functions as the physical logistics hub responsible for receiving equipment and personnel, coordinating staging and transfers between donating nations, maintaining accountability and dispatch records. These core tasks are reflected in continuous, on‑the‑ground activity at the Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport logistics hub, a conduit for multinational aid to Ukraine. The significant throughput at Jasionka prompted adjustments in US force posture while logistics operations continued under Polish and NATO leadership. LEN‑P’s physical handling and staging of equipment complements RDC‑U’s remote maintenance mission: LEN‑P moves and accounts for materiel, while RDC‑U provides remote technical guidance and coordinates repair actions. Army Contracting Command (ACC) and TACOM contracting personnel adhered to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) procedures in awarding the RDC‑U maintenance task order. This adherence included conducting market research, developing an acquisition plan, and utilizing a qualified evaluation team, thereby ensuring contractor selection aligned with established policy and operational needs.<ref>{{cite web |title=NATO Deputy Secretary General visits logistics hub providing vital equipment for Ukraine’s defence |url=https://www.nato.int/en/news-and-events/articles/news/2025/11/23/nato-deputy-secretary-general-visits-logistical-hub-in-poland-of-the-nato-security-assistance-and-training-for-ukraine?selectedLocale= |publisher=North Atlantic Treaty Organization |date=23 November 2025 |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref>

Beginning in January 2025, NSATU's coordination of security in Rzeszów includes two German Patriot batteries stationed in eastern Poland to provide integrated air and missile defense of the hub against air threats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundeswehr verstärkt Engagement bei NSATU [The Bundeswehr Engagement at the NSATU] |url=https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/auftrag/einsaetze/missionen/anerkannte-missionen/nsatu |language=de|date= |access-date=30 August 2025 |via=Bundeswehr.de}}</ref>

The logistics node at Câmpia Turzii, Romania, is being scaled up as a secondary logistics enabling node.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shape.nato.int/NSATU/newsroom/us-ambassador-whitaker-visits-nsatu-headquarters |title= U.S. Ambassador Whitaker Visits NSATU Headquarters |author=((HQ NSATU Public Aafairs Office)) |publisher=SHAPE |date=2 August 2025 |access-date=2025-12-06}}</ref> Logistics Enabling Node — Romania (LEN‑R) is a multinational logistics node established to receive, stage, account for, and onward‑move defense articles and personnel destined for Ukraine. LEN‑R operates under allied coordination and host‑nation authorities to provide secure throughput, inventory control, and chain‑of‑custody for donated and transferred materiel.

LEN‑R’s primary missions include RSOM, secure storage and accountability; and retrograde/repair facilitation for materiel transiting to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. National sources indicate Romania has identified infrastructure and authorized personnel to host LEN‑R facilities under national and NATO authorities. It complements other logistics nodes, including LEN‑P, by providing allied throughput and interfacing with US and allied maintenance and contracting efforts. The base, known as "Baza 71 Aeriană General Emanoil Ionescu", houses, among others, US multi-role fighter squadrons and drone units, and is being upgraded according to NATO-funded expansion contracts. {{as of|2025|12}}, Câmpia Turzii is not reported to be at operational parity with Rzeszów but is being developed as an additional logistics corridor and redundancy, while risk of cross-border traffic exposure in Poland persists.<ref name="PodTV"/>

NSATU official reporting and allied coverage describe NSATU’s coordinating role; public reporting and evaluations document LEN‑P and LEN‑R operational roles and host‑nation actions.<ref>{{cite report |date=12 November 2024 |title=Evaluation of Security and Accountability Controls for Defense Items Transferred to Ukraine Through Romania |id=DODIG-2025-019 |access-date=6 December 2025 |url=https://www.dodig.mil/reports.html/Article/3963443/evaluation-of-security-and-accountability-controls-for-defense-items-transferre/}}</ref> The NSATU staff footprint is further supplemented by personnel at SHAPE in Casteau, Belgium, as well as liaison/coordination points at two logistics nodes. These numbers account for the cited "up to 700" personnel figure, which includes "assisting personnel" distributed across NSATU HQ, SHAPE, and node sites.{{efn|Exact breakdown is not disclosed.}}<ref name=TRI/>

==Logistics, maintenance, repair and overhaul operations==

NSATU draws lessons from earlier military logistics operations.<ref>{{cite book |quote= The first of these ‘lessons observed’ is that resilient operational logistics remains an essential ingredient for success. |chapter=9. Logistics Lessons Observed: A Critical Enabler and Vulnerability |first=Ronald |last=Ti |doi=10.47788/VPNU6680 |title= Tactical and Strategic Insights from the Russo-Ukrainian War |date=2025 |page=184-202 |isbn=978-1-80413-156-5 }}</ref> LEN-P’s MRO activity is largely accomplished by commercial contractors, but to push similar efforts into the near-battlespace requires a similar scale but consisting mostly of military technicians. As weapons systems from multiple nations have poured into Ukraine, the need to sustain those disparate systems has escalated; resulting in a call for Field Service Representatives from defense industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dla.mil/About-DLA/News/News-Article-View/Article/4186237/support-at-the-forward-edge-of-the-battlefield-lessons-learned/ |author1=COL Adrian J. Sullivan |author2=Lt.Col. Russell C. Chance |title=Support at the Forward Edge of the Battlefield: Lessons Learned |date=1 April 2025 |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref>

