New NATO Center to Coordinate Ukraine Aid Falls Behind Schedule
- The command is intended to make support to Kyiv more reliable
- Hub was expected to start work in October with 700 personnel
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The establishment of a new NATO command center for coordinating training and security assistance to Ukraine is running behind schedule, according to people familiar with the matter.
The NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine command was supposed to open in Wiesbaden, Germany, this fall with 700 personnel. Instead, the center is still ramping up, with a few hundred on staff. Many posts still unfilled as countries have been slow to send the promised personnel, added the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive issues.