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It is a question with about as many moving parts and complexities as the IDCC’s current task of delivering squadrons of German Leopard II and British Challenger 2 tanks, and the crews to operate them, to Kyiv. From the time the requests are validated and authorised, it is only a matter of days until the request is sourced, shipped in the hands of the Ukrainians.”īut for all its military efficiency – one staff member recently described its work matching Ukrainian arms shopping lists with equipment and spares often in multiple locations as akin to the work of a dating agency – a nagging question remains: is Ukraine getting the weaponry it needs to throw Vladimir Putin’s forces back out of the country and win the war? Ukrainian soldiers undergoing training at Bovington Camp, Dorset wave a Ukrainian flag (Photo: Ben Birchall/AFP)

To date it has negotiated and organised the delivery of 250,000 tons of supplies via 500 flights as countries led by America and the UK make good on pledges of military aid worth £53bn.Īs America’s most senior soldier, General Mark Milley, put it: “The speed that we have delivered security assistance is without comparison. The operation – known as the International Donor Co-ordination Centre (IDCC) – is regarded with no little pride by Western military commanders.

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