Interviews with NSATU’s Deputy Commander, German and Ukrainian sources, and UK defense journalists confirm a throughput rate of at least 18,000 tons of materiel per month via NSATU's Rzeszów hub with over 60,000 tracked movements since NSATU assumed responsibility in March 2025.<ref name="UKDef"/>

A critical dimension in official European and Ukrainian statements is that NATO and NSATU do not deliver aid directly into Ukraine. All materials are delivered to and must be collected from designated logistics nodes on NATO alliance territory. This deliberate, repeated distinction is emphasized at the highest levels (NATO, German, UK MoD, and Ukrainian Defense Ministry), and is central to assuaging alliance member concerns regarding escalation and direct involvement in the conflict.<ref name="natopress"/>

Every two to three months, NSATU organizes maintenance working groups involving donor countries, Western defense industry representatives, Ukrainian officials, and sometimes front-line Ukrainian unit experts. This process has been effective in resolving spare parts shortages (an example being the repair of a Patriot radar).<ref>{{cite news |title=Forging the Future of Ukraine's Combat Power: OFDeF Conference Strengthens NATO-Ukraine Integration |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/ukraine/2025/06/ukraine-250602-nato-nsatu01.htm |date=2 June 2025 |access-date=30 August 2025 |via=globalsecurity.org |author=J10 NSATU}}</ref><ref name="UKRINF1"/>

==Training roles and programmes== NSATU’s training coordination function is to harmonize the identification of Ukrainian training needs, match them to allied capacity, for scheduling and reporting processes.<ref name="NSATU-Nov2025">{{cite web |title=NSATU’s Training Kit Initiative Boosts Readiness for Ukraine |author=NSATU Public Affairs Office |url=https://shape.nato.int/NSATU/newsroom/nsatu-training-kit-initiative-boosts-readiness-for-ukraine |website=NATO Allied Command Operations |publisher=NATO SHAPE |date=14 November 2025 |access-date=16 November 2025 }}</ref> Training is not delivered by NSATU staff but by participating nations under the coordination umbrella provided by NSATU.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://shape.nato.int/NSATU/newsroom/head-of-the-mission-of-ukraine-to-nato-visits-nsatu-in-germany |date=3 September 2025 |access-date=24 October 2025 |title=Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO visits NSATU in Germany |publisher=NATO SHAPE |author=NSATU Public Affairs Office |via=SHAPE.nato.int |website=NATO Allied Command Operations }}</ref>

Prominent among the delivery agents are the EU Military Assistance Mission in Support of Ukraine (EUMAM UA), the UK’s Operation Interflex, Canada’s Operation UNIFIER, and several bilateral arrangements coordinated through the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine (JMTG-U), US-led.<ref name=NSATU /> EUMAM UA alone, operating through its commands in Germany and Poland, has taken a leading role since its creation, with other major contributors from the US, UK, and NATO international training groupings of no fewer than 18 countries by early 2025.{{efn|*''The Strausberg Model: EU-NATO Training Synergy'' The collaboration at the Special Training Command (ST-C) in Strausberg, Germany serves as an exemplar of EU-NATO synergy. In July 2025, meetings between Brigadier General Maurice Timmermans (DCOM EUMAM UA) and Major General Maik Keller (DCOM NSATU) formalized a unified training pipeline: * EUMAM UA delivers training for Ukrainian soldiers. * NSATU leads on doctrine, best practices, and evaluation—ensuring that all graduates are not only skilled but NATO-interoperable.}}<ref name="UKRINF"/> A hallmark of the training system is the involvement of Ukrainian instructors in “train-the-trainer” programs. NSATU actively enables Ukrainian personnel to assume increasing roles in all training efforts.<ref name=UKRINF/>

{{as of|2025|7}}, output reporting states the cumulative figure for Ukrainian troops trained under SAG–U/NSATU-coordinated programs at over 192,000 since February 2022.<ref name="OAR2"/>{{rp|44 Table 10}}<ref name="OAR"/>{{rp|46 Infobox}} The scale and reach of these programs - spanning 140+ different training areas globally - are validated in NATO and UK defense press also affirmed in Ukrainian MoD and NATO press releases.<ref name="TRI"/> The figure includes ongoing, cyclical basic and specialist training delivered outside Ukraine, primarily in Poland, Germany, the UK, and other NATO states territories.<ref name=UKRINF1/>

