Defense Attache Office
Phone: 380-44-490-4323/Fax:380-44-490-4093
10 Yurii Kotsiubynskyi St.
Kyiv 01901 Ukraine

The Defense Attache Office (DAO) is a Joint Department of Defense office, providing timely and accurate information to Washington on issues affecting the Ukrainian military.

The DAO office is comprised of members of each of the four branches of the military and liaisons with a broad spectrum of representatives from the Ministry of Defense, Ukraine. They are further tasked with executing both the Defense Cooperation Plan and the European Command (EUCOM) Military-to-Military contact plan with the hopes of building strong and lasting relationships with Ukraine.

DAO advises the Ambassador and Country Team on all military/defense matters including: Warsaw Pact Initiative, Partnership for Peace, Peace Shield, Sea Breeze and operations involving joint peacekeeping efforts in Kosovo.