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<li id="toc-Chief_of_the_General_Staff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chief_of_the_General_Staff"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2 Chief of the General Staff </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chief_of_the_General_Staff-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ukrainian_Ground_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3 Ukrainian Ground Forces </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ukrainian_Ground_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air_Force" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Force"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.4 Air Force </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Force-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Naval_Service" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Naval_Service"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.5 Naval Service </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Naval_Service-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air_Assault_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Assault_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.6 Air Assault Forces </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Assault_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Special_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.7 Special Forces </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Communications_and_Cybernetic_Security_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Communications_and_Cybernetic_Security_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.8 Communications and Cybernetic Security Forces </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Communications_and_Cybernetic_Security_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unmanned_Systems_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unmanned_Systems_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.9 Unmanned Systems Forces </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unmanned_Systems_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Support_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Support_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.10 Support Forces </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Support_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Logistical_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Logistical_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.11 Logistical Forces </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Logistical_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medical_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medical_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.12 Medical Forces </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medical_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_Police" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_Police"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.13 Military Police </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_Police-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personnel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personnel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Personnel </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Personnel subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Education_and_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education_and_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.1 Education and schools </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education_and_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Contract_service" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Contract_service"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2 Contract service </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Contract_service-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conscription" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conscription"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3 Conscription </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conscription-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Role_of_women" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Role_of_women"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4 Role of women </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Role_of_women-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Paramilitary_forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Paramilitary_forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Paramilitary forces </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Paramilitary_forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recent_operations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recent_operations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Recent operations </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Recent_operations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Recent operations subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Recent_operations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Deployment_outside_Ukraine" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deployment_outside_Ukraine"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Deployment outside Ukraine </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Deployment_outside_Ukraine-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Annexation_of_Crimea_by_Russia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Annexation_of_Crimea_by_Russia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2 Annexation of Crimea by Russia </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Annexation_of_Crimea_by_Russia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Traditions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Traditions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Traditions </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Traditions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Budget" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Budget"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Budget </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Budget-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Budget subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Budget-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Budget_per_year" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Budget_per_year"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Budget per year </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Budget_per_year-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_holidays" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_holidays"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Military holidays </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_holidays-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Veterans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Veterans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Veterans </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Veterans-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_industrial_complex" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_industrial_complex"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Military industrial complex </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_industrial_complex-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 14 Further reading </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="القوات المسلحة الأوكرانية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="القوات المسلحة الأوكرانية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuercies_Armaes_d%27Ucra%C3%ADna" title="Fuercies Armaes d'Ucraína – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Fuercies Armaes d'Ucraína" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrayna_Silahl%C4%B1_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri" title="Ukrayna Silahlı Qüvvələri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ukrayna Silahlı Qüvvələri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="ইউক্রেনের সামরিক বাহিনী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইউক্রেনের সামরিক বাহিনী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Узброеныя сілы Украіны – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Узброеныя сілы Украіны" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%8E%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Узброеныя сілы Ўкраіны – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Узброеныя сілы Ўкраіны" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8A%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Въоръжени сили на Украйна – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Въоръжени сили на Украйна" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerzhio%C3%B9_lu_Ukraina" title="Nerzhioù lu Ukraina – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Nerzhioù lu Ukraina" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forces_Armades_d%27Ucra%C3%AFna" title="Forces Armades d'Ucraïna – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Forces Armades d'Ucraïna" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%85%C4%95%C3%A7%D0%BF%C4%83%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%C4%83_%D0%B2%C4%83%D0%B9%C4%95%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC" title="Украина хĕçпăшаллă вăйĕсем – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Украина хĕçпăшаллă вăйĕсем" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target">Чӑвашла</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozbrojen%C3%A9_s%C3%ADly_Ukrajiny" title="Ozbrojené síly Ukrajiny – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ozbrojené síly Ukrajiny" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainische_Streitkr%C3%A4fte" title="Ukrainische Streitkräfte – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ukrainische Streitkräfte" 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href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Headquarters#Military" title="Headquarters">Headquarters</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_building_(Ukraine)" title="Ministry of Defence building (Ukraine)">Ministry of Defence Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Povitrianykh_Syl_Avenue" title="Povitrianykh Syl Avenue">Povitrianykh Syl Avenue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mil.gov.ua">www.mil.gov.ua</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_leadership" title="Category:Military leadership">Leadership</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine">Supreme Commander-in-Chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_the_President_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_the_President_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_the_President_of_Ukraine.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" title="Volodymyr Zelenskyy">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ministers_of_Defense_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ministers of Defense (Ukraine)">Minister of Defence</a></th><td 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Standard_of_Ukrainian_Chief_of_the_General_Staff_rect.svg/23px-Standard_of_Ukrainian_Chief_of_the_General_Staff_rect.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Standard_of_Ukrainian_Chief_of_the_General_Staff_rect.svg/35px-Standard_of_Ukrainian_Chief_of_the_General_Staff_rect.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Standard_of_Ukrainian_Chief_of_the_General_Staff_rect.svg/46px-Standard_of_Ukrainian_Chief_of_the_General_Staff_rect.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="636" data-file-height="636" /> <a href="/wiki/Oleksandr_Syrskyi" title="Oleksandr Syrskyi">Oleksandr Syrskyi</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Personnel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Military age</th><td class="infobox-data">18<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a></th><td class="infobox-data">12–18 months (depending on branches)<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">need quotation to verify</a>]<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>]</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Active personnel</th><td class="infobox-data">1,260,000<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve" title="Military reserve">Reserve personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2,700,000</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Expenditure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_budget" title="Military budget">Budget</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/USD" class="mw-redirect" title="USD">$</a>64.8 billion <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_hryvnia" title="Ukrainian hryvnia">₴</a> 2.4 trillion (2024)<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-politico.eu-11">[11]</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War">foreign military aid</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">Percent of GDP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">37% (2024)[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_acquisition" title="Military acquisition">Industry</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic suppliers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Defense_Industry" title="Ukrainian Defense Industry">Ukrainian Defense Industry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Foreign suppliers</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Current suppliers<a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" 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War">Russo-Ukrainian War</a> (2014–present) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas" title="War in Donbas">War in Donbas</a> (2014–2022) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Artemivsk" title="Battle of Artemivsk">Battle of Artemivsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sloviansk" title="Siege of Sloviansk">Siege of Sloviansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kramatorsk" title="Battle of Kramatorsk">Battle of Kramatorsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mariupol_(2014)" title="Battle of Mariupol (2014)">Battle of Mariupol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2014)" title="Battles of Sievierodonetsk (2014)">Battles of Sievierodonetsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Karlivka" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Karlivka">Battle of Karlivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="First Battle of Donetsk Airport">1st Battle of Donetsk Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Luhansk_Border_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege 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Ukraine campaign">Southern Ukraine campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_engagements_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine">Other</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Ukraine" title="Military ranks of Ukraine">Military ranks of Ukraine</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The Armed Forces of Ukraine<a href="#cite_note-16">[b]</a> (AFU)<a href="#cite_note-17">[c]</a> are the <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military forces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>. All military and security forces, including the Armed Forces, are under the command of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine">President of Ukraine</a> and subject to oversight by a permanent <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">Verkhovna Rada</a> parliamentary commission. They trace their lineage to 1917, while the modern armed forces were formed again in 1991. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are the <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_military_and_paramilitary_personnel" title="List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel">fifth largest armed force in the world in terms of both active personnel as well as total number of personnel</a> with the <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by military expenditures">eighth largest defence budget</a> in the world, and it also operates one of the largest and most diverse drone fleets in the world.<a href="#cite_note-18">[15]</a> Due to the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russo-Ukrainian War</a>, ongoing in 2024, the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been described as "the most battle-hardened in Europe,"<a href="#cite_note-19">[16]</a> but has suffered many casualties.<a href="#cite_note-20">[17]</a> Ukraine's armed forces are composed of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" title="Ukrainian Ground Forces">Ground Forces</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Force" title="Ukrainian Air Force">Air Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Navy" title="Ukrainian Navy">Navy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Assault_Forces" title="Ukrainian Air Assault Forces">Air Assault Forces</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Marine_Corps" title="Ukrainian Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces_(Ukraine)" title="Special Operations Forces (Ukraine)">Special Operations Forces</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_Systems_Forces" title="Unmanned Systems Forces">Unmanned Systems Forces</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Defense_Forces_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine)">Territorial Defense Forces</a>.<a href="#cite_note-21">[18]</a> Ukraine's navy includes its own <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Naval_Aviation" title="Ukrainian Naval Aviation">Naval Aviation</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Sea_Guard" title="Ukrainian Sea Guard">Sea Guard</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Coast_guard" title="Coast guard">coast guard</a> service of Ukraine, and it is organized as part of the <a href="/wiki/State_Border_Guard_Service_of_Ukraine" title="State Border Guard Service of Ukraine">Border Guard Service</a>, not subordinate to the navy. The <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_Ukraine" title="National Guard of Ukraine">National Guard</a> serves as a <a href="/wiki/Paramilitary" title="Paramilitary">paramilitary</a> reserve component of the Armed Forces. Military units of other countries have participated regularly in multinational military exercises in Ukraine.<a href="#cite_note-22">[19]</a> Many of these exercises have been held under the <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> cooperation program <a href="/wiki/Partnership_for_Peace" title="Partnership for Peace">Partnership for Peace</a>. As of 2024, with <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War">over $120 billion in foreign military aid</a> in addition to <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest_military_expenditures" title="List of countries with highest military expenditures">being one of the best-funded armed forces in the world</a>, the Soviet era <a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="List of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine">military equipments</a> of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are fast being replaced with vast amounts of <a href="/wiki/NATO_standard" class="mw-redirect" title="NATO standard">NATO standard</a> military equipments.<a href="#cite_note-23">[20]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Army" title="Ukrainian People's Army">Ukrainian People's Army</a></div> The formation of the national armed forces in the modern sense dates back to the beginning of the twentieth century and coincides with the formation of the modern Ukrainian nation. In official history, this period is referred to as the "<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence" title="Ukrainian War of Independence">Ukrainian War of Independence</a>" or the "First Liberation Struggle." This process coincided with the end of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> and the subsequent collapse of great European empires from previous centuries. The forerunner event was the creation of national military formations in the <a href="/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Armed_Forces" title="Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces">Imperial and Royal Armies</a> of <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a>, namely the Legion of <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Sich_Riflemen" title="Ukrainian Sich Riflemen">Ukrainian Sich Riflemen</a>, on which Ukrainian paramilitary organizations in Galicia were based: Sich Sports and Fire Brigade, "<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Sokol_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Sokol movement">Sokil</a>" and the national scout organization "<a href="/wiki/Plast" title="Plast">Plast</a>".