Ministerstvo Oboroni Ukrajini, Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

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Armed Forces of Ukraine
Zbrojni sili Ukrajini

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Zbrojni sili Ukrajini (ZSU) Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny, (ZSU)) are the military of Ukraine.
Ukraine's stated national policy is Euro-Atlantic integration, with the European Union. Ukraine has a "Distinctive Partnership" with NATO and has been an active participant in Partnership for Peace exercises and in peacekeeping in the Balkans. This close relationship with NATO has been most apparent in Ukrainian cooperation and combined peacekeeping operation with its neighbor Poland, in Kosovo. Ukrainian serviceman also serve under NATO command in Iraq, Afghanistan and in Operation Active Endeavour. Current Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych considers the current level of co-operation between Ukraine and NATO sufficient. His predecessor Viktor Yushchenko had asked for Ukrainian membership early 2008. During the 2008 Bucharest summit NATO declared that Ukraine will become a member of NATO, whenever it wants and when it would correspond the criteria for the accession. Ukrainian President Yanukovych opted to keep Ukraine a non-aligned state. This materialized on June 3, 2010 when the Ukrainian parliament excluded, with 226 votes, the goal of "integration into Euro-Atlantic security and NATO membership" from the country's national security strategy.
The current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is Colonel General Hryhorii Pedchenko.
Military units of other states participate in multinational military exercises with Ukrainian forces in Ukraine regularly, including U.S. military forces. Many of these exercises are held under the NATO co-operation programme Partnership for Peace.

Leadership
President Viktor Yanukovych,Supreme Commander-in-chief
Minister Mykhailo Yezhel, Minister of Defense
Colonel General Hryhorii Pedchenko, Chief of the General Staff & Commander-in-Chief
Colonel General Hennadiy Vorobyov, Commander of the Army
Colonel General Ivan Rusnak, Commander of the Air Force
Admiral Ihor Tenyuh, Commander of the Navy
Lieutenant General Stanislav Tregubenko, Commander of the Support Command
Lieutenant General Rauf Nurullin, Commander of the Joint Operation Command

Organization
The Ukrainian armed forces are largely made up of conscripts. The total personnel (including 41,000 civilian workers) numbers at the end of 2010 will be 200,000.

The branch structure is as follows:
Ground Forces: 73,300 personnel
Air Force: 46,000 personnel
Navy: 15,000 personnel

Ukraine maintains a number of Guards units, tracing their traditions from Soviet Armed Forces service.

Women make almost 13% of the armed forces (18,000 persons). There are few female high officers, 2.9% (1,202 women). Contractual military service counts for almost 44% of women. However, this is closely linked to the low salary of such positions: men refuse to serve in these conditions when women accept them.

Other militarized institutions of Ukraine

Ukraine's militarized institutions independent from Armed Forces of Ukraine include:
Internal Troops (Ministry of Internal Affairs): 33,300 (including 600 civilian workers)
Motorized military troops of Militsiya (Ministry of Internal Affairs)
Border Guard: 50,000 (including 8,000 civilian workers)
Ukrainian Sea Guard — the coast guard within the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Various military troops of the SBU (no generic name)
Civil Defence Forces (Ministry of Emergency Situations): 10,218 (including 668 civilian workers)
Special Transportation Service of Ukraine — (Ministry of Transportation and Communications)
Although not components of the Armed Forces, these militarized institutions are supposed to fall under Armed Forces' command during wartime.

Military Holidays

These are the professional military holidays of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
February 23 - The Defender Day
July 8 - The Air Defence Day
August 1 - The Navy Day
August 2 - The Airmobile Forces Day
August 8 - The Signal troops Day
September 7 - The Day of Military Intelligence
September 9 - The Day of Armour
September 14 - The mobilization serviceman Day
October 29 - The Day of finance officers
November 3 - The Rocket Forces and Artillery Day
November 3 - The Day of Engineers
December 6 - The Armed Forces Day; festive fireworks and salutes take place in various cities in Ukraine
December 12 - The Day of Ground Forces
December 23 - The Day of all level operational control structures servicemen.

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Ukrainian Army



The Ukrainian Ground Forces (Ukrainian: Cuchoputni Vijs’ka ZSU, Sukhoputni Viys’ka ZSU) are the land force component of the Military of Ukraine. They were formed from Soviet Army formations, units, and establishments, including three military districts (the Kiev, Carpathian, and Odessa Military Districts), that were on Ukrainian soil when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990-92. Between the fall of the USSR and the late 1990s, Ukraine kept much army equipment from that era. Since then, however, Ukraine has upgraded its Ground Forces with advanced additions from domestic engineering and modifications. Currently, the Ukrainian Armed forces buy military equipment only from Russia and other CIS states, as well as locally producing some of their own equipment.



Reform and development
The Ground Forces are implementing a plan, made in 2000, that includes a reduction in the number of troops from its current 300,000 to 240,000 by 2015, and an ultimate change from a partial conscript-based force to a fully professional military. Even though the Ukrainian military received little more than half of the Hr 68 million it was promised for reform in 2001, officials were able to disband nine regiments and close 21 local military bases.

