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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 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 ...
Recognizing the complications of a smooth transition and seeking a consensus with other former members of the Soviet Union in dividing up their Soviet military inheritance, Ukraine joined ongoing talks that started in December 1991 [39] regarding a joint military command of the Commonwealth of Independent States. [40]
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 ...
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
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 ...
Oleksandr Stanislavovych Syrskyi ( Ukrainian: Олександр Станіславович Сирський; born 26 July 1965) is a Ukrainian military officer. Holding the rank of four-star general, [ 10] he has served as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 8 February 2024. [ 11] Previously, he was the commander of the ...
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.