[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-24">[21]</a> After the upheavals of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and on the verge of the collapse of empires, the Ukrainians tried again to return to sovereign statehood. As part of the growing disintegration in the ranks of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Russian Imperial Army</a>, national units began to form. After the Bolshevik coup, <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_warfare" title="Hybrid warfare">hybrid warfare</a> broke with the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/White_movement" title="White movement">White Guard</a>. During the undeclared war, the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Army" title="Ukrainian People's Army">Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic</a> had already formed, but its formation was interrupted by the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German</a> administration. It continued in a limited form after the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Hetman_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Hetman of Ukraine">Hetman of Ukraine</a> <a href="/wiki/Pavlo_Skoropadskyi" title="Pavlo Skoropadskyi">Pavlo Skoropadskyi</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_State" title="Ukrainian State">Ukrainian State</a>, known as the [Second] Hetmanate. The national armed forces continued to develop. The Armed Forces of the Ukrainian state were planned in a more systematic way than in previous versions, although previous development was used in this process, and many mistakes were also made.<a href="#cite_note-25">[22]</a> Uprisings against the Hetmanate's rule eventually resulted, and the reorientation of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Powers" title="Central Powers">Central Powers</a> who lost in World War I against the <a href="/wiki/Triple_Entente" title="Triple Entente">Entente</a>, which in turn supported the White Guard movement and the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> as its original ally.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Simultaneously with these events, after the fall of the Russian Empire in 1917, numerous military formations were formed on Ukrainian lands, including detachments of the <a href="/wiki/Free_Cossacks" title="Free Cossacks">Free Cossacks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Insurrectionary_Army_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine">Father Makhno's Ukrainian Insurgent Army</a>,<a href="#cite_note-26">[23]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bolsheviks" title="Bolsheviks">Bolshevik</a> <a href="/wiki/Red_Cossacks" title="Red Cossacks">Red Cossacks</a>. The latter became the basis of the puppet armed forces of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic">UkrSSR</a>, and after the occupation of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic" title="Ukrainian People's Republic">Ukrainian People's Republic</a> were included in the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a>. After the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austro-Hungarian Empire</a> in 1918, the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Galician_Army" title="Ukrainian Galician Army">Ukrainian Galician Army</a> came to the defense of the <a href="/wiki/West_Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic" title="West Ukrainian People's Republic">Western Ukrainian People's Republic</a>, based on the formation of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen of the former Austro-Hungarian Army.<a href="#cite_note-27">[24]</a> During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Ukrainians tried to regain independence and organized armed units and formations, including the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">Ukrainian Insurgent Army</a>,<a href="#cite_note-28">[25]</a> but all of them were destroyed by Soviet authorities<a href="#cite_note-29">[26]</a> within a few years after the war, and Ukrainians were again forced to serve in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Armed_Forces" title="Soviet Armed Forces">Soviet Armed Forces</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-30">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins_of_the_post-1992_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces">Origins of the post-1992 Ukrainian Armed Forces</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins of the post-1992 Ukrainian Armed Forces">edit</a>]</div> By 1992, the Ukrainian Armed Forces had been completely inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, in which Ukraine <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic">had been a member state</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Union_republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Union republic">union republic</a>). Like other Soviet republics, it did not possess its own separate military command, as all military formations were uniformly subordinated to the central command of the Soviet Armed Forces. Administratively, the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic">Ukrainian SSR</a> was divided into three Soviet military districts (the <a href="/wiki/Carpathian_Military_District" title="Carpathian Military District">Carpathian Military District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> <a href="/wiki/Kyiv_Military_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyiv Military District">Military District</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Odesa_Military_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Odesa Military District">Odesa Military District</a>). Three Soviet air commands and most of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet" title="Black Sea Fleet">Black Sea Fleet</a> naval bases were located on the coast of Ukraine. Majority of the officers were educated in Soviet educational institutions, many of them which came under the AFU, what is now the Ivan Bohun High School was actually a Soviet-established institution. When the <a href="/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Collapse of the Soviet Union">Soviet Union collapsed</a> in 1991, the newly independent state of Ukraine inherited one of the most powerful force groupings in Europe. According to an associate of the <a href="/wiki/Conflict_Studies_Research_Centre" title="Conflict Studies Research Centre">Conflict Studies Research Centre</a>, James Sherr: "This grouping, its inventory of equipment and its officer corps was designed for one purpose: to wage combined arms, coalition, offensive (and nuclear) warfare against NATO on an external front".<a href="#cite_note-31">[28]</a> At that time, the former Soviet armed forces in the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian SSR">Ukrainian SSR</a> included the <a href="/wiki/43rd_Rocket_Army" title="43rd Rocket Army">43rd Rocket Army</a>, the <a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Army" title="5th Air Army">5th</a>, <a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Army" title="14th Air Army">14th</a> <a href="/wiki/17th_Air_Army" title="17th Air Army">17th</a> and <a href="/wiki/24th_Air_Army" title="24th Air Army">24th Air Armies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Forces</a>, an air-defense army (<a href="/wiki/8th_Air_Defence_Army" title="8th Air Defence Army">8th Air Defence Army</a>), three regular armies, two tank armies, the <a href="/wiki/32nd_Army_Corps_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="32nd Army Corps (Soviet Union)">32nd Army Corps</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet" title="Black Sea Fleet">Black Sea Fleet</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[29]</a> Altogether the Armed Forces of Ukraine included about 780,000 personnel, 6,500 battle tanks,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] about 7,000 armored vehicles, 1,500 combat <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a>, and more than 350 ships of the former Soviet Navy. Along with their equipment and personnel, Ukraine's armed forces inherited the battle honors and lineage of the Soviet military forces stationed in Ukraine, as well as <a href="/wiki/Guards_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Guards unit">Guards unit</a> titles for many formations. However, due to the deterioration of Russian-Ukrainian relations and the continued stigma of being associated with the Soviet Union, in 2015 President <a href="/wiki/Petro_Poroshenko" title="Petro Poroshenko">Poroshenko</a> ordered the removal of most of the citations awarded during the Soviet era to formations of the Armed Forces and other uniformed organizations.<a href="#cite_note-Ukaz646-33">[30]</a> In February 1991, a parliamentary Standing Commission for Questions of Security and Defense was established. On 24 August 1991, the Ukrainian parliament (the <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">Verkhovna Rada</a>), in adopting the <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_of_Ukraine" title="Declaration of Independence of Ukraine">Declaration of Independence of Ukraine</a>, also enacted a short resolution "About military formations in Ukraine".<a href="#cite_note-34">[31]</a> This took jurisdiction over all formations of the armed forces of the Soviet Union stationed on Ukrainian soil and established one of the key agencies, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Defense (Ukraine)">Ukrainian Ministry of Defense</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[32]</a> On 3 September 1991, the Ministry of Defence commenced its duties. On 22 October 1991 units and formations of the Soviet Armed Forces on Ukrainian soil were nationalized.<a href="#cite_note-36">[33]</a> Subsequently, the Supreme Council of Ukraine adopted two Laws of Ukraine on 6 December 1991 regarding the creation of the Armed Forces (this is marked as Armed Forces Day),<a href="#cite_note-37">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[35]</a> and Presidential Decree #4 "About Armed Forces of Ukraine" on 12 December 1991.<a href="#cite_note-39">[36]</a> The government of Ukraine surrendered any rights of succession to the Soviet Strategic Deterrence Forces<a href="#cite_note-40">[37]</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Missile_Troops" class="mw-redirect" title="Strategic Missile Troops">Strategic Missile Troops</a>) that were staged on the territory of Ukraine. Recognizing the complications of a smooth transition and seeking a consensus with other former members of the Soviet Union in dividing up their Soviet military inheritance, Ukraine joined ongoing talks that started in December 1991<a href="#cite_note-41">[38]</a> regarding a <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%A1%D0%9D%D0%93" class="extiw" title="ru:Объединённые Вооружённые Силы СНГ">joint military command</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States" title="Commonwealth of Independent States">Commonwealth of Independent States</a>.<a href="#cite_note-42">[39]</a> Inherent in the process of creating a domestic military were political decisions by the Ukrainian leadership regarding the country's non-nuclear and international status. Among these were the definition, agreement, and ratification of the 1990 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_Conventional_Armed_Forces_in_Europe" title="Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe">Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe</a> (CFE), which not only established the maximum level of armament for each republic of the former USSR, but also a special ceiling for the so-called CFE "Flank Region" – included in this region were Ukraine's <a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv_Oblast" title="Mykolaiv Oblast">Mykolaiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast" title="Kherson Oblast">Kherson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast">Zaporizhzhia</a> oblasts, and the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Autonomous Republic of Crimea</a>. Another key event in the development of the Ukrainian military was the <a href="/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Organization" title="Collective Security Treaty Organization">1992 Tashkent Treaty</a>, which laid out aspirations for a Commonwealth of Independent States military. However, this collective military proved impossible to develop because the former republics of the USSR all wished to go their own way, ripping the intricate Soviet military machine into pieces. Ukraine had observer status with the <a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a> of nation-states from 1996.<a href="#cite_note-43">[40]</a> However, due to the <a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_aggression_against_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Russian aggression against Ukraine">2014 Russian aggression against Ukraine</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">Verkhovna Rada</a> repealed this status in December 2014.<a href="#cite_note-44">[41]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_the_Soviet_military_formations_on_territory_of_Ukraine_in_1989–1991">List of the Soviet military formations on territory of Ukraine in 1989–1991</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of the Soviet military formations on territory of Ukraine in 1989–1991">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Ground forces Military Districts 3/14: Kiev, Carpathian, Odessa <ul><li>Combined-arms armies (3/21): 1st Guards Army (25th Guard MR division, 47th MR division, 72nd Guards MR division, 41st Guards T division), 13th Army (24th MR division, 51st Guards MR division, <del>83rd Guards MR division</del>, 97th Guards MR division, 161st MR division), 38th Army (17th Guards MR division, 70th Guards MR division, 128th Guards MR division), 14th Guards Army (partially) (all armies were honored by the Soviet Red Banner award)</li> <li>Army corps (2/18): 32nd Army Corps (126th MR division, 157th MR division), <del>64th Army Corps</del> (disbanded in 1989) <ul><li>Motor-Rifle divisions (19/131): 28th Guards MR division, 36th MR division, <del>46th MR division</del> (disbanded in 1989), 66th Guards Training MR division, 92nd Guards Training MR division, 180th MR division</li> <li>Air-borne divisions (8): 98th Guards A/b division (partially, moved to Kostroma)</li></ul></li> <li>Artillery corps (1/1): 66th Artillery Corps <ul><li>Artillery divisions (3/11): 26th A division, 55th A division, 81st A division</li></ul></li> <li>Tank armies (2/6): 6th Guards Army (17th Guards T division, 42nd Guards T division, 75th Guards Heavy T division), 8th Army (23rd Training T division, 30th Guards T division) (all armies were honored by the Soviet Red Banner award) <ul><li>Tank divisions (8/49): 48th Guards Training T division, 117th Guards Training T division</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Air Force armies (4/18): 5th Air Army (119th Aviation Fighter division, partially), 14th Air Army (4th Aviation Fighter division, 289th Bomber Aviation division), 17th Air Army, 24th Air Army of the Central Command Reserve (32nd Bomber Aviation division, 56th Bomber Aviation division, 138th Aviation Fighter division), 46th Air Army of the Commander-in-Chief (partially, 13th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation division, 15th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation division, 106th Heavy Bomber Aviation division) <ul><li><ul><li>Air Force divisions (10/47): 6th Guards Aviation Transport division, 7th Aviation Transport division, *201st Heavy Bomber Aviation division (partially)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Separate armies of the Air Defense Troops (1/11): 8th Army (1st division, 9th division) <ul><li>Air Defense corps (3/23): 28th Air Defense Corps, 49th Air Defense Corps, 60th Air Defense Corps <ul><li>AD divisions (2/16)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Rocket armies (1/6): 43rd Army (19th R division, 37th Guards R division, 43rd Guards R division, <del>44th R division</del>, 46th R division) <ul><li><ul><li>Rocket divisions (5/34)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><ul><li>Railroad troops (1/5): 2nd Railroad Corps</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arms_control_and_disarmament">Arms control and disarmament</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arms control and disarmament">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TU-22_scrapyard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/TU-22_scrapyard.jpg/220px-TU-22_scrapyard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/TU-22_scrapyard.jpg/330px-TU-22_scrapyard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/TU-22_scrapyard.jpg/440px-TU-22_scrapyard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Tu-22M" class="mw-redirect" title="Tu-22M">Tu-22M</a> being dismantled through assistance provided by the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program implemented by the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Threat_Reduction_Agency" title="Defense Threat Reduction Agency">DTRA</a>, 2002</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear weapons and Ukraine">Nuclear weapons and Ukraine</a></div> Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Ukraine inherited two divisions of the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Rocket_Forces" title="Strategic Rocket Forces">Strategic Rocket Forces</a>' <a href="/wiki/43rd_Rocket_Army" title="43rd Rocket Army">43rd Rocket Army</a> (HQ <a href="/wiki/Vinnytsia" title="Vinnytsia">Vinnytsia</a>): <ul><li>the 19th Rocket Division (<a href="/wiki/Khmelnytskyi,_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine">Khmelnytskyi</a>) (90 <a href="/wiki/UR-100N" title="UR-100N">UR-100N</a>/SS-19/RS-18) and</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/46th_Rocket_Division" title="46th Rocket Division">46th Rocket Division</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pervomaisk,_Mykolaiv_Oblast" title="Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast">Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast</a>, equipped with 40 SS-19 and 46 silo-mounted <a href="/wiki/RT-23_Molodets" title="RT-23 Molodets">RT-23 Molodets</a>/SS-24s.<a href="#cite_note-45">[42]</a></li></ul> While Ukraine had physical control of these systems, it did not have operational control. The use of the weapons depended on Russian-controlled electronic <a href="/wiki/Permissive_Action_Link" class="mw-redirect" title="Permissive Action Link">Permissive Action Links</a> and the Russian command and control system.<a href="#cite_note-46">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-pikayev-1994-47">[44]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SS20_irbm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/SS20_irbm.jpg/220px-SS20_irbm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/SS20_irbm.jpg/330px-SS20_irbm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/SS20_irbm.jpg/440px-SS20_irbm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/SS-20" class="mw-redirect" title="SS-20">SS-20</a> on display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_History_of_Ukraine_in_the_Second_World_War" title="National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War">World War II Museum in Kyiv</a></figcaption></figure> Ukraine voluntarily gave up these and all other nuclear weapons during the early 1990s. This was the first time in history that a country voluntarily gave up the use of strategic nuclear weapons, although <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> was dismantling its small tactical nuclear weapons program at about the same time. Ukraine had plentiful amounts of highly <a href="/wiki/Enriched_uranium" title="Enriched uranium">enriched uranium</a>, which the United States wanted to buy from the <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv_Institute_of_Physics_and_Technology" title="Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology">Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology</a>. Ukraine also had two <a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">uranium</a> mining and processing factories, a <a href="/wiki/Heavy_water" title="Heavy water">heavy water</a> plant and technology for determining the <a href="/wiki/Isotope" title="Isotope">isotopic</a> composition of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_fission" title="Nuclear fission">fissionable</a> materials. Ukraine possessed deposits of uranium that were among the world's richest. In May 1992, Ukraine signed the <a href="/wiki/START_I" title="START I">Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty</a> (START I), in which the country agreed to give up all <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a> and to join the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty">Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty</a> as a non-nuclear weapon state. Ukraine ratified the treaty in 1994, and as of 1 January 1996, no military nuclear equipment or materials remained on Ukrainian territory nor even were operated by the AFU. On 13 May 1994, the United States and Ukraine signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Transfer of Missile Equipment and Technology. This agreement committed Ukraine to the <a href="/wiki/Missile_Technology_Control_Regime" title="Missile Technology Control Regime">Missile Technology Control Regime</a> (MTCR) by controlling <a href="/wiki/Exports" class="mw-redirect" title="Exports">exports</a> of <a href="/wiki/Missile" title="Missile">missile</a>-related equipment and technology according to the MTCR Guidelines. Ukraine and <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> estimate that 2.5 million tons of conventional ammunition were left in Ukraine as the Soviet military withdrew, as well as more than 7 million rifles, pistols, mortars, and machine guns. The surplus weapons and ammunition were stored in over 180 military bases, including in bunkers, salt mines and in the open.