The Armed Forces of Ukraine received the first equipment from IT coalition

The IT coalition led by Estonia and Luxembourg has provided the first batch of equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported about this on Friday, May 3.

The military will receive laptops, monitors and other communication equipment worth €900 thousand.

The transferred equipment from international partners will be delivered to the units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the near future.

The Ministry of Defense emphasized that the efficient and quick procurement was made possible by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency.

According to Deputy Minister of Defense Kateryna Chernohorenko, the equipment will improve communication and the ability to plan tasks at the tactical level.

“This is one of our priorities – to fulfill the requests of the units related to communication on the front line. I am grateful to our partners for their responsibility and speed in making decisions,” she said.

The IT Coalition is an ad hoc group of states that has joined forces within the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (the so-called Ramstein format), led by Estonia and Luxembourg.

Other members of the initiative are: Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom.

This group is focused on providing support to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of IT, communications and cybersecurity.

The IT Coalition has already managed to collect financial and in-kind contributions of more than €36 million. The contributions of more than €23 million are still expected.

In April of this year, the UK government donated modern equipment to Ukraine, including laptops, scanners, and printers, to work with the Unified Electronic Registry of Persons Liable for Military Service Oberih.