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| Ukrainian Armed Forces | |
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| Збройні сили України | |
 Emblem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine | |
 Flag of the Armed Forces of Ukraine | |
| Founded | 29 March 1917 |
| Current form | 6 December 1991[1] |
| Service branches |
 Territorial Defense Forces[3]Unmanned Systems Forces[4] |
| Headquarters | Ministry of Defence Building, Povitrianykh Syl Avenue, Kyiv |
| Website | www |
| Leadership | |
| Supreme Commander-in-Chief |  Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Minister of Defence |  Rustem Umerov |
| Commander-in-Chief |  Oleksandr Syrskyi |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18[5] |
| Conscription | 12–18 months (depending on branches) |
| Active personnel | 1,000,000+ (2024)[6] |
| Reserve personnel | 2,000,000 (2024)[7] |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $45 billion (2024)[8] foreign military aid |
| Percent of GDP | 18% (2024)[8] |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Ukrainian Defense Industry |
| Foreign suppliers |  United States United Kingdom Bulgaria Canada Denmark Romania Australia New Zealand Poland Germany France  Lithuania Latvia Estonia Czech Republic Italy Finland Sweden Spain Israel Turkey NATO European Union South Korea Republic of China (Taiwan)[a] Japan Thailand United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia |
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| Ranks | Military ranks of Ukraine |
Politics of Ukraine |
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Збройні сили України, romanized: Zbroini syly Ukrainy; abbreviated as ZSU[b] or AFU) are the military forces of Ukraine. 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.
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, and the Territorial Defense Forces.[9] Ukraine's navy includes its own Naval Aviation. The Sea Guard is the coast guard service of Ukraine, and it is organized as part of the Border Guard Service, not subordinate to the navy. The Air Defence Forces were a military branch responsible for anti-aircraft warfare from 1991 until it was merged with the Air Force in 2004.
Following hostilities with Russia in 2014, Ukraine increased the size of its armed forces.[10] In response to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine in 2014, the president commissioned the governors of regions of Ukraine to create volunteer units under the government's Territorial Defense Forces. These units received minimal funding from regional budgets initially and mostly relied on donations. In November 2014, most of the territorial defense battalions were integrated into the Ground Forces. The National Guard serves as a paramilitary reserve component of the Armed Forces.
Military units of other countries have participated regularly in multinational military exercises in Ukraine.[11] Many of these exercises have been held under the NATO cooperation program Partnership for Peace. Soviet era military equipment is gradually being replenished with NATO standard arms.[12]
- ^ "Про Збройні Сили України № 1934-XII". zakon1.rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ Special Operations Forces, what will the new branch be like? Archived 2015-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. ESPRESO. 22 April 2015
- ^ "Ukraine's new military branch: Citizens protecting their neighborhood". POLITICO. 13 February 2022. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Rachel Amran (6 February 2024). "Zelensky: Ukrainian military to create separate branch dedicated to drones". The Kyiv Independent.
- ^ "Стаття 15. Призовний вік. Призов громадян України на строкову військову службу. На строкову військову службу в мирний час призиваються придатні для цього за станом здоров'я громадяни України чоловічої статі, яким до дня відправлення у військові частини виповнилося 18 років"
Закон № 2232-XII від 25 March 1992 "Про військовий обов'язок і військову службу" (ред. від 15 January 2015) - ^ | https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-military-asks-additional-450000-500000-people-be-mobilised-zelenskiy-2023-12-19/ | reuters | Ukraine considers proposal by army to mobilise another 500,000 for war | 19 December 2023
- ^ The Military Balance 2022. International Institute for Strategic Studies. February 2022. ISBN 9781000620030. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Ministry of finance of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ Ponomarenko, Illia (7 January 2022). "Who can and can't join Ukraine's Territorial Defense Force". The Kyiv Independent. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Ukraine plans to double military budget against fighting in east". Deutsche Welle. 12 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Parliament approves admission of military units of foreign states to Ukraine for exercises". Kyiv Post. 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Ukraine weapons: What tanks and other equipment are the world giving?". BBC News. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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