<a href="#cite_note-nyt-20050716-48">[45]</a> As of 2014, much of this surplus had not been scrapped.<a href="#cite_note-49">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[47]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg/220px-Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg/330px-Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg/440px-Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2256" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Marine of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Marine_Corps" title="Ukrainian Marine Corps">Ukrainian Marine Corps</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">military exercise</a> in Scotland, 2003</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attempt_at_reforms_and_constant_fund_shortages">Attempt at reforms and constant fund shortages</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Attempt at reforms and constant fund shortages">edit</a>]</div> Ukraine's first military reforms began in December 1996, with the adoption of a new "State Program for the Building and Development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine". One aspect of it was to shrink the standard combat unit from division size to brigade size, which would then fall under the command of one of the three newly created military districts: <ul><li>the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Command_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Command West">Western Operational Command</a>,</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Operational_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Operational Command">Southern Operational Command</a>, and the largest</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Command_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Command North">Northern Operational/Territorial Command</a>.<a href="#cite_note-51">[48]</a> Only Ukraine's <a href="/wiki/1st_Airmobile_Division_(Ukraine)" title="1st Airmobile Division (Ukraine)">1st Airmobile Division</a> was not downsized. This downsizing occurred purely for financial reasons, with the Ukrainian economy in recession this was a way to shrink the government (defense) expenditure and at the same time to release hundreds of thousands of young people into the private sector to stimulate growth.<a href="#cite_note-52">[49]</a> During this time Ukraine's <a href="/wiki/Military-industrial_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="Military-industrial complex">military-industrial complex</a> also began to develop new indigenous weapons for the armed forces like the <a href="/wiki/T-84" title="T-84">T-84</a> tank, the <a href="/wiki/BMP-1" title="BMP-1">BMP-1</a>U, the <a href="/wiki/BTR-3" title="BTR-3">BTR-3</a>, <a href="/wiki/KrAZ-6322" title="KrAZ-6322">KrAZ-6322</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Antonov_An-70" title="Antonov An-70">Antonov An-70</a>. All these reforms were championed by <a href="/wiki/Leonid_Kuchma" title="Leonid Kuchma">Leonid Kuchma</a>, the second President of Ukraine, who wanted to retain a capable military and a functioning military-industrial complex on the basis of a mistrust for Russia, stating once "The threat of <a href="/wiki/Russification" title="Russification">Russification</a> is a real concern for us".<a href="#cite_note-53">[50]</a></li></ul> The cancellation of the modernization program left a question of how to provide jobs in the military industrial complex which then comprised a double-digit percentage of the GDP. Export of new and modernized weapons on the world's arms markets was settled on as the best option, where Ukraine both tried to undercut the contracts of the Russian arms industry – offering the same service for a cheaper price, and was willing to sell equipment to whoever was willing to pay (more than once to politically unstable or even aggressive regimes), causing negative reactions from both <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_government" class="mw-redirect" title="United States federal government">United States federal government</a>.<a href="#cite_note-54">[51]</a> During this time 320 <a href="/wiki/T-80" title="T-80">T-80</a> tanks were sold to <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> and an unfinished Soviet aircraft carrier the <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Varyag_(1983)" title="Russian cruiser Varyag (1983)">Varyag</a>, today known as the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_aircraft_carrier_Liaoning" title="Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning">Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning</a>.<a href="#cite_note-55">[52]</a> Though the military was well-equipped, it still experienced lack of funds particularly for training and exercises, which led to a number of incidents. In one. the <a href="/wiki/Siberia_Airlines_Flight_1812" title="Siberia Airlines Flight 1812">Siberia Airlines Flight 1812</a> of 2001 and the <a href="/wiki/Sknyliv_airshow_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Sknyliv airshow disaster">Sknyliv airshow disaster</a> of 2002, but the military's effectiveness was demonstrated in the <a href="/wiki/2003_Tuzla_Island_conflict" title="2003 Tuzla Island conflict">Tuzla Island Conflict</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;border-collapse:collapse;display:table}body.skin-minerva 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class="sidebar-title"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Armed Forces of Ukraine</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces.svg/120px-Emblem_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces.svg/180px-Emblem_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces.svg/240px-Emblem_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Main branches</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" title="Ukrainian Ground Forces">Ground Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Marine_Corps" title="Ukrainian Marine Corps">Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Navy" title="Ukrainian Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Force" title="Ukrainian Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Assault_Forces" title="Ukrainian Air Assault Forces">Air Assault Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces_(Ukraine)" title="Special Operations Forces (Ukraine)">Special Operations Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Defense_Forces_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine)">Territorial Defense Forces</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Law enforcement</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_Ukraine" title="National Guard of Ukraine">National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Border_Guard_Service_of_Ukraine" title="State Border Guard Service of Ukraine">State Border Guard Service</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Related services</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Ukraine)" title="Ministry of Defence (Ukraine)">Ministry of Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces">General Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Ukraine)" title="Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)">Ministry of Internal Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Space_Agency_of_Ukraine" title="State Space Agency of Ukraine">State Space Agency</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Intelligence</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Security_Service_of_Ukraine" title="Security Service of Ukraine">Security Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Service_of_Ukraine" title="Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine">Foreign Intelligence Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Directorate_of_Intelligence_(Ukraine)" title="Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)">Main Directorate of Intelligence</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> History of the Ukrainian Military</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ukraine" title="History of Ukraine">History of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ukraine#Ukraine_in_World_War_II" title="History of Ukraine">History of Ukraine during WWII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_in_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukraine in World War I">History of Ukraine during WWI</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S.,_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_(6007713721).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007713721%29.jpg/220px-U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007713721%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007713721%29.jpg/330px-U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007713721%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007713721%29.jpg/440px-U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007713721%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Airmobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Airmobile">Ukrainian Airmobile Forces</a> in 2011</figcaption></figure> Ukrainian military tactics and organization heavily depended on <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> tactics and former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Armed_Forces" title="Soviet Armed Forces">Soviet Armed Forces</a> organization.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Under former President Yushchenko, Ukraine pursued a policy of independence from Russian dominance, and thus tried to fully integrate with the West, specifically NATO. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S.,_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_(6007716789).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007716789%29.jpg/220px-U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007716789%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007716789%29.jpg/330px-U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007716789%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007716789%29.jpg/440px-U.S.%2C_Partner_Nations_Train_During_Rapid_Trident_2011_%286007716789%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Ukrainian soldiers talking with a <a href="/wiki/US_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="US Army">US Army</a> soldier during the Rapid Trident 2011 <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">military exercise</a></figcaption></figure> Until the Euromaidan crisis of 2014, Ukraine retained tight military relations with <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, inherited from their common Soviet history. Common uses for naval bases in the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Crimea</a> and joint <a href="/wiki/Air_defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Air defense">air defense</a> efforts were the most intense cooperative efforts. This cooperation was a permanent irritant in bilateral relations, but Ukraine appeared economically dependent on Moscow, and thus unable to break such ties quickly. After the election of President <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych" title="Viktor Yanukovych">Viktor Yanukovych</a>, ties between Moscow and Kyiv warmed, and those between Kyiv and NATO cooled, relative to the Yushchenko years. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russo-Ukrainian_War_(2014–present)">Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anti-terrorist_operation_in_eastern_Ukraine_(28137543322).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Anti-terrorist_operation_in_eastern_Ukraine_%2828137543322%29.jpg/220px-Anti-terrorist_operation_in_eastern_Ukraine_%2828137543322%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Anti-terrorist_operation_in_eastern_Ukraine_%2828137543322%29.jpg/330px-Anti-terrorist_operation_in_eastern_Ukraine_%2828137543322%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Anti-terrorist_operation_in_eastern_Ukraine_%2828137543322%29.jpg/440px-Anti-terrorist_operation_in_eastern_Ukraine_%2828137543322%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="636" /></a><figcaption>T-64BMs in Eastern Ukraine</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russo-Ukrainian War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_situation_during_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas">Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas</a></div> In March 2014, following the <a href="/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity" title="Revolution of Dignity">Revolution of Dignity</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation</a>, the government of Ukraine announced a new military service, the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_Ukraine" title="National Guard of Ukraine">National Guard of Ukraine</a>. Previously, a National Guard had existed up to 2000, so the 2014 NG was a reformation of the one raised in 1991, but this time formed part of the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Troops_of_Ukraine" title="Internal Troops of Ukraine">Internal Troops of Ukraine</a>. In May 2014, when Russian aggression started in the eastern regions, a helicopter with 14 soldiers on board, including General <a href="/wiki/Serhii_Kulchytskyi" title="Serhii Kulchytskyi">Serhiy Kulchytskiy</a>, who headed combat and special training for the country's National Guard, was brought down by militants near <a href="/wiki/Sloviansk" title="Sloviansk">Sloviansk</a> in East Ukraine. Outgoing President Oleksandr Turchynov described the downing as a "terrorist attack," and blamed pro-Russian militants.<a href="#cite_note-HelicopterDowning-56">[53]</a> In the early months of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Armed Forces were widely criticised for their poor equipment and inept leadership, forcing Internal Affairs Ministry forces like the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_Ukraine" title="National Guard of Ukraine">National Guard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_defence_battalion_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial defence battalion (Ukraine)">territorial defence battalions</a> to take on the brunt of the fighting in the first months of the war.<a href="#cite_note-KP23215b-57">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-NR9MAYb-58">[55]</a> In late July 2015, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry revealed the new Ukrainian Armed Forces uniform designs, and later a revised rank insignia system was created.<a href="#cite_note-59">[56]</a> These made their national debut on 24 August 2016, at the National Independence Day Silver Jubilee parade in Independence Square, <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>. From the early 1990s, the Armed Forces had numerous units and formations with <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Armed_Forces" title="Soviet Armed Forces">Soviet Armed Forces</a> decorations dating back to the Second World War or earlier. Due to the <a href="/wiki/Decommunization_in_Ukraine" title="Decommunization in Ukraine">decommunization process in Ukraine</a>, all these decorations were removed from unit titles and regimental colours by 15 November 2015 to cease promotion and glorification of the Soviet symbols.<a href="#cite_note-60">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ukaz646-33">[30]</a> Ukraine had retained a number of <a href="/wiki/Guards_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Guards unit">Guards units</a>, also following a Soviet tradition. A list can be seen at <a href="/wiki/List_of_guards_units_of_Ukraine" title="List of guards units of Ukraine">List of guards units of Ukraine</a>. On 22 August 2016, the "Guards" titles were removed from all unit and formation names.<a href="#cite_note-61">[58]</a> Only one brigade, the 51st, a former Guards unit, had been dissolved the year before. By February 2018, the Ukrainian armed forces were larger and better equipped than ever before, numbering 200,000 active-service military personnel and most of the volunteer soldiers of the territorial defence battalions had been integrated into the official Ukrainian army.<a href="#cite_note-62">[59]</a> In late 2017-early 2018 the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Monitoring_Mission_in_Ukraine" title="United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine">United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine</a> reported that human rights abuses allegedly committed by Ukrainian security forces and armed groups remained an ongoing issue of the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Donbas (2014–2022)">war in Donbas</a> that erupted in 2014. The nature of the alleged crimes ranged from unlawful or arbitrary detention to torture, ill-treatment, and sexual violence. Within the reporting period of 16 November 2017 to 15 February 2018 the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights" title="Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights">Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights</a> (OHCHR) monitoring mission documented 115 cases of credible allegations of human rights violations committed by both sides of the conflict since 2014.<a href="#cite_note-63">[60]</a> On 1 February 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Defense_Forces_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine)">Territorial Defense Forces</a> (TDF) were formed as the new branch of the Armed Forces. The TDF serves as a <a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">military reserve force</a> which is formed by volunteers who are mobilized for local defense.<a href="#cite_note-:1-64">[61]</a> The branch is an expansion of the old <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_territorial_defence_battalions" title="Ukrainian territorial defence battalions">territorial defence battalions</a> system established in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-:1-64">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ukraine_and_NATO_membership">Ukraine and NATO membership</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ukraine and NATO membership">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Ukraine–NATO relations">Ukraine–NATO relations</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armyinform006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Armyinform006.jpg/220px-Armyinform006.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Armyinform006.jpg/330px-Armyinform006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Armyinform006.jpg/440px-Armyinform006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1068" /></a><figcaption>Operators of the <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces_(Ukraine)" title="Special Operations Forces (Ukraine)">Special Operations Forces</a>, an independent branch of the armed forces founded in 2016</figcaption></figure> Ukraine's stated national policy is <a href="/wiki/Atlanticism" title="Atlanticism">Euro-Atlantic</a> integration, with the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>. Ukraine has a "Distinctive Partnership" with NATO (see <a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO" title="Enlargement of NATO">Enlargement of NATO</a>) and has been an active participant in <a href="/wiki/Partnership_for_Peace" title="Partnership for Peace">Partnership for Peace</a> exercises and in peacekeeping in the <a href="/wiki/Balkan" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan">Balkans</a>. This close relationship with <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> has been most apparent in Ukrainian cooperation and combined peacekeeping operations with its neighbor Poland in Kosovo. Ukrainian servicemen also served under NATO command in Iraq, Afghanistan and in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Active_Endeavour" title="Operation Active Endeavour">Operation Active Endeavour</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-ukraine_relations_nato_int-66">[63]</a> Former <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine">President of Ukraine</a> <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Yushchenko" title="Viktor Yushchenko">Viktor Yushchenko</a> had asked for Ukrainian membership by early 2008.