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Awards and decorations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are military decorations issued by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to soldiers who achieve a variety of qualifications, who have completed classroom training standards stipulated in their military occupational specialty and accomplishments while serving on active and reserve duty in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At least 1 captured vehicle used by the Ukrainian army. VPK-Ural: Infantry mobility vehicle 1 At least one captured vehicle is used as a command vehicle. GAZ-3937 'Vodnik' 1 1 seen captured from Russian forces. Mowag Eagle Switzerland: Mowag Eagle I 11: Delivered to Ukraine by an undisclosed German private company without Swiss approval.
Ribbon: Name (English/Ukrainian) : Date of creation Date of approval: Award Criteria: People's Artist of Ukraine Народний артист України: 1922 Special title to performing artists for outstanding performing mastery, creating of highly artistic images, plays, featured films that earned international recognition, for special merits in development of national cultural and ...
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 after Ukrainian independence in 1991.
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry is responsible for the management of territorial defence, military development, mobilization in the case of war and combat readiness. The General Staff of Ukraine has the task of planning defensive and operational management of the armed forces. The General Staff is assistant to the Defence Minister of Ukraine.
The National Guard of Ukraine ( NGU; Ukrainian: Національна гвардія України, romanized : Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, IPA: [nɐt͡s⁽ʲ⁾ioˈnɑlʲnɐ ˈɦʋɑrd⁽ʲ⁾ijɐ ʊkrɐˈjinɪ], abbr. НГУ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and internal military force. It is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ...
The 25-year-old has no military experience and just became eligible to be conscripted after Ukraine lowered the age men can be drafted from 27 to 25 last month. “I love my country,” he said in ...
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 Turchynov ...