National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

What National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine does

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC, Рада національної безпеки і оборони України / РНБОУ) is a constitutional coordinating body established under Article 107 of the Constitution of Ukraine in 1992 and chaired by the President of Ukraine. It coordinates and controls executive branch activity in the national security and defense sphere, exercising sole authority to impose international sanctions against aggressor states and collaborators through the State Sanctions Registry (drs.nsdc.gov.ua). Core operational offerings include the Drone Deal initiative, which facilitates export of Ukrainian unmanned systems to partner countries, and the Fast Track export approval mechanism for military products, introduced in July 2026. The Council also convenes the Supreme Commander's Headquarters, develops defense industry policy through the Interdepartmental Commission on Military-Industrial Policy and Defense Technologies, and sets budget priorities for the security and defense sector.

The NSDC does not generate commercial revenue; its operations are funded through the Ukrainian state budget under program КПКВК 6501010. Its primary stakeholders are Ukrainian government bodies and security sector institutions, including the Armed Forces, security services, intelligence agencies, border guards, and the domestic defense industry. International partners include the EU, UK, Sweden, and other countries providing defense assistance under agreements such as the Priority Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative. Leadership comprises President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Chairman and Secretary Rustem Umerov, who previously served as Minister of Defense of Ukraine (September 2023 – July 2025) and Head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine (2022–2023). Headquarters are located at 16 Petropavlivska Square, Kyiv.

Name

National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

Legal name

Рада національної безпеки і оборони України

Website

https://rnbo.gov.ua

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) is a constitutional coordinating body under the President of Ukraine, established in 1992 per Article 107 of the Constitution to coordinate national security and defense policy, impose sanctions, and develop defense industry and export capabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

National Security and Defense Governance

NAICS

National Security (928110), International Affairs (92812), National Security and International Affairs (9281)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Central Government Policy, Strategy & Performance (incl. OMB-style functions) (BPAIAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Intergovernmental Affairs & Federal Grants Administration (BPAIAAAC), Security Sector Reform (SSR) & Defense Institution Building (BPADAFAE)

Keywords

• National security coordination
• Defense policy governance
• Sanctions enforcement
• Defense industry development
• Military export facilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Kyiv

HQ country

Ukraine

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The NSDC is the constitutional coordination body under the President of Ukraine that coordinates and controls executive branch activity in national security and defense. It implements sanctions against hostile individuals and entities, develops defense production policy, and facilitates military exports through the Drone Deal initiative and Fast Track export mechanism. It maintains the public State Sanctions Registry and operates the Interagency Commission on Military-Industrial Policy and Defense Technologies.

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Products and services

• State Sanctions Registry (Державний реєстр санкцій) A publicly accessible web-based registry at drs.nsdc.gov.ua that tracks sanctions imposed by Ukraine against individuals and legal entities. It serves as the authoritative national record of sanctions decisions and is used by government bodies, businesses, and the public for sanctions compliance verification.
• Drone Deal Mechanism A government initiative facilitating the export of Ukrainian defense products, particularly unmanned systems, through an accelerated Fast Track approval procedure for partner countries. The NSDC presented the mechanism to representatives of the Ukrainian defense-industrial complex.
• Fast Track Export Mechanism An accelerated government procedure for reviewing export license applications for certain categories of military products, established under a government decree for supplies to Drone Deal partner countries.
• Interagency Commission on Military-Industrial Policy and Defense Technologies (Міжвідомча комісія з питань військово-промислової політики та оборонних технологій) A working body of the NSDC Ukraine established to develop proposals on military-industrial policy, defense industry reform, and defense technology development. It is chaired by the NSDC Secretary or Deputy, with members from relevant ministries and agencies.

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Direct peers

• National Security Council (Japan): Japan's National Security Council (国家安全保障会議) is a cabinet-level body that coordinates foreign policy, defense, and crisis response under Prime-Ministerial chairmanship — a direct peer in terms of statutory coordinating authority over defense and security policy.
• Federal Security Council (Bundessicherheitsrat, Germany): Germany's Bundessicherheitsrat is a cabinet committee chaired by the Chancellor that coordinates defense export licensing and security policy — a direct peer in coordinating defense-industrial decisions and arms export approvals, mirroring the NSDC's Fast Track export mechanism.
• Security Council of the Russian Federation: Russia's Security Council is a constitutional consultative body chaired by the President that coordinates national security policy — the closest structural mirror of the Ukrainian NSDC in terms of constitutional role, presidential chairmanship, and cross-agenda security coordination.
• National Security Council (India): India's NSC advises the Prime Minister on security and defense integration across strategic domains — a direct peer as a Prime-Ministerial-level coordinating body for national security policy with interagency convening authority analogous to the NSDC.
• National Defence and Security Council (France): France's Conseil de défense et de sécurité nationale is a presidential council coordinating defense and national security policy — a direct peer in convening executive-branch decisions on defense, intelligence, and crisis response under presidential authority.
• National Security Council (United Kingdom): The UK NSC supports the Prime Minister on national security strategy, coordination, and crisis response — a direct functional peer to the Ukrainian NSDC in convening executive-branch security policy, with similar agenda-setting authority over defense and intelligence matters.
• National Security Council (United States): The US NSC is the President's principal forum for national security policy coordination across executive agencies — directly analogous to the NSDC's coordinating role under Ukraine's President, with comparable cross-government convening authority on security and defense matters.
• National Security Council (Israel): Israel's NSC is a small Prime Minister's Office body that coordinates security policy and advises the Prime Minister — a direct peer in function, with comparable wartime and defense-industrial advisory roles that mirror the NSDC's coordination of Ukraine's defense sector.

Broad incumbents

• Ministry of Defence of Ukraine: Ukraine's Ministry of Defence is one of the executive-branch bodies the NSDC coordinates and controls under Article 107 — a closely related government actor whose defense procurement, force structure, and industrial policy decisions are steered through NSDC coordination.
• NATO Headquarters: NATO is the broader alliance coordinator for collective defense among which Ukraine is a close partner; it operates as a multinational coordinating forum for security policy and defense capability development, overlapping with the NSDC's cross-government and international coordination role.

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Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

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Customer concentration

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