<a href="#cite_note-67">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[65]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/2008_Bucharest_summit" title="2008 Bucharest summit">2008 Bucharest summit</a>, NATO declared that Ukraine could become a member of NATO at Ukraine's discretion and when it met the criteria for accession.<a href="#cite_note-NATOTAK-69">[66]</a> His successor, <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych" title="Viktor Yanukovych">Viktor Yanukovych</a>, considered the level of co-operation between <a href="/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Ukraine–NATO relations">Ukraine and NATO</a> sufficient.<a href="#cite_note-NATOTAK-69">[66]</a> Yanukovych, however, opted to keep Ukraine a non-aligned state. This was formalised on June 3, 2010, when the Verkhovna Rada excluded, with 226 votes, the goal of "integration into Euro-Atlantic security and NATO membership" from the country's national security strategy.<a href="#cite_note-70">[67]</a> Amid the <a href="/wiki/Euromaidan" title="Euromaidan">Euromaidan</a> unrest, Yanukovych fled Ukraine in February 2014.<a href="#cite_note-result_of_Russia_UNR-71">[68]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_(84)_(45085787282).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2884%29_%2845085787282%29.jpg/220px-%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2884%29_%2845085787282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2884%29_%2845085787282%29.jpg/330px-%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2884%29_%2845085787282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2884%29_%2845085787282%29.jpg/440px-%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2884%29_%2845085787282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5568" data-file-height="3712" /></a><figcaption>Ukrainian Air Assault Forces paratroopers with new modernized equipment</figcaption></figure>The interim <a href="/wiki/First_Yatsenyuk_government" title="First Yatsenyuk government">Yatsenyuk Government</a> which came to power, initially said, with reference to the country's non-aligned status, that it had no plans to join NATO.<a href="#cite_note-NNUIU29314-72">[69]</a> However, following the Russo-Ukrainian War and <a href="/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election" title="2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election">parliamentary elections</a> in October 2014, the new government made joining NATO a priority.<a href="#cite_note-rferl.org-73">[70]</a> On 23 December 2014, the Verkhovna Rada renounced Ukraine's <a href="/wiki/Neutral_country" title="Neutral country">non-aligned status</a><a href="#cite_note-result_of_Russia_UNR-71">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-wsjends-74">[71]</a> that "proved to be ineffective in guaranteeing Ukraine's security and protecting the country from external aggression and pressure".<a href="#cite_note-Xinhua_2014-12-24-75">[72]</a> The Ukrainian military is since transforming to <a href="/wiki/Standardization_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Standardization Agreement">NATO standards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-iuyswbn-76">[73]</a> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Ukraine" title="Prime Minister of Ukraine">Prime Minister of Ukraine</a> <a href="/wiki/Arseniy_Yatsenyuk" title="Arseniy Yatsenyuk">Arseniy Yatsenyuk</a> stated early February 2016 that de facto the Armed Forces must, soon as possible, begin its transition for Ukrainian entry into NATO and towards NATO-capable armed forces.<a href="#cite_note-iuyswbn-76">[73]</a> During the Russian buildup on the border in 2021, President <a href="/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" title="Volodymyr Zelenskyy">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a> made a renewed call to Western powers for NATO membership, but was ultimately unsuccessful.<a href="#cite_note-77">[74]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Volodymyr_Zelensky_2019_presidential_inauguration_18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Volodymyr_Zelensky_2019_presidential_inauguration_18.jpg/220px-Volodymyr_Zelensky_2019_presidential_inauguration_18.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Volodymyr_Zelensky_2019_presidential_inauguration_18.jpg/330px-Volodymyr_Zelensky_2019_presidential_inauguration_18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Volodymyr_Zelensky_2019_presidential_inauguration_18.jpg/440px-Volodymyr_Zelensky_2019_presidential_inauguration_18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelensky" class="mw-redirect" title="Volodymyr Zelensky">Volodymyr Zelensky</a> with the senior leadership of the Ukrainian military in May 2019</figcaption></figure> However, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, NATO <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">military logistical support</a>, including a wide array of arms and ammunition, was rapidly provided by NATO countries, and continued to the present (mid-2024) -- with commitments for its indefinite continuance—and NATO officials and member states' leaders began to declare that Ukraine's eventual membership in NATO was expected following conclusion of the war.<a href="#cite_note-join_2023_02_28_bbc-78">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-future_2023_07_10_bbc-79">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-pledges_2024_04_19_bbc-80">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-pledges_2024_06_14_nytimes-81">[78]</a> In 2023, Ukraine's defense minister, <a href="/wiki/Oleksii_Reznikov" title="Oleksii Reznikov">Oleksii Reznikov</a>, described Ukraine as, essentially, a "<a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a>" member of NATO, with the expectation that "in the near future" Ukraine would become an actual "<a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a>" member of NATO.<a href="#cite_note-member_2023_01_13_bbc-82">[79]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Russian invasion of Ukraine">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War">Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%97%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%83_21.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Alongside the combat actions, the influx of Western weapons and materiel to the Armed Forces from NATO member armed forces, <a href="/wiki/Post-Soviet_states" title="Post-Soviet states">ex-Soviet</a> stock from many Eastern European nations as well as captured Russian tanks, armed vehicles and other weapons<a href="#cite_note-84">[81]</a> have also resulted in an ongoing modernization and expansion of the forces at large. As of 2010<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit">[update]</a> the total personnel was 200,000 (including 41,000 civilian workers).<a href="#cite_note-85">[82]</a> Conscription was stopped in October 2013;<a href="#cite_note-upi.com-86">[83]</a> at that time the Ukrainian armed forces were made up of 40% <a href="/wiki/Conscripts" class="mw-redirect" title="Conscripts">conscripts</a> and 60% contract soldiers.<a href="#cite_note-upi.com-86">[83]</a> Acting President <a href="/wiki/Oleksandr_Turchynov" title="Oleksandr Turchynov">Oleksandr Turchynov</a> reinstated conscription in May 2014.<a href="#cite_note-consback-87">[84]</a> In early 2014, Ukraine had 130,000 personnel in its armed forces, which could be boosted to about one million with reservists.<a href="#cite_note-consback-87">[84]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">needs update</a>] There were a reported total of 250,800 personnel in the Armed Forces in 2015.<a href="#cite_note-88">[85]</a> In July 2022, Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Oleksii_Reznikov" title="Oleksii Reznikov">Oleksii Reznikov</a> stated that the Armed Forces had an active strength of 700,000; Reznikov also mentioned that with the Border Guard, National Guard, and police added, the total comes to around one million.<a href="#cite_note-auto-89">[86]</a> Following the <a href="/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity" title="Revolution of Dignity">Revolution of Dignity</a>, Ukraine adopted a <a href="/wiki/Military_doctrine" title="Military doctrine">military doctrine</a> focusing on defense against Russia and announced Ukraine's intentions for closer relations with <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> armed services, most especially if it joins the organization in the future.<a href="#cite_note-90">[87]</a> In June 2022, <a href="/wiki/Davyd_Arakhamia" title="Davyd Arakhamia">Davyd Arakhamia</a>, Ukraine's chief negotiator with Russia, told Axios that between 200 and 500 Ukrainian soldiers were <a href="/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War">killed every day</a> during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<a href="#cite_note-91">[88]</a> In August 2023, The New York Times quoted unnamed U.S. officials as saying that up to 70,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed and 100,000 to 120,000 wounded.<a href="#cite_note-92">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[90]</a> In April 2024, President Zelenskyy signed a new <a href="/wiki/Mobilization_in_Ukraine" title="Mobilization in Ukraine">mobilization</a> law to increase the number of troops.<a href="#cite_note-94">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[92]</a> From 2023, <a href="/wiki/Desertion" title="Desertion">desertion</a> is punishable by up to 12 years in prison.<a href="#cite_note-96">[93]</a> According to the Prosecutor General's Office, more than 100,000 criminal cases for desertion were initiated by the end of November 2024.<a href="#cite_note-97">[94]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Structure">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Structure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine">Structure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine</a></div> The law 'On the Foundations of National Resistance'<a href="#cite_note-98">[95]</a> establishes the following structure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Final_rehearsal_of_the_parade._Joint_photo_with_participants_of_the_%22Army_Parade%22_on_the_occasion_of_the_Independence_Day_of_Ukraine.jpg" 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href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Navy" title="Ukrainian Navy">Navy</a></li></ul></li> <li>separate branches of the UAF <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces_(Ukraine)" title="Special Operations Forces (Ukraine)">Special Operations Forces Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Defense_Forces_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine)">Territorial Defense Command</a></li> <li>Logistical Forces Command</li> <li>Support Forces Command</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_Forces_Command" title="Medical Forces Command">Medical Forces Command</a></li></ul></li> <li>separate troop arms of the UAF <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Assault_Forces" title="Ukrainian Air Assault Forces">Air Landing Assault Troops Command</a></li> <li>Signals and Cyber-Security Troops Command</li></ul></li> <li>organs of military command and control, formations and units, which are separate from the services, branches and arms</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ministry_of_Defence">Ministry of Defence</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ministry of Defence">edit</a>]</div> The following establishments and institutions fall directly under MoD subordination:<a href="#cite_note-99">[96]</a> Structures directly subordinated to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Ukraine)" title="Ministry of Defence (Ukraine)">Ukrainian Ministry of Defence</a> Ukrainian Ministry of Defence Apparatus, Kyiv <ul><li>Main Intelligence Directorate</li> <li>Security Service of the MoD</li> <li>Main Inspection</li> <li>Defence Policies Directorate</li> <li>Defence Information Policies and Strategic Communications Directorate</li> <li>Military Education and Science Department</li> <li>Military Technical Policies, Development and Military Weaponry and Equipment Department</li> <li>Internal Audit department</li> <li>Military Policies and Strategic Planning Department</li> <li>State Purchases and Deliveries of Material Resources Department</li> <li>Information Organisation Works and Control Department</li> <li>Personnel Policies Department</li> <li>International Defence Co-operation Department</li> <li>Social and Personnel Policies Support Department</li> <li>Financial Department</li> <li>Judicial Support Department</li> <li>Military Representations Directorate</li> <li>Anti-Corruption Directorate</li> <li>State Secrets Security Directorate</li> <li>Press and Information Directorate</li> <li>Physical Culture and Sport Directorate</li> <li>Control Measures Coordination Unit</li> <li>Mobilization Preparedness Unit</li> <li>State Aviation Scientific Development Institute, Kyiv</li> <li>State Scientific Test Center of the AFU (MU А4444), Honcharivsk, Chernihiv Oblast</li> <li>Central Scientific Research Institute of the AFU (MU А0202), Kyiv</li> <li>Central Military Weaponry and Equipment Scientific Research Institute of the AFU (MU А4566), Kyiv</li> <li>Scientific Research Center of the Missile and Artillery Troops (MU А????), Sumy, Sumy Oblast</li> <li>Scientific Research Center for Humanitarian Matters of the AFU (MU А2350), Kyiv</li> <li>Central Directorate for Acquisition and Delivery of Material Supplies of the AFU, Kyiv</li> <li>Codification Bureau (MU А2387), Kyiv</li> <li>Military Delegations of the MoU</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_of_the_General_Staff">Chief of the General Staff</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Chief of the General Staff">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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The following units fall under the direct supervision of the General Staff: Apparatus [Office] of the Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kyiv Office of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kyiv Units directly subordinated to the General Staff of the AFU: <ul><li>Joint Forces Command (MU А0135), Kyiv</li> <li>Main Command Center of the AFU (MU А0911), Kyiv</li> <li>Back-up Command Center of the AFU (MU А3258), Radomyshl, Zhytomyr Oblast</li> <li>15th Airborne Command and Control Center of the General Staff of the AFU (MU А0905), Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast</li> <li>Main Directorate for Moral and Psychological Support of the AFU, Kyiv</li> <li>Main Directorate for Military Cooperation and Verification of the AFU, Kyiv</li> <li>Central Military Security Directorate, Kyiv</li> <li>Directorate for Career Development of NCO Personnel, Kyiv</li> <li>101st Separate Security Brigade of the General Staff '<a href="/wiki/Henadii_Vorobiov" title="Henadii Vorobiov">Colonel-General Henadii Vorobiov</a>' (МУ А0139), Kyiv</li> <li>other units and establishments directly under the General Staff of the AFU</li></ul> Military Educational Establishments and Units (directly under the MoD) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_University_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="National Defense University of Ukraine">National Defense University of Ukraine</a>, Kyiv</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taras_Shevchenko_National_University_of_Kyiv" title="Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv">Military Institute of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv</a>, Kyiv</li> <li>Zhytomyr Military Institute '<a href="/wiki/Sergei_Korolev" title="Sergei Korolev">Sergei Korolev</a>', Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast <ul><li>190th Training Center, Huyva, Zhytomyr Oblast</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaroslav_Mudryi_National_Law_University" title="Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University">Military Judicial Institute of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University</a>, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Bohun_Military_High_School" title="Ivan Bohun Military High School">Kyiv Military High School</a> '<a href="/wiki/Ivan_Bohun" title="Ivan Bohun">Ivan Bohun</a>', Kyiv</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ukrainian_Ground_Forces">Ukrainian Ground Forces</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ukrainian Ground Forces">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IndependenceDayParadeKyiv2016_05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/IndependenceDayParadeKyiv2016_05.jpg/220px-IndependenceDayParadeKyiv2016_05.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/IndependenceDayParadeKyiv2016_05.jpg/330px-IndependenceDayParadeKyiv2016_05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/IndependenceDayParadeKyiv2016_05.jpg/440px-IndependenceDayParadeKyiv2016_05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1043" data-file-height="695" /></a><figcaption>Ukrainian T-64BM Bulat</figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2022)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> As of 2016, there were a reported 169,000 personnel in the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" title="Ukrainian Ground Forces">Ukrainian Ground Forces</a>.<a href="#cite_note-100">[97]</a> The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in massive increases in personnel numbers; Defence Minister Reznikov stated the armed forces had a strength of 700,000 in July 2022, not counting the border guard, national guard, or police.<a href="#cite_note-auto-89">[86]</a> The Ukrainian Ground Forces are divided into <a href="/wiki/Armoured_Forces_(Ukraine)" title="Armoured Forces (Ukraine)">Armoured Forces</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_Infantry_(Ukraine)" title="Mechanized Infantry (Ukraine)">Mechanized Forces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Army_Aviation" title="Ukrainian Army Aviation">Army Aviation</a>, Army Air Defence and <a href="/wiki/Rocket_Forces_and_Artillery_(Ukraine)" title="Rocket Forces and Artillery (Ukraine)">Rocket and Artillery Troops</a>. There are 13 mechanized brigades and two mountain warfare brigades in the Mechanized Forces. Ukraine also has two armoured brigades. There are also seven rocket and artillery brigades. Until 2013, the Ground Forces were divided into three army corps. These were disbanded in 2013 and reorganized as <a href="/wiki/Operation_Command_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Command West">Operation Command West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Command_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Command North">Operation Command North</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Command_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Command South">Operation Command South</a>. <a href="/wiki/Operation_Command_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Command East">Operation Command East</a> was formed in 2015 to coordinate forces in the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Donbas (2014–2022)">war in Donbas</a>. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sukhoi_Su-25_in_Ukrainian_service_269_n_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Sukhoi_Su-25_in_Ukrainian_service_269_n_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Sukhoi_Su-25_in_Ukrainian_service_269_n_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Sukhoi_Su-25_in_Ukrainian_service_269_n_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Sukhoi_Su-25_in_Ukrainian_service_269_n_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Sukhoi_Su-25_in_Ukrainian_service_269_n_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Sukhoi_Su-25_in_Ukrainian_service_269_n_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="539" /></a><figcaption>Ukrainian Su-25</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force">Air Force</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Air Force">edit</a>]</div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Force" title="Ukrainian Air Force">Ukrainian Air Force</a>.[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ukrainian_Air_Force&action=edit">edit</a>]</div><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Force" title="Ukrainian Air Force">Ukrainian Air Force</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: Повітряні сили Збройних сил України, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian" title="Romanization of Ukrainian">romanized</a>: Povitryani syly Zbroynykh syl Ukrayiny, PS ZSU) is the <a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">air force</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> and one of the eight <a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">branches</a> of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU).<a href="#cite_note-Ukrainian_Air_Force_MB_Eurasia-101">[98]</a> Its current form was created in 2004 by merging the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Defence_Forces" title="Ukrainian Air Defence Forces">Ukrainian Air Defence Forces</a> into the Air Force. When the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> dissolved in 1991, many aircraft were left in Ukrainian territory. After <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian independence">Ukrainian independence</a> in 1991, the air force suffered from chronic under-investment, leading to the bulk of its inventory becoming mothballed or otherwise inoperable.