NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine

NATO Security Assistance and Training Ukraine
Also known asNSATU, Ukraine mission
FounderNorth Atlantic Council
Founding leaderACO (with SHAPE, ADCON)
LeaderChristopher Cavoli
(July 2024–July 2025)
GEN Alexus Grynkewich
(July 2025–present)
Military leaderSACEUR (OPCON)
Political leader NAC (DPPC)
NSATU CommanderLTG Curtis Buzzard
Unit typeOperational command
Founding
directives
Voluntary non-legally binding Ukraine response consolidator
FoundationJuly 11, 2024
Dates of operationDecember 18, 2024–present
Country Ukraine (recipient)
Allegiance NATO (provider)
MotivesUkraine to prevail, Russia to be deterred
HeadquartersLucius D. Clay Kaserne
 Germany, Hesse
50°02′59″N 8°19′31″E / 50.0498°N 8.3254°E / 50.0498; 8.3254
Active regionsACO AOR
SloganHarnessing the strength of Alliance to support Ukraine
Major actionsMilitary aid to AFU
StatusMultinational, active
SizeHHBN-equivalent
Part ofNATO Enhanced Forward Presence (as Command)
Allies
31 contributing nations
Allied commands, coalitions, mission:
Opponents
Battles and warsRusso-Ukrainian war (2022-present)
OrganizationMultinational • Joint • Combined commd.
WebsiteOfficial website
Assistance et formation de l'OTAN en matière de sécurité pour l'Ukraine (AFOMSU, French)
«Підготовка та сприяння НАТО Україні з безпеки» (Командування, Ukrainian)
Clay Kaserne in 2012
FoundedJuly 11, 2024 (2024-07-11) (inaugurated)
18 December 2024 (18 December 2024) (activated)
Allegiance SHAPE
TypeCombined joint operational Command
Role
  • Provisioning of equipment, training to AFU by NATO members/allies
  • AFU long-term doctrine overseeing
Size~350 personnel (from 31 countries, including Ukraine)
Part of
HeadquartersClay Kaserne, Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Hesse, Germany
NicknameUkraine mission
WebsiteWebsite, SHAPE
Commanders
Commander
3-star rank
LTG Curtis A. Buzzard (first)  United States Army
Deputy
Commander
GM Maik Keller (May 2025-present)
 German Army
Ukraine
Mil. Rep.
BRG Hennadii Shapovalov (first)  Ukrainian Ground Forces
ACOM, Force
Dev. Support
Brigadier Richard Bell (first)  British Army
ACOM, TrainingBRG P.H.G.H.Robichaud (June 2025-present)  Canadian Army
ACOM,
ECLS
BRG Witold Bartoszek (first)  Polish Land Forces
Senior
enlisted leader
Sgt.Maj. Mark Morgan (first)
 United States Army
Today
part
of
  • 60,000 equipment movements
  • 6,700/23,300mt monthly throughput
  • 25000 AFU personnel quarterly training
NSATU
SAG-U
EUMAM UA
SAG-U–NSATU joint coordination
EUMAM UA-NSATU data sharing, Ukrainian LNO staff rotation
Footnotes

The NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU), also known as the "Ukraine mission", 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." NATO stated that the command was to "build upon and complement organizations already in place." The command is headquartered at Clay Kaserne, the U.S. military base in Wiesbaden-Erbenheim.