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The military police (named the Military Law Enforcement Service 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.
August 11, 2024 at 8:36 AM. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has broken the ...
The role of the Air Force is to protect the air space of Ukraine. The objectives are: obtaining operational air superiority, delivering air strikes against enemy units and facilities, covering troops against enemy air strikes, providing air support to the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Marine Corps and the Navy in wartime operations and peacetime exercises, disrupting enemy military movements on the ...
The structure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is multifaceted. In late 2010 the total personnel (including 41,000 civilian workers) was 200,000. [ 1] Conscription was ended in October 2013; [ 2] at that time the Ukrainian armed forces were made up of 40% conscripts and 60% contract soldiers. [ 2] In April 2014 acting President Oleksandr ...
The donation of military aid was coordinated at monthly meetings in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, throughout the war. A first meeting took place between 41 countries on 26 April 2022, and the coalition comprised 54 countries (all 30 member states of NATO and 24 other countries) at the latest meeting on 14 February 2023. [ 9 ]
The Unmanned Systems Forces ( USF) is a branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine which specializes in drone warfare and the use of military robots on land, sea and air. [ 1][ 2] The USF was created in the midst of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, and was formally established on June 11, 2024. [ 3][ 4] As of June 2024, around 3,000 soldiers ...
The Commander-in-Chief for Armed Forces of Ukraine directs the Armed Forces of Ukraine, monitors the state of the army with military equipment, weapons, and other resources, reports to the President and the Minister of Defense on achieving military-strategic goals in defense. The Law of Ukraine "On the Armed Forces of Ukraine" also stipulates ...
The Ukrainian Ground Forces (SVZSU, Ukrainian: Сухопутні війська Збройних сил України ), also referred to as the Ukrainian army, are the land forces of Ukraine and one of the eight branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were formed from Ukrainian units of the Soviet Army after Ukrainian independence, and ...