<a href="#cite_note-Ukrainian_Air_Force_MBSJC-102">[99]</a> However its domestic defense industry <a href="/wiki/Ukroboronprom" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukroboronprom">Ukroboronprom</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Antonov" title="Antonov">Antonov</a> subsidiary are able to maintain its older aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-103">[100]</a> The Ukrainian Air Force participated in the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Donbas (2014–2022)">war in Donbas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Ukrainian_Air_Force_HA12714-104">[101]</a> Following the 2014 ceasefire, the air force was suspended from carrying out missions in the areas of Donbas.<a href="#cite_note-105">[102]</a> Since February 2022, the Air Force has been engaged in constant combat operations in the face of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>. The air force flies <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16</a> multirole jetfighters<a href="#cite_note-106">[103]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soviet_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet aircraft">Soviet-made aircraft</a>.<a href="#cite_note-107">[104]</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naval_Service">Naval Service</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Naval Service">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%E2%80%9C%D0%A1%D1%96_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7_-_2016%E2%80%9D_(28075162974).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%E2%80%9C%D0%A1%D1%96_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7_-_2016%E2%80%9D_%2828075162974%29.jpg/220px-%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%E2%80%9C%D0%A1%D1%96_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7_-_2016%E2%80%9D_%2828075162974%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%E2%80%9C%D0%A1%D1%96_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7_-_2016%E2%80%9D_%2828075162974%29.jpg/330px-%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%E2%80%9C%D0%A1%D1%96_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7_-_2016%E2%80%9D_%2828075162974%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%E2%80%9C%D0%A1%D1%96_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7_-_2016%E2%80%9D_%2828075162974%29.jpg/440px-%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%E2%80%9C%D0%A1%D1%96_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7_-_2016%E2%80%9D_%2828075162974%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Krivak-class_frigate" title="Krivak-class frigate">Krivak III-class</a> frigate <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_frigate_Hetman_Sahaidachny" title="Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaidachny">Hetman Sahaydachniy</a>; the previous flagship of the Ukrainian Navy<a href="#cite_note-108">[105]</a> before being scuttled in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-109">[106]</a></figcaption></figure> According to a 2015 <a href="/wiki/Kyiv_Post" title="Kyiv Post">Kyiv Post</a> report, the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Navy" title="Ukrainian Navy">Ukrainian Navy</a> consisted of 6,500 servicemen, Marine Corps included at that time.<a href="#cite_note-110">[107]</a> In 2023 the President of Ukraine <a href="/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" title="Volodymyr Zelenskyy">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a> officially announced the separation of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Marine_Corps" title="Ukrainian Marine Corps">Ukrainian Marine Corps</a> from the Navy and thus declared its independence as a service branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<a href="#cite_note-111">[108]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_(24)_(44223012115).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2824%29_%2844223012115%29.jpg/220px-%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2824%29_%2844223012115%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2824%29_%2844223012115%29.jpg/330px-%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2824%29_%2844223012115%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2824%29_%2844223012115%29.jpg/440px-%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%C2%ABSaber_Junction-2018%C2%BB_%2824%29_%2844223012115%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Air Assault Forces paratroopers</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Assault_Forces">Air Assault Forces</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Air Assault Forces">edit</a>]</div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Assault_Forces" title="Ukrainian Air Assault Forces">Ukrainian Air Assault Forces</a>.[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ukrainian_Air_Assault_Forces&action=edit">edit</a>]</div><div class="excerpt"> The <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Assault_Forces" title="Ukrainian Air Assault Forces">Ukrainian Air Assault Forces</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: Десантно-штурмові війська України, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian" title="Romanization of Ukrainian">romanized</a>: Desantno-shturmovi viiska Ukrainy, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style>pronounced <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Ukrainian" title="Help:IPA/Ukrainian">[deˌsɑntno ʃtʊrmoˈvʲi ʋʲii̯ˈsʲka ʊkrɐˈjine]</a>, abbreviated as DShV<a href="#cite_note-112">[d]</a> or AAFU), known until 2017 as the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces<a href="#cite_note-113">[e]</a><a href="#cite_note-114">[109]</a> are the <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne forces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">Dissolution of the Soviet Union</a> in 1991, several Ukraine-based units from the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Airborne_Forces" title="Soviet Airborne Forces">Soviet Airborne Forces</a> were absorbed into the newly created <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" title="Ukrainian Ground Forces">Ukrainian Ground Forces</a>, where they remained until 2016, when they separated to become one of five <a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">branches</a> of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Air Assault Forces are in constant <a href="/wiki/Combat_readiness" title="Combat readiness">combat readiness</a>. They are the <a href="/wiki/Rapid_reaction_force" title="Rapid reaction force">high-mobility branch</a> of the military, responsible for <a href="/wiki/Air_assault" title="Air assault">air assaults</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paratrooper" title="Paratrooper">military parachuting</a> operations. Before the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russo-Ukrainian War</a> they were also the main forces sent by Ukraine to <a href="/wiki/Peacekeeping" title="Peacekeeping">peacekeeping</a> missions around the world.<a href="#cite_note-Ukrainian_Air_Assault_Forces_:1-115">[110]</a> They are considered the elite of Ukraine's armed forces.<a href="#cite_note-116">[111]</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Forces">Special Forces</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Special Forces">edit</a>]</div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces_(Ukraine)" title="Special Operations Forces (Ukraine)">Special Operations Forces (Ukraine)</a>.[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special_Operations_Forces_(Ukraine)&action=edit">edit</a>]</div><div class="excerpt"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (April 2024)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> The <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces_(Ukraine)" title="Special Operations Forces (Ukraine)">Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: Сили спеціальних операцій Збройних сил України,, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian" title="Romanization of Ukrainian">romanized</a>: Syly spetsialnykh operatsii Zbroinykh syl Ukrainy, abbreviated ССО, SSO) are the <a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">special forces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> and one of the eight <a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">branches</a> of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>. The SSO has the roles including various special forces-related duties such as <a href="/wiki/Direct_action" title="Direct action">direct action</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special_reconnaissance" title="Special reconnaissance">special reconnaissance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_gathering" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelligence gathering">intelligence gathering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabotage" title="Sabotage">sabotage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare">psychological warfare</a>. They are not the only <a href="/wiki/Special_forces_of_Ukraine" title="Special forces of Ukraine">special forces units in Ukraine</a>. The SSO was created in 2016, after various reforms of the Ukrainian Armed Forces due to failures in the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas" title="War in Donbas">war in Donbas</a>. The Ukrainian special forces groups were trained on the model of <a href="/wiki/NATO_Response_Force" title="NATO Response Force">NATO reaction forces</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Special_Operations_Forces_(Ukraine)_militarnyi_certification-117">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-Special_Operations_Forces_(Ukraine)_:0-118">[113]</a> Reorganizing by concentrating the special forces command into a single unified branch.<a href="#cite_note-119">[114]</a> Previously, military Spetsnaz were under the command of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Directorate_of_Intelligence_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine">Chief Directorate of Intelligence</a> (HUR), Ukraine's <a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">military intelligence</a> service.</div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communications_and_Cybernetic_Security_Forces">Communications and Cybernetic Security Forces</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Communications and Cybernetic Security Forces">edit</a>]</div> The Communications and Cybernetic Security Troops Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA_%D0%B7%D0%B2%27%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%BA%D1%83_%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%97_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%97%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8" class="extiw" title="uk:Командування Військ зв'язку та кібернетичної безпеки Збройних Сил України">Командування Військ зв'язку та кібернетичної безпеки Збройних Сил України</a>) is a separate joint forces command under the General Staff since 5 February 2020.<a href="#cite_note-120">[115]</a> Signals and Cybernetic Security Troops Command (MU А0106), Kyiv <ul><li>Main Command Post of the Signals and Information Systems (MU А2666), Kyiv</li> <li>Main Center for Information and Telecommunications Systems Security Control (MU А0334), Kyiv</li> <li>Main Information and Telecommunications Nod (MU А0351), Kyiv</li> <li>1st Separate Field '<a href="/wiki/Proskurov-Chernivtsi_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Proskurov-Chernivtsi Offensive">Proskurov</a>' Signals Nod (MU А0565), Kyiv</li> <li>3rd Separate Signals Brigade (MU А0415), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Semipolki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Semipolki (page does not exist)">Semipolki</a> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B8" class="extiw" title="uk:Семиполки">uk</a>; <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B8" class="extiw" title="ru:Семиполки">ru</a>], Kyiv Oblast</li> <li>8th Separate Signals Regiment (MU А0707), <a href="/wiki/Haisyn" title="Haisyn">Haisyn</a>, Vinnytsia Oblast</li> <li>330th Central Nod of the Feldjaeger-Postal [Field Courier] Service (MU А0168), Kyiv</li> <li>1899th Central Base for Repair and Overhaul of Special Signals Equipment (MU А0476), Kyiv</li></ul> training establishments and units <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Institute_of_Telecommunications_and_Information_Technologies" title="Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies">Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies</a> (MILTIT) '<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kruty" title="Battle of Kruty">Heroes of Kruty</a>', Kyiv</li> <li>Military College for NCO Personnel of the MITIA, Poltava, Poltava Oblast</li> <li>179th Joint Education and Training Center of the Signals Troops (MU А3990), Poltava, Poltava Oblast</li></ul> under other services and troops <ul><li>Signals and Information Systems Center of the Joint Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kyiv</li> <li>Signals and Information Systems directorates directly reporting to headquarters of AFU service branches</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unmanned_Systems_Forces">Unmanned Systems Forces</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Unmanned Systems Forces">edit</a>]</div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_Systems_Forces" title="Unmanned Systems Forces">Unmanned Systems Forces</a>.[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unmanned_Systems_Forces&action=edit">edit</a>]</div><div class="excerpt"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sbs_army_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Sbs_army_logo.svg/220px-Sbs_army_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Sbs_army_logo.svg/330px-Sbs_army_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Sbs_army_logo.svg/440px-Sbs_army_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_Systems_Forces" title="Unmanned Systems Forces">Unmanned Systems Forces</a> (USF) (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: Сили безпілотних систем (СБС), <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian" title="Romanization of Ukrainian">romanized</a>: Syly bezpilotnykh system (SBS)) is a branch of the Armed Forces of <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> that specializes in <a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">drone warfare</a> and the use of unmanned <a href="/wiki/Military_robot" title="Military robot">military robots</a> on <a href="/wiki/Land_warfare" title="Land warfare">land</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">sea</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">air</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Unmanned_Systems_Forces_ukazen-121">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-Unmanned_Systems_Forces_ius-122">[117]</a> The USF was created in the midst of the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, and was formally established on 11 June 2024.<a href="#cite_note-Unmanned_Systems_Forces_:0-123">[118]</a> Ukraine is the first country to have a branch of its military dedicated to unmanned systems.<a href="#cite_note-124">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[120]</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Support_Forces">Support Forces</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Support Forces">edit</a>]</div> Since 1 January 2022,<a href="#cite_note-126">[121]</a> the support forces have the status of a separate joint branch under the General Staff. Support Forces Command (<a href="/wiki/Military_Unit_Number" title="Military Unit Number">Military Unit Number</a> А2330), Kyiv <ul><li>Central Directorate of the Corps of Engineers of Ukraine (MU А0107), Kyiv <ul><li>20th Arsenal of the Corps of Engineers (MU А0543), Olshanytsia, Kyiv Oblast and <a href="/wiki/Nizhyn" title="Nizhyn">Nizhyn</a>, Chernihiv Oblast</li> <li>47th Engineer Brigade (MU А2755), <a href="/wiki/Dubno" title="Dubno">Dubno</a>, Rivne Oblast <ul><li>301st Road Traffic Control Battalion</li> <li>304th Road Traffic Control Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>48th Combat Engineer 'Kamianets-Podilskaya' Brigade (MU А2738), <a href="/wiki/Kamianets-Podilskyi" title="Kamianets-Podilskyi">Kamianets-Podilskyi</a>, Khmelnytskyi Oblast <ul><li>11th Pontoon-Bridging Battalion</li> <li>308th Engineer Technical Battalion</li> <li>309th Engineer Technical Battalion</li> <li>310th Engineer Technical Battalion</li> <li>311th Engineer Technical Battalion</li> <li>321st Engineer Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>70th Support Regiment (MU А0853), <a href="/wiki/Bar,_Ukraine" title="Bar, Ukraine">Bar</a>, Vinnytsia Oblast</li> <li>107th Road Maintenance Center (MU А1519), Dubno, Rivne Oblast</li> <li>808th Support Regiment (MU А3955), <a href="/wiki/Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi" title="Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi">Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi</a>, Odesa Oblast Oblast</li> <li>3046th Central Base for Engineer Ammunitions (MU А2647), <a href="/wiki/Malynivka,_Kharkiv_Oblast" title="Malynivka, Kharkiv Oblast">Malynivka</a>, Kharkiv Oblast</li> <li>Center for Special Engineering Works (MU А1333), Kyiv</li></ul></li> <li>Central Directorate of the <a href="/wiki/CBRN_defense" title="CBRN defense">Nuclear, Biological, Chemical</a> Defence Troops of the AFU (MU А0108), Kyiv <ul><li>CBRN Surveillance and Analysis Center, Kyiv</li> <li><a href="/wiki/704th_Regiment_of_Radiological,_Chemical,_and_Biological_Protection" class="mw-redirect" title="704th Regiment of Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Protection">704th Regiment of Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Protection</a> (MU А0807), Sambir village, Lviv Oblast</li> <li>536th Central Base for Repair and Maintenance of CBRN Defence Equipment (MU А0312), Seleshtina-1, Poltava Oblast</li></ul></li> <li>Central Directorate of the Radio-Electronic Warfare Corps of Ukraine (MU А0159), Kyiv <ul><li>55th Special EW Center (MU А0766), Kyiv and <a href="/wiki/Brovary" title="Brovary">Brovary</a>, Kyiv Oblast</li></ul></li> <li>Central Directorate for Military Topography and Navigation of the Armed Forces (MU А0115), Kyiv <ul><li>8th Publishing Center of the UAF (MU А0602), Kyiv</li> <li>13th Photogrammetric Center (MU А3674), Odesa, Odesa Oblast</li> <li>16th Planning Center for Navigation Support (MU А1423), Kyiv</li> <li>22nd Military Mapping Unit (MU А1121), Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast</li> <li>64th Topography-Geodesic Center (MU А4127), <a href="/wiki/Shepetivka" title="Shepetivka">Shepetivka</a>, Khmelnytskyi Oblast</li> <li>161st Topography-Geodesic Center (MU А2308), Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast</li> <li>115th Mapping Center (MU А3796), Kotsyubynske, Kyiv Oblast</li></ul></li> <li>Hydro-Meteorological Center of the UAF(MU А0204), Kyiv <ul><li>Hydro-meteorological units of the ground forces, air force and navy</li></ul></li> <li>Training units <ul><li>Joint Education and Training Center of the Support Forces (MU А2641), Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logistical_Forces">Logistical Forces</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Logistical Forces">edit</a>]</div> Since 1 January 2022,<a href="#cite_note-127">[122]</a> support forces have the status of a separate joint branch under the General Staff. The logistical forces are mainly organised in two arms – Armaments and Rear Services. Logistical Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (MU А0307), Kyiv <ul><li>Command Headquarters</li> <li>Armed Forces Armaments and Ordnance Service (MU А2513) <ul><li>Central Support Directorate for Ground Weapons Systems</li> <li>Central Support Directorate for Military Equipment</li> <li>Central Support Directorate for Weapons of Mass Destruction</li> <li>Central Missile Systems and Field and Air Defense Artillery Directorate of the AFU (MU А0120)</li> <li>Central Automobile Directorate of the AFU (MU А0119)</li> <li>Central Armoured Directorate of the AFU (MU А0174)</li> <li>Department for Metrology and Standardization of the AFU (MU А2187)</li> <li>directly reporting military formations of the Armaments Service</li></ul></li> <li>Rear Services of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (MU А2516) <ul><li>Central Support Directorate for Fuel and Lubricants (MU А0125)</li> <li>Central Support Directorate for Food Supply of the AFU (MU А0126)</li> <li>Central Support Directorate for Material Support of the AFU (MU А0127)</li> <li>Central Support Directorate for Resources Supply</li> <li>Central Support Directorate for Technical Equipment and Property</li> <li>Central Support Directorate for Engineering and Infrastructure</li> <li>Central