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Antonio Alzona Aguto Jr.[ 1] (born November 18, 1966) [ 2] is a United States Army lieutenant general who served as the commander of Security Assistance Group–Ukraine (SAGU) from 2022 to 2024. [ 3][ 4][ 5] He served as the 40th commanding general of First United States Army from 2021 to 2022. [ 6][ 7][ 8] He previously served as 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 ...
As of 2017 Ukraine's army fields four Army Aviation brigades in an Army Aviation Command directly subordinated to the Ground Forces HQ, each in support of operational commands of the UGF: 11th Army Aviation Brigade, Kherson; 12th Army Aviation Brigade, Novyi Kalyniv; 16th Army Aviation Brigade, Brody; 18th Army Aviation Brigade, Poltava
February 8, 2024 at 11:51 AM. KYIV (Reuters) - Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, who has led Ukraine's ground forces since 2019, was promoted to commander of the armed forces on Thursday as the ...
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 ...
Ukraine's armed forces are composed of the Ground Forces, the Air Force, the Navy, the Air Assault Forces, the Marine Corps, the Special Operations Forces, the Unmanned Systems Forces, and the Territorial Defense Forces. [ 19] Ukraine's navy includes its own Naval Aviation.
Website. www.mil.gov.ua. 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 ...
In 1991, Ukraine inherited one of the largest military forces, not only in the post-communist area, but in all of Europe (excluding Russia). [2] This included 780,000 formerly Soviet military personnel, one rocket army, four Air Force armies, a separate air defense army, and the Black Sea Fleet.