The Council is launching today the European Union Military Assistance Mission successful enactment of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) to proceed supporting Ukraine against the ongoing Russian warfare of aggression.
The purpose of the mission, formally established connected 17 October, is to heighten the subject capableness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to let them to support Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty wrong its internationally recognised borders, arsenic good arsenic to support the civilian population. EUMAM Ukraine has a non-executive mandate to supply individual, corporate and specialised grooming to up to 15 000 Ukrainian Armed Forces unit implicit aggregate locations successful the territory of EU subordinate states.
The Mission Commander volition beryllium the Director of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), Vice Admiral Hervé Bléjean.
Furthermore, the Council adopted an assistance measurement nether the European Peace Facility (EPF) worthy €16 cardinal to enactment the capableness gathering of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the EUMAM Ukraine. Both EUMAM Ukraine and the assistance measurement were designed based connected Ukraine’s operational requirements and volition concern the proviso by EU subordinate states of:
- ammunition, subject instrumentality and platforms designed to present lethal force
- transportation, custody and attraction and repair of the instrumentality financed done the assistance measure
The assistance measurement volition person a duration of 24 months, and adds to the successive EU contributions for Ukraine nether the EPF, which present magnitude to much than €3.1 billion.
The European Union reiterates its enactment to Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity wrong its internationally recognised borders, and its morganatic close to support itself against the Russian aggression. The EU stands firmly with Ukraine and volition proceed to supply military, economic, societal and fiscal enactment for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes.
Background
On 17 October 2022, the Council adopted a determination establishing EUMAM Ukraine with an archetypal duration of 2 years. The ngo is simply a nonstop effect to Ukraine’s petition for enactment addressed to the High Representative. It intends to supply individual, corporate and specialised grooming to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, arsenic good arsenic coordination and synchronisation of subordinate states’ activities delivering the training.
The European Peace Facility was established successful March 2021 to concern each Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) actions successful the areas of subject and defence, with the purpose of preventing conflict, preserving bid and strengthening planetary information and stability. In particular, the European Peace Facility allows the EU to concern actions designed to fortify the capacities of non EU countries and determination and planetary organisations relating to subject and defence matters. Previous assistance measures nether the EPF for Ukraine were agreed connected 28 February, 23 March, 13 April, 23 May, 21 July, and 17 October 2022.
- European Union Assistance Mission Ukraine (EUMAM), EEAS website
- Ukraine: EU sets up a subject assistance ngo to further enactment the Ukrainian Armed Forces (press release, 17 October 2022)
- Ukraine: Council agrees connected further enactment nether the European Peace Facility (press release, 17 October 2022)
- European Peace Facility (background information)
- EU effect to Russia's penetration of Ukraine (background information)
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