Announced on 3 November, Exercise KOALICJA 26.2 will test how a UK–French-led multinational force could deploy and sustain support for Ukraine after hostilities end. The exercise is scheduled for 9–22 November; it has not yet taken place.
Announcement date: 3 November 2026 | Exercise dates: 9–22 November 2026 | Area: Poland / France / Türkiye | Force: Multinational Force Ukraine (MNF-U) | Domain: Joint Operations / Multinational Readiness
1. Event overview
The United Kingdom and France announced Exercise KOALICJA 26.2 on 3 November 2026. It is the first major readiness exercise organised by the Multinational Force Ukraine (MNF-U), the military component of the Coalition of the Willing. Scheduled for 9–22 November, it will involve approximately 2,800 personnel from 11 countries and rehearse preparations for a possible multinational mission supporting Ukraine after hostilities have ended.
The participants are Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye and the United Kingdom. Around 300 British personnel are expected. Poland will provide principal host-nation support; command activity and the maritime component will also involve France and Türkiye.
2. Operational components
The exercise will test multinational command-and-control, deployment procedures, force protection, and movement and sustainment of personnel, equipment and supplies. British 7 Brigade personnel are expected to rehearse logistics movements. Royal Air Force Typhoons and a Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft are scheduled to fly supporting sorties. Turkish forces will establish a maritime element in Istanbul to test mine-clearance planning associated with restoring access to Ukrainian ports.
These are announced objectives, not completed activity or verified outcomes. No exercise results or operational validation are available at the date of this report.
3. Intelligence World assessment
KOALICJA 26.2 moves beyond force-generation declarations by rehearsing the processes required to command, move, protect and sustain a multinational contingent. Logistical interoperability, host-nation support and cross-component coordination are likely to be more revealing indicators of readiness than nominal participant numbers alone.
The exercise’s size should not be equated with the strength of a future force in Ukraine. Participation does not establish that governments have approved deployment under specific conditions. Current plans envisage MNF-U entering Ukraine only after hostilities have ceased, at the request of the Ukrainian government and subject to necessary conditions. The force is not a NATO mission and is not intended to conduct peacekeeping or ceasefire monitoring.
4. Outlook
During 9–22 November, indicators to monitor include headquarters integration, movement timelines, logistics throughput, air–ground coordination, force protection and lessons identified. Any assessment of readiness should be revisited after verified results are released.
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Source basis: official government announcements and verified open-source information. Announced exercise objectives are distinguished from results that are not yet available.
Military & Defence Analysis Team – Joint Operations Analyst