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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 ...
The Joint Forces Command is the successor to the former Joint Operational Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is headed by the Joint Forces Commander, who reports directly to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and directs the Joint Forces in all domains of their application (land, air, sea, information).
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 ...
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 ...
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
After the start of the war in Donbas in April 2014 in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine embarked on a program to enlarge and modernise its armed forces. [4] [5] [6] Personnel in the Ukrainian Armed Forces overall climbed from 129,950 in March 2014 [7] to 204,000 active personnel in May 2015, [8] with 169,000 soldiers in the Ground Forces branch as of 2016.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Генеральний штаб Збройних сил України) is the military staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is the central organ of the Armed Forces Administration and oversees operational management of the armed forces under the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine .