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Ukrainian Marines inside a British-donated Mastiff PPV and with a MG3 machine gun during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. On 12 April 2022, videos have emerged of fighters apparently from the 501st Battalion of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade vowing not to surrender their positions, saying "We are holding on to every bit of the city wherever possible," and "But the reality is the city is ...
19 given by the Czech Republic as part of a military package in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. WKW Wilk Poland: Donated by Poland. McMillan TAC-50 United States: Used by the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Desert Tech HTI: Bullpup semi-automatic Introduced by the National Guard in 2020. Barrett M99: Single-shot
According to an August 2015 Kyiv Post report, the Ukrainian Navy consisted of 6,500 servicemen, Marine Corps included at that time. In May 2023, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy officially announced the separation of the Marine Corps from the Navy and thus declared its independence as a service branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Ground Forces (SVZSU, Ukrainian: Сухопутні війська Збройних сил України ), also referred to as the Ukrainian army, are the land forces of Ukraine and one of the eight branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were formed from Ukrainian units of the Soviet Army after Ukrainian independence, and ...
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 ...
The 37th Separate Marine Brigade ( Ukrainian: 37-ма окрема бригада морської піхоти, romanized : 37-ma okrema bryhada morsʹkoyi pikhoty; 37 ОБрМП, unit number A0216 ), is a marine infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The brigade was part of the Ukrainian Navy until 23 ...
Ukraine has added a branch to its armed forces dedicated to drones, a sign of the growing importance of uncrewed aerial vehicles to modern warfare.
The Ukrainian Navy ( Ukrainian: Військо́во-морські́ си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни, ВМС ЗСУ, romanized : Viiskovo–morski syly Zbroinykh syl Ukrainy, VMS ZSU, lit. 'Military Naval raft Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine') is the maritime forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the ...