Aug. 3-14, Ukraine took part in NATO's Baltic Trust 2026 exercise in Latvia, focused on countering drones and unmanned aircraft system threats.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.

The exercises brought together around 650 participants from 24 countries.

Service members, specialists and industry representatives jointly tested new technological solutions in conditions close to a modern operational environment.

The focus of Baltic Trust is not on individual technologies but on their ability to work as a single system.

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Participants tested how detection assets, command and control systems, and counter-UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) capabilities can exchange data, build a common operational picture and enable a coordinated response.

Exercises of this kind help evaluate technologies directly in field conditions, identify their limitations and refine solutions in line with real operational needs.

Jointly testing and integrating such solutions helps turn technological innovation into practical capabilities that strengthen readiness and collective defence.