Medical support and strategic communications: Ukrainian service members take part in NATO Exercise LOYAL LEDA 2026

Ukrainian service members from the Ukraine–NATO Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre (JATEC) took part in NATO Exercise LOYAL LEDA 2026, sharing their expertise on russia’s aggression against Ukraine to strengthen joint defence efforts. The Ukrainian team shared its experience and best practices in medical support, strategic communications, and civil-military cooperation.

LOYAL LEDA is a NATO command post exercise (CPX) with extensive use of computer-based and digital components, focused on scenarios involving Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, i.e., NATO’s collective defence.

Over 10 days, Ukrainian officers, alongside hundreds of NATO counterparts, practised elements of deterrence and defence against the enemy at the NATO Joint Force Training Centre in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

The Military Medical Doctrine was presented, along with the approaches Ukrainian military medics use on the front line to evacuate the wounded.

During a strategic communications session, Ukraine’s experience in maintaining societal cohesion and countering enemy disinformation was examined.

The participation of Ukrainian service members also contributed to a broader objective of enhancing NATO–Ukraine interoperability under the JATEC Work Programme for 2026.