==Multinational partner coordination== Much of NSATU’s day-to-day work is organizing and deconflicting a wide array of partner-led contributions to Ukraine, from logistics delivery and training, to medical support and capability enhancement. This is achieved through direct participation in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (the "Ramstein Format" with its "capability coalitions" and interoperability standards applied, e.g., donated armor, artillery, and air defense equipment from dozen of countries is fielded without compatibility issues), which have shifted substantial planning and execution burden to NSATU oversight since February 2025.<ref name=NSATU/>

According to NATO representative Ariella Viehe, NSATU coordinated the first four military deliveries packages{{emdash}}worth a total of around $2 billion and funded by the Netherlands (4 August 2025), Denmark, Norway and Sweden (5 August), Germany (13 August), and Canada (24 August){{emdash}}under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List initiative (PURL), a mechanism to deliver urgently needed equipment from US stockpiles to Ukraine.<ref name=NSATU/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/netherlands-funds-500m-u-s-equipment-package-for-ukraine/ |title=Netherlands funds $500m U.S. equipment package for Ukraine |first=George |last=Allison |work=UK Defence Journal|date=10 August 2025 |access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref> Major bilateral and coalition contributions highlighted in European defense reporting illustrate increasing European leadership in direct aid flows, with Germany, the UK, the EU collectively, and Norway each surpassed €1 billion in defense-specific commitments for Ukraine in 2024 alone.<ref name=UKDef/>

Permanent Ukrainian representatives operate within the command structures of three organizations, and senior staff regularly rotate between EUMAM UA ST-C, SAG-U, and NSATU headquarters for briefings and joint planning. European reports point to the embedded nature of Ukrainian military liaison teams, not only in the headquarters but also at each operational node. This structure ensures nearly real-time synchronization of operational requirement signals (supply shortfalls, urgent instructional needs, etc.) with NATO and partner systems.<ref name=UKRINF1/>

==24-month planning horizon== The two-year rolling planning visibility window is intended neither as a fixed, immovable plan nor a simple ammunition spreadsheet, but as an operational "forecast horizon" for donors' procurement and training cycles to synchronize with Ukraine’s own force development and sustainment plans. European partners, in particular, have advocated for this approach to provide "predictability for Kyiv" and allow for more efficient long-term logistics contracts, defense industry ramp-ups, and training program design. Regular Operation Force Development Framework conferences in Poland, organized by Ukraine and supporred by NSATU and SAG–U, provide for information sharing and planning process cycling.<ref name=NSATU/> Interviews with German and Ukrainian staff emphasize the goal of giving Ukraine at least six months of assured visibility into upcoming donations so it can better plan operational launches and minimize the uncertainty of late-stage material gaps.<ref name=UKRINF1/>

The NATO Defense Policy and Planning Committee (DPPC) sets the outer edges of this planning, in close liaison with Allied Command Operations, Allied Command Transformation, and, crucially, the Ukrainian General Staff and Ministry of Defense. This is a core part of NSATU’s mandate and is regularly referenced in both NATO documents and European reporting.<ref>{{cite web |title=NATO - Topic: NATO Defence Planning Process |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49202.htm |date=16 April 2025 |access-date=30 August 2025 |via=NATO.int}}</ref>

== Reactions == In early October 2024, President of Croatia Zoran Milanović stated, "The vast majority of citizens of Croatia oppose any and every form of active involvement of Croatia in the conflict in Ukraine" and that he believes the planning and operational help provided by NSATU goes too far.<ref name="milan">{{cite news|title =President Milanović: Through the NSATU mission, NATO is entering operational planning of the war in Ukraine |work = predsjednik.hr |date = 2024-10-08|url = https://www.predsjednik.hr/en/news/president-milanovic-through-the-nsatu-mission-nato-is-entering-operational-planning-of-the-war-in-ukraine/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hrvatska |first=N1 |date=2024-10-08 |title=VIDEO / Milanović: Tko skriva da su vojnici fizički u Ukrajini, obmanjuje javnost |url=https://n1info.hr/vijesti/video-milanovic-o-ukrajini-neka-oni-koji-produzuju-rat-salju-tamo-svoju-djecu/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=N1 |language=hr}}</ref>

During a 14 October 2024 visit to NSATU Germany's Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius appealed to other allies to contribute more personnel to NSATU.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bmvg.de/de/aktuelles/unterstuetzung-ukraine-pistorius-bei-nsatu-wiesbaden-5847590 |website= bmvg.de |title= Koordinierte Unterstützung für die Ukraine: Pistorius bei NSATU in Wiesbaden |first= Lara |last= Finke |date= 2024-10-14 |access-date= 2025-07-17 |lang= de |trans-title= Coordinated support for Ukraine: Pistorius at NSATU in Wiesbaden}}</ref>

==See also== * {{anl|Coalition of the willing (Russo-Ukrainian War)}} * {{anl|Multinational Force–Ukraine}} * {{anl|Ukraine Defense Contact Group}} * {{anl|Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative#Security Assistance Group Ukraine (SAG-U)|Security Assistance Group Ukraine}}

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