The Armed Forces of Ukraine have completed the sixth cycle of a NATO programme on psychological support and the restoration of combat effectiveness.

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

Over July and August 2026, the project ran 34 practical training seminars attended by more than 1,000 service members from various categories of Ukraine’s Defence Forces.

The programme is carried out with NATO support under the Comprehensive Assistance Package for Ukraine. Its main aim is to help troops maintain psychological resilience, recover more quickly after combat and sustain the combat effectiveness of their units.

At the seminars, service members learn how to help themselves and their fellow soldiers in acute stress situations, and how to restore their psychological state more effectively after combat missions.

The General Staff noted that the training is not confined to a standard programme. Its format is adapted to the needs of particular units and to requests from commanders, so as to respond promptly to the challenges units face at the front.

The project is coordinated by the Main Directorate for Psychological Support of Personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which gathers requests from the forces, assesses the need for seminars and draws up the plan for holding them.

The practical component of the programme is delivered by the Officers’ League, a civil society organisation that has worked in psychological support for Ukrainian service members since 2014.