Signals Directorate of the AFU/Signal Corps of Ukraine (MU А0671)</li> <li>military units subordinated to the Rear Services</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medical_Forces">Medical Forces</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Medical Forces">edit</a>]</div> Since January 1, 2022<a href="#cite_note-128">[123]</a> the support forces have the status of a separate joint branch under the General Staff. Medical Forces Command (MU А0928), Kyiv <ul><li>National Military Medical Clinical Center 'Main Military Clinical Hospital', Kyiv <ul><li>71st Mobile Military Hospital (MU А0358), Kyiv</li> <li>Military Medical Clinical Center for Professional Patology (MU А2923), Irpin, Kyiv Oblast</li> <li>Central Dental Policlinic, Kyiv</li> <li>Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Sanatorium Treatment 'Pushcha-Voditsya' (MU А1931), Kyiv</li></ul></li> <li>Military Medical Clinical Center of the Central Region (MU А????), Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast <ul><li>59th Mobile Military Hospital (MU А0206), Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast</li> <li>10th Military Hospital (MU А2339), Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast</li> <li>409th Military Hospital (MU А1065), Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast</li> <li>762nd Military Hospital (MU А3122), Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast</li> <li>?th Military Hospital (MU А3267), Starokonstantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast</li> <li>1314th Medical Storage (MU А1603), Balki village, Vinnytsia Oblast</li> <li>Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Sanatorium Treatment 'Khmelnyk' (MU А1168), Khmelnyk, Vinnytsia Oblast</li></ul></li> <li>Military Medical Clinical Center of the Southern Region (MU A????), Odesa, Odesa Oblast <ul><li>38th Military Hospital (MU А4615), Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast</li> <li>61st Military Hospital (MU А0318), Mariupol, Mariupol Oblast</li> <li>450th Military Hospital (MU А3309), Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast</li> <li>1467th Military Hospital (MU А2428), Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast</li> <li>1644th Medical Storage (MU А4619), Hrushyvka village, Mykolaiv Oblast</li> <li>Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Sanatorium Treatment 'Odeskyi', Odesa, Odesa Oblast</li></ul></li> <li>Military Medical Clinical Center of the Northern Region (MU А3306), Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast <ul><li>65th Mobile Military Hospital (MU А0209), Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast</li> <li>9th Military Hospital (MU А4302), Desna, Chernihiv Oblast</li> <li>387th Garrison Military Hospital (MU А3114), Poltava, Poltava Oblast</li> <li>407th Military Hospital (MU А3120), Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast</li></ul></li> <li>Military Medical Clinical Center of the Western Region, Lviv, Lviv Oblast <ul><li>66th Mobile Military Hospital (MU А0233), Lviv, Lviv Oblast</li> <li>376th Military Hospital (MU А1028), Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast</li> <li>498th Military Hospital (MU А4554), Lutsk, Volyn Oblast</li> <li>1121st Policlinic, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast</li> <li>1129th Garrison Military Hospital (MU А1446), Rivne, Rivne Oblast</li> <li>1397th Military Hospital (MU А1047), Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast</li> <li>Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Sanatorium Treatment 'Truskavetskyi' (MU А1700), Truskavets, Lviv Oblast</li></ul></li> <li>Central Sanitary Epidemiologic Directorate (MU А2417), Kyiv <ul><li>10th Regional Sanitary Epidemiologic Detachment (MU А0972), Kyiv</li> <li>27th Regional Sanitary Epidemiologic Detachment (MU А4502), Odesa, Odesa Oblast</li> <li>28th Regional Sanitary Epidemiologic Detachment (MU А4520), Lviv, Lviv Oblast</li> <li>108th Regional Sanitary Epidemiologic Detachment (MU А4510), Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast</li> <li>740th Regional Sanitary Epidemiologic Detachment (MU А4516), Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast</li></ul></li> <li>Center for Legal Expertise of the MoD, Kyiv</li> <li>148th Center for Maintenance and Storage of Medical Equipment (MU А0211), Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast</li> <li>149th Center for Maintenance and Storage of Medical Equipment (MU А0503), Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast</li> <li>150th Center for Maintenance and Storage of Medical Equipment (MU А1209), Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia Oblast</li> <li>151st Center for Maintenance and Storage of Medical Equipment (MU А2554), Terentyivka, Poltava Oblast</li> <li>2160th Central Medical Storage (MU А1382), Mankhivka, Cherkasy Oblast</li> <li>4962nd Central Medical Storage (MU А1952), Kyiv</li></ul> Training establishments and units <ul><li>Ukrainian Military Medical Academy, Kyiv</li></ul> Medical forces under other services and arms <ul><li>Medical departments of service branches of the AFU and support formations</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_Police">Military Police</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Military Police">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 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Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Special:EditPage/Armed Forces of Ukraine">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>. (April 2024) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> The military police (named the <a href="/wiki/Military_Police_(Ukraine)" title="Military Police (Ukraine)">Military Law Enforcement Service</a> of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Військова служба правопорядку Збройних Сил України), abbreviated VSP (ВСП) in Ukrainian) is a special military service outside General Staff control and subordinated directly to the Ministry of Defense. Administrative structure: <ul><li>Main Directorate of the Military Police (MU А0880), Kyiv, and territorial forces: <ul><li>Central Directorate (direct responsibility over Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast) (MU А2100), Kyiv</li> <li>Western Territorial Directorate (direct responsibility over Lviv Oblast) (MU А0583), Lviv, Lviv Oblast</li> <li>Southern Territorial Directorate (direct responsibility over Odesa Oblast) (MU А1495), Odesa, Odesa Oblast</li> <li>Eastern Territorial Directorate (direct responsibility over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) (MU А2256), Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Personnel">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education_and_schools">Education and schools</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Education and schools">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Independence_Day_military_parade_in_Kyiv_2017_08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Independence_Day_military_parade_in_Kyiv_2017_08.jpg/220px-Independence_Day_military_parade_in_Kyiv_2017_08.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Independence_Day_military_parade_in_Kyiv_2017_08.jpg/330px-Independence_Day_military_parade_in_Kyiv_2017_08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Independence_Day_military_parade_in_Kyiv_2017_08.jpg/440px-Independence_Day_military_parade_in_Kyiv_2017_08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2835" data-file-height="1890" /></a><figcaption>Cadets of the <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Chernyakhovsky_National_Defense_University_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine">NDUU</a> marching in the 2017 <a href="/wiki/Kyiv_Independence_Day_Parade" title="Kyiv Independence Day Parade">Kyiv Independence Day Parade</a></figcaption></figure> A number of universities have specialized military institutes, such as the Faculty of Military Legal Studies at Kharkiv's <a href="/wiki/Yaroslav_Mudryi_National_Law_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy">Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy</a> of Ukraine. The primary Ukrainian military academies are: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hetman_Petro_Sahaidachnyi_National_Ground_Forces_Academy" title="Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy">Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odesa_Military_Academy" title="Odesa Military Academy">Odesa Military Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Naval_Forces_(Ukraine)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Institute of Naval Forces (Ukraine) (page does not exist)">Institute of Naval Forces (Ukraine)</a> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%9D%D0%A3_%C2%AB%D0%9E%D0%9C%D0%90%C2%BB" class="extiw" title="uk:Інститут військово-морських сил НУ «ОМА»">uk</a>], <a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv" title="Mykolaiv">Mykolaiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Kozhedub_National_Air_Force_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University">Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a></li></ul> In addition the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_University_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="National Defense University of Ukraine">National Defense University of Ukraine</a> is in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>.<a href="#cite_note-129">[124]</a> The Central Hospital of the Armed Forces is located in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>.<a href="#cite_note-130">[125]</a> The armed forces' military high school is located in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> – the <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Bohun_Military_High_School" title="Ivan Bohun Military High School">Ivan Bohun Military High School</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contract_service">Contract service</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Contract service">edit</a>]</div> In 2017 more than 14 thousand people signed up for contract service with the Armed Forces.<a href="#cite_note-UA30517-131">[126]</a> For participating in the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Donbas (2014–2022)">war in Donbas</a>, (in May 2017 7.5 thousand) soldiers on the front line receive an average salary of <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_hryvnia" title="Ukrainian hryvnia">₴</a>16,000.<a href="#cite_note-UA30517-131">[126]</a> The minimum maintenance for a contract soldier is ₴7,000.<a href="#cite_note-UA30517-131">[126]</a> <a href="/wiki/West_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="West Ukraine">West Ukraine</a> supplies the fewest military contractors.<a href="#cite_note-UA30517-131">[126]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conscription">Conscription</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Conscription">edit</a>]</div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_Ukraine" title="Conscription in Ukraine">Conscription in Ukraine</a>.[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conscription_in_Ukraine&action=edit">edit</a>]</div><div class="excerpt"> Men are <a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">conscripted</a> into the Armed forces of Ukraine at age 25.<a href="#cite_note-132">[127]</a> After serving out the term of service Ukraine's conscripts become part of the inactive reserve and are eligible to be recalled for <a href="/wiki/Mobilization_in_Ukraine" title="Mobilization in Ukraine">mobilization in Ukraine</a> until they reach age 55, age 60 for officers. During the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Donbas (2014–2022)">war in Donbas</a>, Ukraine instated a partial mobilization to fill needed positions in its armed forces, recalling conscripts who have served before, because of the war many conscripts have also been forced to serve longer than their original 18-month term of service.<a href="#cite_note-133">[128]</a> It was planned that in 2015 Ukraine would undergo three waves of partial mobilization, this would have allowed new troops to replace those serving longer than their original term of service.<a href="#cite_note-134">[129]</a> All medical workers in Ukraine, regardless of gender, are eligible to be called up for service in case of a national emergency.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <a href="/wiki/Draft_dodging" class="mw-redirect" title="Draft dodging">Draft dodging</a> is present in Ukraine, as with most nations using the draft. It was reported that between April and August 2014, over 1,000 criminal inquires into draft evasion were opened in Ukraine.<a href="#cite_note-135">[130]</a> Draft evasion can be problematic because, unless a male citizen was unable to serve for medical reasons, an application to receive an international passport of Ukraine may be denied due to a lack of military service, thus preventing the individual from traveling abroad.<a href="#cite_note-136">[131]</a> In April 2024, President Zelensky signed new conscription laws, passed by the national legislature, that lowered the conscription age by two years, from 27 to 25, and made other provisions that would make it easier for the government to conscript eligible persons, and harder for <a href="/wiki/Draft_dodger" class="mw-redirect" title="Draft dodger">draft dodgers</a> to evade conscription. The laws were controversial, and largely unpopular. Objections included complaints from families of active service personnel who resented that the laws did not ultimately include an initially considered provision to allow soldiers who had served for 36 months in combat to be relieved and returned home. However, the battle conditions—with Russia advancing with overwhelming force—made it impractical, in the view of Ukraine's leaders, to remove any experienced, active troops from service. Officials pledged the relief provision would be considered in future legislation, without stating when.<a href="#cite_note-Conscription_in_Ukraine_signs_2024_04_16_apnews_com-137">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-Conscription_in_Ukraine_new_plan_2024_04_11_time_com-138">[133]</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Role_of_women">Role of women</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Role of women">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Ukrainian_military" title="Women in the Ukrainian military">Women in the Ukrainian military</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%94%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B_Military_parade_in_honor_of_the_Independence_Day_of_Ukraine_(44194240712).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%94%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B_Military_parade_in_honor_of_the_Independence_Day_of_Ukraine_%2844194240712%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%94%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B_Military_parade_in_honor_of_the_Independence_Day_of_Ukraine_%2844194240712%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%94%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B_Military_parade_in_honor_of_the_Independence_Day_of_Ukraine_%2844194240712%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4800" data-file-height="3193" /></a><figcaption>Female military personnel at the <a href="/wiki/Kyiv_Independence_Day_Parade" title="Kyiv Independence Day Parade">Kyiv Independence Day Parade</a> on 24 August 2018</figcaption></figure> Women have been allowed to serve in combat units since 2016.<a href="#cite_note-waiUm3616-139">[134]</a> According to Defense Ministry figures early June 2016 some 49,500 women served in and worked in the Ukrainian military; more than 17,000 were military servicewomen, of which more than 2,000 officers.<a href="#cite_note-waiUm3616-139">[134]</a> In 2020, 58,000 women served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<a href="#cite_note-314338158000UAW-140">[135]</a> By 2024, that number has increased to 62,000, with at least 5,000 of those in combat roles.<a href="#cite_note-141">[136]</a> Women have also joined the various volunteer <a href="/wiki/Territorial_defence_battalions_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial defence battalions (Ukraine)">territorial defense battalions</a> before the order for women's integration in the armed forces was enacted.<a href="#cite_note-waiUm3616-139">[134]</a> Women are eligible to be drafted into the military as officers.<a href="#cite_note-142">[137]</a> In 2009 women comprised almost 13% of the armed forces (18,000 personnel) but with few females holding high rank (2.9% or 1,202 women).<a href="#cite_note-:0-143">[138]</a> Contractual military service accounted for almost 44% of women. However, this being closely linked to the low salary of such positions: men refuse to serve in these conditions while women accept them.<a href="#cite_note-:0-143">[138]</a> For the first time in 27 years, a battalion of 120 female military personnel, comprising cadets from the <a href="/wiki/Taras_Shevchenko_National_University_of_Kyiv" title="Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv">Taras Shevchenko National University Military Institute</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Military_Institute_of_Telecommunications_and_Information_Technologies" title="Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies">Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies</a>, participated in the Kyiv Independence Day Parade in August 2018.<a href="#cite_note-Хрещатиком_вперше_пройде_жіночий_батальйон-144">[139]</a><a href="#cite_note-Meet_One_of_the_First_120_Women_to_Have_Marched_in_Military_Parade_in_Kyiv-145">[140]</a> Their appearance as they marched along <a href="/wiki/Khreshchatyk" title="Khreshchatyk">Khreshchatyk</a> was greeted with loud applause from the spectators.<a href="#cite_note-Армія_-_це_не_тільки_чоловіки_з_автоматами:_у_параді_Незалежності_вперше_маршував_жіночий_батальйон-146">[141]</a> In September 2018, legislation was passed to make both women and men equal in the military and law enforcement agencies.<a href="#cite_note-1stUkrainianFemaleGeneral-147">[142]</a> The following month <a href="/wiki/Liudmyla_Shuhalei" title="Liudmyla Shuhalei">Liudmyla Shuhalei</a>, the head of the Military Medical Directorate of the <a href="/wiki/Security_Service_of_Ukraine" title="Security Service of Ukraine">Security Service of Ukraine</a>, became Ukraine's first female general.<a href="#cite_note-1stUkrainianFemaleGeneral-147">[142]</a> Since 2019, the Ivan Bohun Military High School accepts both male and female cadets. <a href="/wiki/Nadiya_Savchenko" title="Nadiya Savchenko">Nadiya Savchenko</a> is perhaps one of the most well-known female Ukrainian soldiers, and was held as a prisoner in Russia from July 2014 until May 2016.<a href="#cite_note-148">[143]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Paramilitary_forces">Paramilitary forces</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Paramilitary forces">edit</a>]</div> Although not components of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, these militarized institutions are supposed to come under the Armed Forces' command during wartime. Such was the case in the 2022 Russian invasion, as these organizations, as stated below, were thus affiliated under Armed Forces command. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_Ukraine" title="National Guard of Ukraine">National Guard of Ukraine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Ukraine)" title="Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)">Ministry of Internal Affairs</a>): 60,000<a href="#cite_note-149">[144]</a> <ul><li>Special operation formations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, i.e. Omega, Scorpion (nuclear sites security), Tytan, and others. Most of Felidae-named formations (such as Bars, Jaguar, others) along with Berkut were reformed.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Border_Guard_Service_of_Ukraine" title="State Border Guard Service of Ukraine">Border Guard</a>: 42,000 (including 8,000 civilian workers)<a href="#cite_note-Archived_copy-150">[145]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Sea_Guard" title="Ukrainian Sea Guard">Ukrainian Sea Guard</a> – the <a href="/wiki/Coast_guard" title="Coast guard">coast guard</a> within the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine</li></ul></li> <li>Various military troops of the <a href="/wiki/Security_Service_of_Ukraine" title="Security Service of Ukraine">SBU</a> (no generic name): 30,000</li> <li>Civil Defence Forces (<a href="/wiki/State_Emergency_Service_of_Ukraine" title="State Emergency Service of Ukraine">State Emergency Service of Ukraine</a>): 10,218 (including 668 civilian workers)<a href="#cite_note-151">[146]</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special_Transportation_Service_of_Ukraine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Special Transportation Service of Ukraine (page does not exist)">Special Transportation Service of Ukraine</a> – (Ministry of Transportation and Communications)<a href="#cite_note-152">[147]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_operations">Recent operations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Recent operations">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Members_of_the_Ukrainian_Army%E2%80%99s_19th_CBRN-Battalion_maintaining_decontamination_skills_in_Support_of_Operation_Iraqi_Freedom_at_Camp_Arifjan,_in_KUWAIT_on_August_3rd_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Members_of_the_Ukrainian_Army%E2%80%99s_19th_CBRN-Battalion_maintaining_decontamination_skills_in_Support_of_Operation_Iraqi_Freedom_at_Camp_Arifjan%2C_in_KUWAIT_on_August_3rd_2003.