Armed Forces of Ukraine Збройні сили України |
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Emblem of the Armed Forces
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Flag of the Armed Forces
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Founded | 1917 (reconstituted December 6, 1991) |
Service branches |
Ground Forces Air Force Navy Airmobile Forces Special Operations Forces |
Headquarters | Kiev |
Leadership | |
Supreme Commander-in-Chief | Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko |
Minister of Defence | Stepan Poltorak |
Chief of Defense | Viktor Muzhenko |
Manpower | |
Military age | 18 |
Conscription | 12 months (GF, AF) 18 months (Navy) |
Available for military service |
11,149,646, age 16–49 (2015 est.) |
Fit for military service |
6,970,035, age 16–49 (2015 est.) |
Reaching military age annually |
200,000 (2015 est.) |
Active personnel | 250,000 (March 2016) |
Reserve personnel | 85,000 (October 2016) |
Deployed personnel | 60,000 |
Expenditures | |
Budget | $5.172 billion (2017; National Security and Defense budget) |
Percent of GDP | 5% (2017; National Security and Defense budget) |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | Ukroboronprom |
Foreign suppliers |
United States United Kingdom European Union Canada |
Related articles | |
History |
Ukrainian–Soviet War Polish–Ukrainian War 1992-94 Crimean crisis Kosovo Force UNAMSIL Tuzla Island conflict ISAF Iraq War ONUCI Operation Ocean Shield MONUSCO Operation Atalanta Pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Annexation of Crimea War in Donbass |
Ranks | Military ranks of Ukraine |
Military History of Ukraine |
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Kievan Rus'
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Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Zaporizhian Host
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Austria-Hungary
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Ukrainian People's Republic
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Free Territory
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Carpatho-Ukraine
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Ukrainian National Government
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Ukrainian SSR
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Ukraine
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Збройні сили України (ЗСУ) Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny, (ZSU)) is the military of Ukraine. They are the principal deterrent force against any aggression that could be shown against the sovereign state of Ukraine. All military and security forces, including the Armed Forces of Ukraine are under the command of the President of Ukraine, and subject to oversight by a permanent Verkhovna Rada parliamentary commission.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are composed of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, the Ukrainian Navy, the Ukrainian Air Force, and the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces. Ukraine's naval forces maintain their own small Ukrainian Naval Infantry force as well as their own Ukrainian Naval Aviation force. The Ukrainian Sea Guard is the coast guard service of Ukraine, however it is part of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and is not subordinate to the Navy. As a result of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine from 2014, the president commissioned governors of oblasts of Ukraine to create volunteer units under the government program "Territorial Defense". Initially these units received minimal funding coming from regional budgets and mostly relied on donations. In November 2014 most of the territorial battalions were integrated into Ukraine's Ground forces.
National Guard of Ukraine serves as the main reserve component of Armed Forces of Ukraine.