Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Збройні сили України [ЗСУ]; Zbroini syly Ukrainy, [ZSU]) are the military forces of Ukraine. They are the main force against any military action against the nation of Ukraine. All military and security forces are under the command of the president of Ukraine. This includes the Armed Forces. They are subject to oversight by a parliamentary commission.
| Armed Forces of Ukraine Збройні сили України (Ukrainian) | |
|---|---|
| Emblem of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg Emblem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine | |
| Established | 29 March 1917[a] |
| Current form | 6 December 1991[1] |
| Parts | |
| Headquarters | Ministry of Defence Building, Povitroflotskyi Square, Kyiv |
| Leadership | |
| Supreme Commander-in-Chief |  Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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| Minister of Defence |  Oleksii Reznikov[3] |
| Commander-in-Chief |  Valerii Zaluzhnyi[4] |
| Serving soldiers | |
| Military age | 18[5] |
| Conscription | 12–18 months (depending on branches) |
| Available to be a soldier |
11,149,646, age 16–49 (2015) |
| Fit to be a soldier |
6,970,035, age 16–49 (2015) |
| Reaching military age annually |
470,406 (2021) |
| Active employees/soldiers | 245,000 (2022)[6] |
| Reserve personnel | 220,000 (2022) |
| Deployed personnel | 40,114 (2021)[7] |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | ₴136 billion €4.6 billion (2020)[8] |
| Percent of GDP | 3% (2020)[8] |
| Industry | |
| Suppliers from inland | Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defence Industry) |
| Suppliers from foreign countries |
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| See also | |
| History | * Ukrainian–Soviet War |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Ukraine |
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Ensign of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg | |
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Contents
Ukraine's armed forces include the Ukrainian Ground Forces, the Ukrainian Air Force, the Ukrainian Navy, the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and the Special Operations Forces. The navy of Ukraine has its own small Ukrainian Naval Infantry force. It also has its own Ukrainian Naval Aviation force. The Ukrainian Sea Guard is the coast guard service of Ukraine. It is a part of the Border Guard Service. It is not a part of the navy.
Size
Because of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine in 2014, the president had the leaders of oblasts of Ukraine create units which are made up of volunteers. These groups are under the control of the government's Territorial Defense Forces. At first, the government gave these units very little money. Most of their funding came from donations.
In November 2014, most of the territorial defense battalions were made a part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The National Guard of Ukraine is a paramilitary reserve unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
After the fighting with Russia in 2014, Ukraine increased the size of its armed forces to 204,000 soldiers. This does not include additional forces such as the border guards, the new National Guard of Ukraine or the security service.[9] The current size of Ukraine's armed forces is 250,000. Of that number, 215,000 are military personnel. It is the second largest in the region. Only Russia has a larger military in the region.[10] In 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered that the size of the military would be increased by 100,000 by 2025. He also ordered that conscription would end in 2024. Conscription will be replaced with short-term military training.[11]
Military units of other countries have taken part in military exercises with Ukrainian forces in Ukraine.[12] Many of these exercises have been held under the NATO program Partnership for Peace.
Armed Forces Of Ukraine Media
An SS-20 on display at the World War II Museum in Kyiv
Marine of the Ukrainian Marine Corps in a military exercise in Scotland, 2003
Ukrainian Airmobile Forces in 2011
Ukrainian soldiers talking with a US Army soldier during the Rapid Trident 2011 military exercise
T-64BMs in Eastern Ukraine
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Anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine, 2014
Operators of the Special Operations Forces, an independent branch of the armed forces founded in 2016
Ukrainian Air Assault Forces paratroopers with new modernized equipment
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Territorial Defense Forces air defense squad in 2022
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Notes
- ↑ On this day, at the meeting of the military garrison of Kyiv, the first military organization was created – Ukrainian Military Club named after Hetman Pavel Polubotko. The main task of the organization was to "unite all Ukrainian soldiers in the immediate organization of the national army, as a powerful military force, without which it is impossible to think of gaining full freedom of Ukraine».
References
- ↑ "Про Збройні Сили України – від 6 December 1991 № 1934-XII". zakon1.rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ↑ Special Operations Forces, what will the new branch be like? Archived 2015-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. ESPRESO. 22 April 2015
- ↑ Ukrainian Lawmakers Approve Reznikov As New Defense Minister, Radio Free Europe (4 November 2021)
- ↑ "Valeriy Zaluzhny appointed as Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces instead of Khomchak – Zelensky's press secretary". InterFax-Ukrain. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ↑ "Article 15. Conscription age. Conscription of citizens of Ukraine for military service. In peacetime conscripts in peacetime shall be called up for this purpose by the state of health of Ukrainian citizens who have reached the age of 18 by the date of conscription." Law 2232-XII of 25 March 1992 "On Military Duty and Military Service" (ed. Of 15 January 2015)
- ↑ "Президент пропонує збільшити чисельність ЗСУ на 11000 для формування Сил територіальної оборони". Ukrainian Military Pages. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ "Чисельність ЗСУ і витрати на утримання в 2021 році". Ukrainian Military Pages. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 У 2020 році на безпеку і оборону витратять більше ніж у 2019 – Гончарук. https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/10/8/7228477/.
- ↑ "Ukraine plans to double military budget against fighting in east". Deutsche Welle. 12 December 2014. http://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-plans-to-double-military-budget-against-fighting-in-east/a-18125986. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ↑ Shynko, Andriy (18 February 2021). "Чисельність ЗСУ і витрати на утримання в 2021 році" [The number of the Armed Forces and maintenance costs in 2021]. Ukrainian Military Pages (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Mikhail Shtekel (2022-02-03) (in Ukrainian). Без призову та плюс 20 бригад: чи реальні плани Зеленського?. https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/armiya-zbilshennya-zelensky-russia/31683587.html.
- ↑ "Parliament approves admission of military units of foreign states to Ukraine for exercises". Kyiv Post. 18 May 2010. http://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/parliament-approves-admission-of-military-units-of-67094.html. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