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Members_of_the_Ukrainian_Army%E2%80%99s_19th_CBRN-Battalion_maintaining_decontamination_skills_in_Support_of_Operation_Iraqi_Freedom_at_Camp_Arifjan%2C_in_KUWAIT_on_August_3rd_2003.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Members_of_the_Ukrainian_Army%E2%80%99s_19th_CBRN-Battalion_maintaining_decontamination_skills_in_Support_of_Operation_Iraqi_Freedom_at_Camp_Arifjan%2C_in_KUWAIT_on_August_3rd_2003.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="606" /></a><figcaption>Members of the Ukrainian Army's 19th Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Battalion in Kuwait</figcaption></figure> Ukraine has been playing an increasingly larger role in peacekeeping operations. Since 1992, over 30,000 soldiers have taken part in missions in the former Yugoslavia (<a href="/wiki/IFOR" class="mw-redirect" title="IFOR">IFOR</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="/wiki/UNPROFOR" class="mw-redirect" title="UNPROFOR">UNPROFOR</a> and <a href="/wiki/UNTAES" class="mw-redirect" title="UNTAES">UNTAES</a> in <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>, <a href="/wiki/KFor" class="mw-redirect" title="KFor">KFor</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>), the Middle East (<a href="/wiki/Southern_Lebanon" title="Southern Lebanon">Southern Lebanon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>), and Africa (<a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a>).<a href="#cite_note-UP-153">[148]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%87%D1%96_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D1%97_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%87%D1%96_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D1%97_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8.png/220px-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%87%D1%96_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D1%97_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%87%D1%96_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D1%97_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8.png/330px-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%87%D1%96_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D1%97_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%87%D1%96_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D1%97_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8.png/440px-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%87%D1%96_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D1%97_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="883" /></a><figcaption>Deployments outside Ukraine since 1991</figcaption></figure> Ukrainian troops—as part of the former Soviet Armed Forces contingent—participated in <a href="/wiki/UNPROFOR" class="mw-redirect" title="UNPROFOR">UNPROFOR</a> in 1992, and in the summer of that year were involved into the civil war in <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>. On 3 July 1992, the <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">Verkhovna Rada</a> adopted a resolution committing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to UN peacekeeping missions. The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Defense (Ukraine)">Minister of Defense</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kostyantyn_Morozov" title="Kostyantyn Morozov">Kostyantyn Morozov</a>, ordered the creation of the 240th Separate Special Battalion (UKRBAT-1) which was based on the <a href="/wiki/93rd_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division">93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/93rd_Mechanized_Brigade_(Ukraine)" title="93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)">93rd Mechanized Brigade</a>). Soon after arrival in <a href="/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a> on 31 July 1992, the battalion's artillery ended up in the middle of a mutual mortar fight between the Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Muslims. One of the Serbian shells hit the Ukrainian position, seriously wounding seven soldiers, one of whom died after hospitalization in Germany. 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 <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Polish</a> command. Ukrainian troops are also deployed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Polish-Ukrainian_Peace_Force_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish-Ukrainian Peace Force Battalion">Ukrainian-Polish Battalion (UKRPOLBAT)</a> in Kosovo. The total Ukrainian military deployment around the world as of 1 August 2009 was 540 servicemen participating in 8 peacekeeping missions.<a href="#cite_note-UP-153">[148]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ukrainian_military_in_Iraq.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ukrainian_military_in_Iraq.jpg/220px-Ukrainian_military_in_Iraq.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ukrainian_military_in_Iraq.jpg/330px-Ukrainian_military_in_Iraq.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ukrainian_military_in_Iraq.jpg/440px-Ukrainian_military_in_Iraq.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Ukrainian troops riding alongside US Marines in Iraq</figcaption></figure>In the 2003 <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>, from 2003 to 2006, Ukraine supplied one of the largest contingents of troops to the <a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq" title="Multi-National Force – Iraq">Multinational Force</a>, sending over 1,600 troops to Iraq and neighboring Kuwait. Thereafter, Ukraine kept around 40 personnel in Iraq until 2008. In all, over 5,000 Ukrainians served in Iraq, with 18 killed in action, and more injured.<a href="#cite_note-kuchma_2003_07_03_guardian-154">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-complete_2008_12_11_army_mil-155">[150]</a><a href="#cite_note-shia_telegraph_co_uk-156">[151]</a> The first battle of a regular formation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces happened on 6 April 2004, in <a href="/wiki/Kut" title="Kut">Kut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>, when the Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent was attacked by militants of the <a href="/wiki/Mahdi_Army" title="Mahdi Army">Mahdi Army</a>. The Ukrainians took fire, and over several hours held the objectives they had been assigned to secure before surrendering the city to <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2003%E2%80%932011)" title="Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)">insurgents</a>.<a href="#cite_note-157">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-shia_telegraph_co_uk-156">[151]</a> Since gaining independence, Ukraine has deployed troops to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, as well as dedicating peacekeepers to UN missions to Africa (including helicopter units). Ukrainian naval units also participated in anti piracy operations off the coast of Somalia prior to being recalled due to the <a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_intervention_in_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Russian intervention in Ukraine">2014 Russian intervention in Ukraine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-158">[153]</a> On 19 January 2015, Ukraine's 18th separate helicopter detachment along with other <a href="/wiki/MONUSCO" title="MONUSCO">MONUSCO</a> troops carried out a successful operation eliminating 2 camps belonging to illegal armed groups in the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-159">[154]</a> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deployment_outside_Ukraine">Deployment outside Ukraine</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Deployment outside Ukraine">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/31px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>: (<a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo">MONUSCO</a>) – 12 Experts on Mission and four <a href="/wiki/Mi-24" class="mw-redirect" title="Mi-24">Mi-24</a> helicopters<a href="#cite_note-UP-153">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-UN1-160">[155]</a><a href="#cite_note-un-20120307-161">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-nbc-20140514-162">[157]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>: (<a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Force" title="Kosovo Force">KFOR</a>) – 128 Soldiers<a href="#cite_note-UP-153">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-163">[158]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>: (<a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">UNMIK</a>) – 1 Military Liaison Component Chief of Staff, 1 liaison officer<a href="#cite_note-UP-153">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-UN1-160">[155]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a>: (<a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_Liberia" title="United Nations Mission in Liberia">UNMIL</a>) – 277 Contingent Troops, 2 Experts on Mission<a href="#cite_note-UP-153">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-UN1-160">[155]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a>: (<a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a>) – 10 Military Observers<a href="#cite_note-UP-153">[148]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a>: (<a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_Sudan" title="United Nations Mission in Sudan">UNMIS</a>) – 9 Experts on Mission<a href="#cite_note-UP-153">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-UN1-160">[155]</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a> (20)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Annexation_of_Crimea_by_Russia">Annexation of Crimea by Russia</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Annexation of Crimea by Russia">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation</a></div> On 2 March 2014, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were placed on full alert following a Russian military invasion of <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Peninsula">Crimea</a>.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-164">[159]</a> On 19 March 2014, Ukraine drew plans to withdraw all its troops and their families to the mainland "quickly and efficiently".<a href="#cite_note-165">[160]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditions">Traditions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Traditions">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a 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President <a href="/wiki/Petro_Poroshenko" title="Petro Poroshenko">Petro Poroshenko</a> announced that the <a href="/wiki/Battle_cry" title="Battle cry">battle cry</a> <a href="/wiki/Slava_Ukraini" title="Slava Ukraini">Glory to Ukraine</a> will be the official greeting of the armed forces, replacing the Soviet era military greeting of Hello Comrades (Вітаю товариші, Vitayu tovaryshi).<a href="#cite_note-166">[161]</a> The greeting was first used during the <a href="/wiki/Kyiv_Independence_Day_Parade" title="Kyiv Independence Day Parade">Kyiv Independence Day Parade</a> that year celebrating the <a href="/wiki/Centennial" title="Centennial">centennial</a> of the Ukrainian state.<a href="#cite_note-167">[162]</a><a href="#cite_note-168">[163]</a> It is also the official greeting of the <a href="/wiki/National_Police_of_Ukraine" title="National Police of Ukraine">National Police of Ukraine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-interfaxua535728-169">[164]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Central_House_of_Officers_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Central House of Officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine">Central House of Officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_center" title="Cultural center">cultural center</a> of the Ukrainian military located in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>. Since its recent reorganization, it has become one of the leading cultural centers in the Ukrainian capital. It served as a concert hall for military officers in the <a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_II" title="Aftermath of World War II">post-war</a> years, during which the whole city of Kyiv was in ruins and there were practically no audience halls. It has hosted the National Military History Museum since October 1995.<a href="#cite_note-170">[165]</a></li> <li>The Ukrainian Army unveiled its current uniform on Independence Day in 2016.<a href="#cite_note-nuUaWP-171">[166]</a> The new uniforms were modeled on British and Polish military styles<a href="#cite_note-nuUaWP-171">[166]</a> and incorporate details from the uniforms worn by the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Army" title="Ukrainian People's Army">Ukrainian People's Army</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nuUaWP-171">[166]</a> The cap includes an insignia of a <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Cossack" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Cossack">Ukrainian Cossack</a> grasping a cross.<a href="#cite_note-nuUaWP-171">[166]</a> Although mainly designed for the ground forces, other branches based their new uniforms off of the update. Prior to 2016, the uniforms were based on the Soviet military precedent.</li> <li>The military uses the Soviet <a href="/wiki/Goose_step" title="Goose step">goosestep</a> (originated from <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a> that under the orders of King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a>) with the speed of the step being 75 steps per minute and elements of the marching pace of the <a href="/wiki/Sich_Riflemen" title="Sich Riflemen">Sich Riflemen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-172">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-173">[168]</a></li> <li>When in the <a href="/wiki/Present_arms_(command)" title="Present arms (command)">present arms</a> position, all unit colors are required to dip.</li> <li>The S. Tvorun arrangement of the <a href="/wiki/Zaporizhian_March" title="Zaporizhian March">Zaporizhian March</a> has been used in the ZSU since 1991 when it replaced <a href="/wiki/Farewell_of_Slavianka" title="Farewell of Slavianka">Farewell of Slavianka</a> in being performed during recruiting days, when new servicemen are welcomed to the Armed Forces and recite their enlistment oaths.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Budget">Budget</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Budget">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_in_Europe_by_military_expenditures" title="List of countries in Europe by military expenditures">List of countries in Europe by military expenditures</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2022)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> In 2017, Ukraine's National Security Strategy foresaw that its National Security and Defense budget should be at least 5% of Ukraine's GDP.<a href="#cite_note-pS17Udb-174">[169]</a> On 21 December 2016, the Verkhovna Rada adopted its 2017 National Security and Defense budget worth $5.172 billion; that being 5% of Ukraine's <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a>. In 2016 defense expenditures amounted to $4.4 billion, or 5% of the GDP.<a href="#cite_note-JbUa16-175">[170]</a><a href="#cite_note-JbUa162-176">[171]</a> This (2016 figure) was a 23% increase from 2013 and a 65% increase from 2005.<a href="#cite_note-JbUa16-175">[170]</a> From the total, 60% was budgeted to be spent on defence and 40% on security and policing.<a href="#cite_note-JbUa16-175">[170]</a> 2016 also saw a 30% increase in weapons development spending.<a href="#cite_note-177">[172]</a> In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Ukraine" title="Corruption in Ukraine">corruption, historically widespread in Ukraine</a>, combined with small budgets left the military in such a depleted condition that their ability to confront the crisis in Crimea and the Donbas was minimal. All Ukrainian defence sectors were heavily affected by systemic corruption which is hindering its capacity to ensure national security. In addition, it undermined popular trust in the military as an institution. Despite great effort to resolve the issue there were signs that enough is not being done.<a href="#cite_note-178">[173]</a> The Ukrainian government launched major structural reforms of the army to meet <a href="/wiki/NATO_Standardization_Office" title="NATO Standardization Office">NATO standards</a> by 2020, but few believed that it could successfully meet the deadline. Some of the problems remained intact, for example: lack of civilian and parliamentary control of the armed forces, lack of internal coordination between different departments, poor integration of volunteers into the regular army, impunity and abusive behavior of military personnel in conflict zones and systemic corruption and opacity of financial resources, especially in the <a href="/wiki/Ukroboronprom" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukroboronprom">Ukroboronprom</a> defense-industry monopoly.<a href="#cite_note-179">[174]</a> In 2018, the military budget grew dramatically, to nearly 5% of GDP. Corruption remained a serious problem operating at all levels of Ukrainian society, and the lack of modern military organizational structure confounded efforts at reform.<a href="#cite_note-180">[175]</a> By 2022, some reforms had been made.<a href="#cite_note-181">[176]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Budget_per_year">Budget per year</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Budget per year">edit</a>]</div> (Defense budget only, not "Security and Defense" combined)<a href="#cite_note-182">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-183">[178]</a> <ul><li>2003: $1.01 billion (₴5.06 billion @5.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-pidruchniki.com-184">[179]</a></li> <li>2004: $1.29 billion (₴6.46 billion @5.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-pidruchniki.com-184">[179]</a></li> <li>2005: $1.23 billion (₴6.16 billion @5.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-pidruchniki.com-184">[179]</a></li> <li>2006: $1.47 billion (₴7.35 billion @5.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-pidruchniki.com-184">[179]</a></li> <li>2007: $2.12 billion (₴10.6 billion @5.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-pidruchniki.com-184">[179]</a></li> <li>2008: $1.78 billion (₴8.926 billion @5.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-zakon.rada.gov.ua-185">[180]</a></li> <li>2009: $0.93 billion (₴7.4 billion @8.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-tyzhden.ua-186">[181]</a></li> <li>2010: $1.63 billion (₴13.1 billion @8.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-187">[182]</a></li> <li>2011: $1.82 billion (₴14.6 billion @8.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-vkurse.ua-188">[183]</a></li> <li>2012: $2.05 billion (₴16.4 billion @8.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-economy.nayka.com.ua-189">[184]</a></li> <li>2013: $1.88 billion (₴15.3 billion @8.1 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-news.finance.ua-190">[185]</a></li> <li>2014: $1.37 billion (₴15.1 billion @11.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-191">[186]</a></li> <li>2015: $1.91 billion (₴40.2 billion @21.0 exchange rate)<a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-191">[186]</a></li> <li>2016: $2.11 billion (₴56 billion)<a href="#cite_note-depo.ua-192">[187]</a></li> <li>2017: $2.65 billion (₴69 billion)<a href="#cite_note-mil.in.ua-193">[188]</a></li> <li>2018: $3.2 billion (₴83.3 billion)<a href="#cite_note-mil.in.ua-193">[188]</a></li> <li>2019: $4.08 billion (₴102 billion)<a href="#cite_note-mil.in.ua-193">[188]</a></li> <li>2020: $5.2 billion (₴130 billion)<a href="#cite_note-194">[189]</a></li> <li>2021: $4.9 billion (₴121.7 billion)<a href="#cite_note-195">[190]</a></li> <li>2022: $8.3 billion (₴340.1 billion)<a href="#cite_note-196">[191]</a></li> <li>2023: $31.03 billion (₴1.1 trillion)<a href="#cite_note-197">[192]</a><a href="#cite_note-198">[193]</a></li> <li>2024: $64.8 billion (₴2.4 trillion)<a href="#cite_note-199">[194]</a><a href="#cite_note-politico.eu-11">[11]</a></li> <li>2025:</li></ul> "Security and Defense" combined budget apart from Department of Defense (Defense Ministry) for Armed Forces of Ukraine, also includes expenses for Police, Customs, and Border Control. