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Ukrainian involvement in the Iraq War
Part of the Iraq War
Date11 August 2003 – 9 December 2008 (2003-08-11 – 2008-12-09)
Location
Multinational Division Central-South, Iraq
Result Ukrainian withdrawal; see Iraq War for full results
Belligerents
Ukrainian involvement in the Iraq War Ukraine
  • Ukrainian involvement in the Iraq War Ba'ath loyalists
  • Ukrainian involvement in the Iraq War Mahdi Army
Commanders and leaders
  • Ukraine Leonid Kuchma
  • Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko
  • Ukraine Yevhen Marchuk
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Kuzmuk
  • Ukrainian involvement in the Iraq War Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
  • Ukrainian involvement in the Iraq War Muqtada al-Sadr
  • Ukrainian involvement in the Iraq War Abu Deraa
Units involved
  • 19th NBC Protection Battalion [uk]
  • 5th Mechanized Brigade
  • 6th Mechanized Brigade
  • 7th Mechanized Brigade [uk]
  • 81st Tactical Group [uk]
Strength
1,690 Unknown
Casualties and losses
18 killed
40+ wounded

Ukraine began its involvement in the Iraq War on 5 June 2003, shortly after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Throughout the conflict, Ukrainian troops were limited to a peacekeeping role, as part of the Multi-National Force – Iraq, though they engaged in combat with Iraqi insurgents. On 9 December 2008, Ukraine formally withdrew its last forces from Iraq, ending its participation in the Iraq War. Prior to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine's involvement in the Iraq War was the largest military operation ever performed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Over 6,000 Ukrainians performed military service in Iraq and Kuwait during the war, including a permanent presence of 1,600, and 18 Ukrainians were killed.

Ukraine's involvement in the Iraq War was strongly opposed by the Ukrainian population. It was seen both within and outside Ukraine primarily as an effort by President Leonid Kuchma to distract attention from the Cassette Scandal, which opponents claimed implicated him in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze and the sale of the Kolchuga system to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Public opposition to Ukrainian involvement increased following the Battle of Kut [uk] in 2004, which led to a reassessment of Ukrainian activities in Iraq. Following the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Kuchma's successor, Viktor Yushchenko, announced the departure of most of Ukraine's contingent, and the final peacekeepers left three years later.

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