Military equipment, weapons systems, vehicles, and other defence-related supplies delivered to Ukraine are required to comply with NATO requirements.

The same standards will now govern defence products exchanged between Ukraine and Finland or manufactured under bilateral defence contracts, Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reported.

To support this process, the two countries’ defence ministries have signed a memorandum on reciprocal government quality assurance for military products and services.

The memorandum builds upon a broader framework of Ukrainian-Finnish defence cooperation. It follows the bilateral Security Agreement signed in April 2024 and the defence cooperation memorandum concluded by the two ministries in March 2025.

«Given the scale of procurement currently being carried out by the Ministry of Defence for the military, we must make even greater efforts to ensure transparency and accountability. This is important both for the partners who support us in various ways and for the service members who ultimately receive this equipment», – Mstyslav Banik, Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine.

The agreement introduces a mechanism that allows the authorised quality assurance body of one state to assess defence products on behalf of the other in line with NATO regulations STANAG 4107 and AQAP-2070.

As a result, inspections and certifications carried out by either side will be accepted without additional verification. For example, quality checks conducted in Finland for Ukrainian orders will no longer need to be repeated in Ukraine, and vice versa.

The memorandum also outlines the responsibilities of government quality assurance personnel operating within their own national jurisdictions at the request of a partner country

All assessments will follow harmonised NATO procedures, using common documentation standards and identical reporting formats. This approach is expected to simplify cooperation and ensure a unified understanding of quality and reliability requirements for defence products.

Ukraine has already implemented similar arrangements with several NATO member states and partners, including Sweden, Türkiye, Czechia, France, Germany, Norway, and Poland.

The newly signed agreement with Finland further advances Ukraine’s integration into the Alliance’s defence procurement and quality control system.