The decision to establish EUMAM was made by the Council of the European Union in response to Ukraine's request for military support during the ongoing Russian invasion of the country.

The primary aim of the mission is to provide training to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the territory of the EU member states.

The French naval officer, Vice Admiral Hervé Bléjean—the incumbent Director of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability within the EEAS—was appointed the Mission Commander.

EUMAM works closely together with all other like-minded international partners to provide training support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Hence, that is why there are growing arguments for the insertion of EU-flagged advisors to deploy to Ukraine to train them on Ukrainian soil, because such a EUMAM operation would be unaffiliated with NATO.