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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 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 ...
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.
On 13 August, Ukrainian guerillas set fire to a Russian military base near the destroyed Azovstal plant in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast. Local Ukrainian authorities reported losses among Russian troops and equipment, but didn't publish any further details. It was later reported that at least 10 Russian servicemen sustained injuries from the fire.
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.
Diia. Diia ( Ukrainian: Дія, lit. 'Action'; also an acronym for Ukrainian: Держава і Я, romanized : Derzhava i Ya, lit. 'State and Me') is a mobile app, a web portal and a brand of e-governance in Ukraine. [1] [2] [3] Launched in 2020, the Diia app allows Ukrainian citizens to use digital documents on their smartphones instead of ...
Oleksandr Heorhiiovych Tarnavskyi ( Ukrainian: Олександр Георгійович Тарнавський; born 12 May 1970) is a Ukrainian military officer and brigadier general who rose to prominence during the Russo-Ukraine War due to his leading role during the counteroffensive in southern Ukraine in 2022 and 2023. [1] He is the ...
Ukrainian Defense Industry, [a] also operating as Ukroboronprom State Concern, [b] is an association of multi-product enterprises ( conglomerate or concern) in various sectors of the defence industry of Ukraine. [2] The company has ceased most of its activities within Ukraine since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and has relocated much of ...