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The Armed Forces of Ukraine [b] (AFU) [c] are the military forces of Ukraine. All military and security forces, including the Armed Forces, are under the command of the President of Ukraine and subject to oversight by a permanent Verkhovna Rada parliamentary commission. They trace their lineage to 1917, while the modern armed forces were formed ...
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 ...
Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Civil–military administrations (Ukraine) Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Ground Forces were officially established on 6 December 1991 as part of the armed forces, with a presidential decree on 12 December - from then on marked as Ground Forces Day - being the first that designated the Soviet Army's Ukrainian formations as the ground component of the new force.
At least 1 captured vehicle in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. [194] Linza: KamAZ-53949-Linza 1 At least 1 captured vehicle was repaired for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. [195] MLS Shield Italy: 11 11 bought from Italy during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [105] BMC Kirpi Turkey: MRAP 170+ [148] Used by Marines and Air Assault ...
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the main body of military management for strategic planning of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other forces and means of other components of the defence forces, coordination and control over defence tasks between government services, regional governments and municipal bodies and the defence ...
After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, several Ukraine-based units from the Soviet Airborne Forces were absorbed into the newly created Ukrainian Ground Forces, where they remained until 2016, when they separated to become one of five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Air Assault Forces are in constant combat readiness ...
The Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) (Ukrainian: Сили безпілотних систем (СБС), romanized: Syly bezpilotnykh system (SBS) is a branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that specializes in drone warfare and the use of unmanned military robots on land, sea, and air.