Overview
- Strategic reviews of the EU’s EUMAM and EUAM missions propose enabling some training inside Ukraine and broadening civilian‑security support.
- EUMAM has trained about 80,000 Ukrainian troops on EU soil, but reviews say external courses constrain realistic UAV and electronic‑warfare practice and impose heavy travel demands.
- Three training centers in western Ukraine exist yet are underused due to inadequate infrastructure and a shortage of qualified foreign instructors.
- Deployment of EU instructors in Ukraine would follow a ceasefire or truce and be coordinated with U.S. involvement or security guarantees, with any mandate changes requiring unanimity.
- EUAM proposals include reinforced border control with Russia and Belarus, a presence on any future contact line, stronger cybersecurity and critical‑infrastructure protection, and veteran reintegration, with a two‑step plan to ready revisions now for rapid approval when conditions permit.