 Since 1992, over 30,000 soldiers have taken part in missions in the former Yugoslavia (IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina, UNPROFOR and UNTAES in Croatia, KFor in Kosovo), the Middle East (Southern Lebanon, Kuwait, Iraq), and Africa (Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia).Since 1997, Ukraine has been working closely with NATO and especially with Poland.A Ukrainian unit was deployed as part of the multinational force in Iraq under Polish command.