Ukraine becomes member of NATO's program of technological cooperation between armies

Amid ongoing brutal war between Moscow and Kyiv in Eastern Europe, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov stated that his nation as an associate member has joined Multilateral Interoperability Program (MIP), which organises military-technological cooperation of NATO member nations. According to Ukrinform, citing Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, relevant decision was opted by vote at MIP Steering Group's annual meeting. 

press service for Defence Ministry cited Reznikov as saying, “Ukraine has strong IT (Information Technology) potential and it is a worthy NATO ally. I am sure that we will bring our expertise to development of collective security," Xinhua reported.  

According to Ministry, Ukraine now has authority to jointly establish and amend important NATO standards relating to interaction of combat control systems and associated standards as MIP associate member. 

In order to ensure interoperability of national C2IS systems, MIP, a program of technological collaboration between Armed Forces of NATO member nations was developed at level of national combat control information system developers, Xinhua reported.  

All MIP papers will have Ukrainian flag featured in ir design templates

In dition to this, notably, a significant contribution has been me to establishment of Ukrainian Delta Situational Awareness System, which has been created by Ukrainian military IT professionals since 2016, owing to funding from C4 Ukraine-NATO Trust Fund and MIP programme. At MIP Steering Group meeting, officials of Ministry of Defence's Center for Innovation and Development of Defence Technologies showcased Ukraine's potential using example of Delta's functioning, Ukrinform reported. 

decision to join h alrey been communicated to Ukraine through formal diplomatic channels. Moreover, all MIP papers will have Ukrainian flag featured in ir design templates. According to Ministry of Defence, representatives of NATO Hequarters Consultation, Command and Control (C3) Staff stated in ir letter that decision was a good illustration of Ukraine's cooperation with NATO and allies, particularly within context of NATO-Ukraine C4 Knowledge Sharing Project. 

Ukraine crisis

Embattled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke at NATO meeting after western military alliance officially invited Sweden and Finland to join. President urged NATO to accept Ukraine into alliance. 

Meanwhile, thousands of people continued to flood borders of neighbouring western nations as humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deteriorated. Ursula von der Leyen, President of European Union (EU) Commission, announced an economic help package for nations taking in refugees from Ukraine. "So far more than 3 million people have left Ukraine. Half of m were children. I applaud enormous generosity of all Europeans, all Member States, and Moldova. We propose to accelerate and inject EUR3.4 billion of liquidity to support EU countries hosting those fleeing war," Ursula von der Leyen tweeted.

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