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On 6 February 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a decree instructing the Government of Ukraine and the General Staff to create a separate branch of the Armed Forces dedicated to unmanned systems, after which the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine would consider the issue. [7] [8]
From 1992 to 2014, Ukrainian military exports mainly fell into three categories: new or used equipment, joint development, and maintenance of Soviet-made machinery and equipment. [5] The output of Ukrainian defense plants grew 58% in 2009, with largest growth reported by aircraft builders (77%) and ship builders (71%). [8]
In the beginning of the war, large swaths of the Ukrainian defense line on the border with Russia were crossed. The front was engulfed in fast-paced maneuvering by both sides as part of the Kyiv Offensive and related efforts in the Northern Ukraine campaign , [ 3 ] until Russian advances stalled, and both sides started to dig in mid-2022.
In conflict, dominance in the electromagnetic space gives one party an advantage over its enemy in the management of troops and weapons. This is greatly aided by means of radio-electronic warfare (EW), which is one of the most significant and important elements of contemporary wars and, as a result, has had the most rapid and dynamic development among all modern types of weapons.
Ukraine's Defense Ministry claimed that May 2024 was the deadliest month for Russia so far in the war, with Russian troop losses allegedly amounting to 38,940 killed, wounded, missing, or captured. They also claimed a record number of 1,160 Russian artillery systems destroyed. [482]
In addition, Ukraine tried to modernize and increase the lifespans of its man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), which played a significant role in Ukraine's short range air defense capabilities. The Ukrainian Air Force, led by Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, [14] is the aerial branch of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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. [56] These made their national debut on 24 August 2016, at the National Independence Day Silver Jubilee parade in Independence Square, Kyiv.
A Ukrainian reserve colonel estimates the cost to be 50 to 100 thousand USD, i.e. much less than Western cruise missiles that cost upwards of one million USD. [ 9 ] On 6 September 2024, Oleksandr Kamyshin stated to The Kyiv Independent that Lithuania would contribute 10 million Euro to build Palianytsia systems.