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_holidays">Military holidays</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Military holidays">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B2_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%97%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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title="Defender of Ukraine Day">Defender of Ukraine Day</a> celebration, 14 October 2017</figcaption></figure> These are the military holidays observed by all service personnel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<a href="#cite_note-200">[195]</a> <ul><li>6 May - Day of the Mechanized Infantry</li> <li>23 May – Marine Corps Birthday</li> <li>8 July – Air and Air Defence Forces Day</li> <li>First Sunday in July – <a href="/wiki/Navy_Day_(Ukraine)" title="Navy Day (Ukraine)">Navy Day</a>;<a href="#cite_note-pndfsj-201">[196]</a> From 1997 until 2011 this day was celebrated on August 1<a href="#cite_note-202">[197]</a><a href="#cite_note-203">[198]</a></li> <li>8 August – Signal Corps Day</li> <li>7 September – <a href="/wiki/Chief_directorate_of_intelligence_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief directorate of intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine">Military Intelligence</a> Forces Day<a href="#cite_note-ukrinform3093395-204">[199]</a></li> <li>9 September – <a href="/wiki/Armored_Force_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Armored Force (Ukraine)">Armoured Forces</a> Day</li> <li>14 September – Mobilized Servicemen Day</li> <li>1 October – <a href="/wiki/Defenders_Day_(Ukraine)" title="Defenders Day (Ukraine)">Defenders of Ukraine Day</a><a href="#cite_note-205">[200]</a></li> <li>29 October – Finance Officers Day</li> <li>3 November – <a href="/wiki/Rocket_Forces_and_Artillery_(Ukraine)" title="Rocket Forces and Artillery (Ukraine)">Rocket Forces and Artillery</a> Day</li> <li>3 November – Corps of Engineers Day</li> <li>21 November – <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Assault_Forces" title="Ukrainian Air Assault Forces">Air Assault Forces</a> Day<a href="#cite_note-206">[201]</a><a href="#cite_note-207">[202]</a><a href="#cite_note-208">[203]</a></li> <li>6 December – <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day" title="Armed Forces Day">Armed Forces Day</a>; festive fireworks and salutes take place in various cities in Ukraine<a href="#cite_note-209">[204]</a> The holiday was established in 1993 by the <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">Verkhovna Rada</a>.<a href="#cite_note-210">[205]</a></li> <li>12 December – <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" title="Ukrainian Ground Forces">Ground Forces</a> Day</li> <li>23 December – Operational Servicemen Day</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Veterans">Veterans</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Veterans">edit</a>]</div> Ukraine provides combat veterans with a range of benefits. Ukrainians who served in World War II, the <a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet–Afghan War</a>, or as <a href="/wiki/Liquidator_(Chernobyl)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liquidator (Chernobyl)">liquidators</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster" title="Chernobyl disaster">Chernobyl disaster</a> are eligible for benefits such as monthly allowances, discounts on medical and pharmacy services, free use of public transportation, additional vacation days from work, retention priority in work layoffs, easier access to loans and associated approval processes, preference when applying for security related positions, priority when applying to vocational schools or trade schools, and electricity, gas, and housing subsidies. Veterans are also eligible to stay at military sanatoriums, space permitting. Since gaining independence, Ukraine has deployed troops to Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, gaining a new generation of veterans separate from those who have served in the Soviet forces. Most recently, the government passed a law extending veteran benefits to Ukrainian troops responding to the war in Donbas. Moreover, veterans from other nations who move to or reside in Ukraine may be eligible for some of the listed benefits, this provision was likely made to ensure World War II, Chernobyl, and Afghanistan veterans from other Soviet states who moved to Ukraine received similar benefits, however as Ukraine has participated in numerous NATO-led conflicts since its independence, it is unclear if NATO veterans would be extended these benefits.<a href="#cite_note-211">[206]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Volodymyr_Zelenskyy_Visited_Defenders_Recovering_at_the_Superhumans_Prosthetics_and_Rehabilitation_Center_in_Lviv,_Ukraine_on_December_17,_2024_-_73.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy_Visited_Defenders_Recovering_at_the_Superhumans_Prosthetics_and_Rehabilitation_Center_in_Lviv%2C_Ukraine_on_December_17%2C_2024_-_73.jpg/220px-Volodymyr_Zelenskyy_Visited_Defenders_Recovering_at_the_Superhumans_Prosthetics_and_Rehabilitation_Center_in_Lviv%2C_Ukraine_on_December_17%2C_2024_-_73.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy_Visited_Defenders_Recovering_at_the_Superhumans_Prosthetics_and_Rehabilitation_Center_in_Lviv%2C_Ukraine_on_December_17%2C_2024_-_73.jpg/330px-Volodymyr_Zelenskyy_Visited_Defenders_Recovering_at_the_Superhumans_Prosthetics_and_Rehabilitation_Center_in_Lviv%2C_Ukraine_on_December_17%2C_2024_-_73.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy_Visited_Defenders_Recovering_at_the_Superhumans_Prosthetics_and_Rehabilitation_Center_in_Lviv%2C_Ukraine_on_December_17%2C_2024_-_73.jpg/440px-Volodymyr_Zelenskyy_Visited_Defenders_Recovering_at_the_Superhumans_Prosthetics_and_Rehabilitation_Center_in_Lviv%2C_Ukraine_on_December_17%2C_2024_-_73.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2503" data-file-height="1670" /></a><figcaption>Up to 50,000 Ukrainians lost their limbs during the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-212">[207]</a></figcaption></figure> Veteran groups are not as developed as in the United States, which has numerous well known national organizations such as the <a href="/wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars" title="Veterans of Foreign Wars">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. World War II veterans, and even persons who have lived through the war are generally treated with the highest respect. Other veterans are not as well known. Ukrainian veterans from the Soviet–Afghan War are strikingly similar to the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> veterans of the United States. The Soviet Union generally kept the public in the dark through the war, and it has often been labeled as a mistake by the Soviet Union and its successor states. The lack of media coverage and censorship through the war also ensured that many still remain unaware of their nation's involvement in the conflict.<a href="#cite_note-213">[208]</a> Despite Ukraine having the third-largest contingent of troops in Iraq in 2004, few also realize that their nation has many veterans of the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>. Due to the ongoing conflict with Russia, another generation of veterans has appeared in Ukraine. These veterans would be eligible for the same benefits as all others. However, as there was no official declaration of war, it was difficult to determine the cut-off date for veteran benefits, leaving many that participated at the beginning of the conflict without benefits. At first, Ukraine only gave benefits posthumously to family members, as there was no legal framework to account for the veterans, moreover, members of territorial defense battalions were not eligible for benefits at all. In August,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">specify</a>] a law was passed granting all service members participating in the war in Donbas the status of veterans, five months after first hostilities broke out in Crimea, the territorial defense battalions were integrated into the National Guard making them part of Ukraine's forces, thus allowing their volunteers to receive veteran status.<a href="#cite_note-214">[209]</a><a href="#cite_note-215">[210]</a> Veterans of the war in Donbas are eligible for receiving apartments (if staying in active duty) or a land plot for building purposes of 1,000 sq. metres in the district of their registration. On 22 November 2018, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Veterans_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry for Veterans Affairs">Ministry for Veterans Affairs</a> of Ukraine was officially established.<a href="#cite_note-UGF10145168MVA-216">[211]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_industrial_complex">Military industrial complex</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Military industrial complex">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Defense_industry_of_Ukraine" title="Defense industry of Ukraine">Defense industry of Ukraine</a></div> Ukraine received about 30% of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet military">Soviet military</a> industry, which included between 50 and 60 percent of all Ukrainian <a href="/wiki/Company" title="Company">enterprises</a>, employing 40% of its working population. Ukraine was a leader in <a href="/wiki/Missile" title="Missile">missile</a>-related technology,<a href="#cite_note-217">[212]</a> <a href="/wiki/Navigation" title="Navigation">navigation</a> electronics for combat vessels and <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guidance_system" title="Guidance system">guidance systems</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> for military <a href="/wiki/Jet_aircraft" title="Jet aircraft">jets</a>, heavy armoured vehicles. The military-technical policy in the field of development and modernization of weapons and military equipment provides the <a href="/wiki/Central_Scientific_Research_Institute_of_Armament_and_Military_Equipment_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine">Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-218">[213]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Ukraine" title="Military ranks of Ukraine">Military ranks of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flags_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces" title="Flags of the Ukrainian Armed Forces">Flags of the Ukrainian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="List of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine">List of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Armed_Forces_branch_insignia" title="Ukrainian Armed Forces branch insignia">Ukrainian Armed Forces branch insignia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yurii_Bulavka" title="Yurii Bulavka">Yurii Bulavka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitalii_Lazorkin" title="Vitalii Lazorkin">Vitalii Lazorkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bohdan_Senyk" title="Bohdan Senyk">Bohdan Senyk</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> The official title is "Republic of China". See also <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">List of states with limited recognition</a>, <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan" title="Political status of Taiwan">Political status of Taiwan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan" title="Foreign relations of Taiwan">Foreign relations of Taiwan</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: Збройні сили України, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian" title="Romanization of Ukrainian">romanized</a>: Zbroini syly Ukrainy, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991">pronounced <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Ukrainian" title="Help:IPA/Ukrainian">[ˈzbrɔi̯nʲi ˈsɪɫe ʊkrɐˈjine]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a> Ukrainian: ЗСУ / ZSU </li> <li id="cite_note-112"><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a> Ukrainian: ДШВ </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: Високомобільні десантні війська України, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian" title="Romanization of Ukrainian">romanized</a>: Vysokomobilni desantni viiska Ukrainy, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'High-mobility airborne forces of Ukraine', abbreviated as VDV (Ukrainian: ВДВ) </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1934-12">"Про Збройні Сили України № 1934-XII"</a>. zakon1.rada.gov.ua. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120330165053/http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1934-12">Archived</a> from the original on 30 March 2012. 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Interuniversity Seminar on Armed Forces and Society: 455–479. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0095327x0202800306">10.1177/0095327x0202800306</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145268260">145268260</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Armed+Forces+%26+Society&rft.atitle=Civil-Military+Relations+in+Post-Soviet+Ukraine%3A+Implciations+for+Domestic+and+Regional+Stability&rft.volume=28&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E455-%3C%2Fspan%3E479&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1177%2F0095327x0202800306&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A145268260%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Mychajlyszyn&rft.aufirst=Natalie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArmed+Forces+of+Ukraine" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Walter Parchomenko, "Prospects for Genuine Reform in Ukraine's Security Forces," Armed Forces & Society, 2002, Vol. 28, No. 2</li> <li>Brigitte Sauerwein, "Rich in Arms, Poor in Tradition," International Defence Review, No. 4, April 1993, 317–318.</li> <li>J Sherr, "Ukraine: The Pursuit of Defence Reform in an Unfavourable Context," 2004, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom</li> <li>J Sherr, "Into Reverse?: The Dismissal of Ukraine's Minister of Defence," 2004, <a href="/wiki/Defence_Academy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Defence Academy of the United Kingdom">Defence Academy of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li>James Sherr, 'Ukraine's Defence Reform: An Update', <a href="/wiki/Conflict_Studies_Research_Centre" title="Conflict Studies Research Centre">Conflict Studies Research Centre</a>, 2002</li> <li>Sharon L. Wolchik, Ukraine: The Search for a National Identity. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000</li> <li>Steven J Zaloga, "Armed Forces in Ukraine," Jane's Intelligence Review, March 1992, p. 135</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane%27s_Intelligence_Review" title="Jane's Intelligence Review">Jane's Intelligence Review</a>, September 1993, re Crimea</li> <li>Woff, Richard, Armed Forces of the Former Soviet Union: Evolution, Structure and Personalities. 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9th century–1283)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armies_of_the_Rus%27_principalities" title="Armies of the Rus' principalities">Rus' principalities armies</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1240–1550)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Military of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Registered_Cossacks" title="Registered Cossacks">Registered Cossacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaporozhian_Cossacks" title="Zaporozhian Cossacks">Zaporozhian Cossacks</a> (1492–1648)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cossack_Hetmanate" title="Cossack Hetmanate">Zaporizhian Host</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zaporozhian_Cossacks" title="Zaporozhian Cossacks">Zaporozhian Cossacks</a> (1648–1775)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Sich_Riflemen" title="Ukrainian Sich Riflemen">Legion of Sich Riflemen</a> (1914–18)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic" title="Ukrainian People's Republic">Ukrainian People's Republic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Army" title="Ukrainian People's Army">Ukrainian People's Army</a> (1917–21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sich_Riflemen" title="Sich Riflemen">Sich Riflemen</a> (1917–21)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic" title="West Ukrainian People's Republic">West Ukrainian People's Republic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Galician_Army" title="Ukrainian Galician Army">Ukrainian Galician Army</a> (1918–19)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Makhnovshchina" title="Makhnovshchina">Makhnovshchina</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Insurgent_Army_of_Ukraine" title="Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine">Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine</a> (1918–21)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Carpatho-Ukraine" title="Carpatho-Ukraine">Carpatho-Ukraine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carpathian_Sich" title="Carpathian Sich">Carpathian Sich</a> (1938–39)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic_in_exile" title="Government of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile">Ukrainian People's Republic in exile</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Sich Regiment of Horlis-Horskyi (1939–40)</li> <li>Polissia Sich (1941–42)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_National_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian National Government">Ukrainian National Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Revolutionary_Army" title="Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army">UPRA</a> (1941–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">Ukrainian Insurgent Army</a> (1941–55)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian SSR">Ukrainian SSR</a> / <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cossacks" title="Red Cossacks">Red Cossacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Army" title="Ukrainian Soviet Army">Ukrainian Soviet Army</a> (1918–19)</li> <li>none (1919–91), part of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Armed_Forces" title="Soviet Armed Forces">Soviet Armed Forces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Armed Forces of Ukraine</a> (1992–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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title="East Slavs">East Slavs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuyaba" title="Kuyaba">Kuyaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27" title="Kievan Rus'">Kievan Rus'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Kiev" title="Principality of Kiev">Principality of Kiev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Kievan_Rus%27" title="Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'">Mongol invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia%E2%80%93Volhynia" title="Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia">Galicia–Volhynia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" title="Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Grand Duchy of Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiev_Voivodeship" title="Kiev Voivodeship">Kiev Voivodeship</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaporozhian_Cossacks" title="Zaporozhian Cossacks">Zaporozhian Cossacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zaporozhian_Sich" title="Zaporozhian Sich">Sich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cossack_Hetmanate" title="Cossack Hetmanate">Hetmanate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pereiaslav_Agreement" title="Pereiaslav Agreement">Pereiaslav Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Eastern_Europe)" title="Galicia (Eastern Europe)">Galicia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence" title="Ukrainian War of Independence">Revolution and War of Independence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic" title="Ukrainian People's Republic">Ukrainian People's Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_State" title="Ukrainian State">Ukrainian State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic" title="West Ukrainian People's Republic">West Ukrainian People's Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makhnovshchina" title="Makhnovshchina">Makhnovshchina</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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Force">Anti Air Defense Missile Artillery Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Force#Branch_-_Radar_Technology_Corps" title="Ukrainian Air Force">Radar Technology Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_Systems_Forces_(Ukraine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unmanned Systems Forces (Ukraine)">Unmanned Systems Forces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Marine_Corps" title="Ukrainian Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Coastal Defense Missile Artillery</li> <li>Marine Corps bases</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Navy" title="Ukrainian Navy">Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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