According to the State Program of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reform and development to 2005, the ground forces will have the biggest ratio of personnel of all services (up to 54%). This ratio is based on the missions assigned to the armed forces, and also on the fact that current economical situation in Ukraine cannot support any larger troop numbers. However, the ground forces still have priority in the number of personnel, weapons, military equipment development priorities and the development of their future systems, which will correspond to modern warfare requirements. The ground forces will closely coordinate their assignments with other army branches, engaging appropriate military arts and equipment. They will also be involved in law enforcement activities during emergencies, dealing with consequences of technological and natural disasters, providing military assistance to other countries, engaging in international military cooperation activities (UN), and participating in international peacekeeping operations according to international agreements.
In the short term, the conversion to a professional army will not save Ukraine any money because training and housing greater numbers of professional soldiers will cost more than supporting recruits. However, in the long term, a reduced number of soldiers serving longer terms will not only help conserve the military budget, but will also allow for better training of its forces.

Training
Ukrainian armed forces training in 2006 was aimed at supporting the mobility and the readiness of forces to perform the specified missions in the defined situations of employment. It took into consideration the current force strength, organization and staff structure, level of manning, weapons and equipment, and reserves of material and technical means.

The level of the Ukrainian armed forces combat readiness is an indicator of the efficiency of military command and control, and a measure of expediency of implementing the defense budget. It is also the main factor of improvement of Ukraine’s image in the sphere of international stability and security. Thus, the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff concentrated their main efforts on setting the goals and content of personnel combat training for taking practical measures for its intensification and reaching the final results according to the strategic concept of employing the Ukrainian armed forces.

Main efforts and resources were directed to Joint Rapid Reaction Forces (JRRF) training. Measures were also taken to maintain the high level of combat efficiency of the Main Defense Forces units, performing of missions by the units, securing and practicing joint actions with other formations. The Ukrainian armed forces took advantage of the opportunities provided by multinational exercises to raise the level of their combat efficiency.

2006 also saw the first ever large-scale Ukrainian tactical special exercise with practical deployment of a military mobile hospital of the Military Medical Center of the air force. It involved several ambulance aircraft and armored equipment (APC). During the practical phase the possibilities of use of the medical evacuation aircraft. Medical evacuation helicopters and automobiles were also tested. The training framework included an international research conference on the “Methodological basis of medical support organization of the Armed Forces”, in which representatives of the armed forces of Ukraine, NATO nations and other partners participated.

In 2007 the system of exercise/training ranges was optimized, decreasing their number and providing a specialized role.
Training Ranges of the Ground Forces:
Zhitomir Combined Arms Training Range
Yavoriv Combined Arms Training Range
Yavoriv International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security
Shyroky Lan Range
Desna Ground Forces Training centre

Branches of the Ground Forces


Armored and mechanized forces
Mechanized and armored forces are the main components of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Their primary objectives in war are to hold occupied areas, lines, and positions, defend against attack, penetrate an enemy’s defense lines, defeat the enemy forces, capture important areas, lines, and objectives, and finally supply support for marines and other landing troops.
The formations of the mechanized and armored forces are mainly equipped with main battle tanks T-64, T-72, T-80, T-84, wheeled armoured personnel carriers BTR-60, BTR-70, BTR-80, and tracked infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1, BMP-2, and BMD-2 (used by airmobile forces).
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, a large number of the previous Soviet mechanized formations on Ukrainian soil have been disbanded – the IISS says totals have dropped from 14 divisions, in 1992, to two divisions, six brigades, and one independent regiment in 2008. Today, all mechanized and armored formations are called brigades. However, some former divisions remain near division strength.


Airmobile Forces and Army Aviation
The Army aviation, having to cover troop movements, is by far the most maneuverable branch of the army, intended to conduct the operations under all sorts conditions of combat arms procedures. Among the priorities of the Ukrainian army aviation's units is to provide reconnaissance, attack enemy weapon systems, provide equipment and human resources, give tactical fire support during an offensive or counterattack, land airmobile troops, and to deliver combat weapons and personnel at the specified areas and execute other main tasks. The Army aviation's structure consists of two regiments. The army aviation troops are equipped with Mi-8, Mi-24 helicopters, and their variants.
Seeing as the Ukrainian military doctrine is strictly defensive the airmobile forces serve as the quick response units of the army, in the event of an attack on Ukraine's sovereignty. Airmobile forces' structure consists of formations and elements of the army and the army aviation. These units are well trained for offensive activities behind enemy lines. The airmobile forces are in constant combat readiness and base their battle plan is high mobility, which allows them to conduct any combat task under any conditions. The airmobile forces consist of two airmobile brigades, an airborne brigade, and one airmobile regiment. Some of the airmobile formations previously grouped into the 1st Airmobile Division but this has now been disbanded.

Rocket and Artillery troops
Rocket Forces and Artillery troops of the army consist of formations of operational-tactical and tactical missiles, self-propelled artillery, howitzers, jet-propelled and anti-tank artillery, artillery reconnaissance units , of mortar units and of units of anti-tank missiles. These forces operate as support for they other army formations, therefore, they are obliged to destroy enemy human resources, tanks, artillery, anti-tanks weapons, aircraft, objects of air defense and other important objects during the combat arms operations. Rocket and artillery troops are equipped with: missile complexes of operational-tactical and tactical missiles; Multiple rocket launcher rocket systems, such as the Smerch, Uragan, Grad; also, Giatsint, Pion, Akatsiya, Gvozdika howitzers; and, Konkurs, T-12 antitank gun anti-tank weapons.

Army Air Defense
The Army Air Defense units are responsible for covering troops against enemy air attacks anywhere on the battlefield, and while in combat. The Ukrainian Ground Forces army air defense branch is equipped with a variety of effective surface-to-air missile systems of division level and anti-aircraft missile and artillery complexes of regiment level. Regiment level units are characterized by their high rate of fire, vitality, maneuverability, and capability of action under all conditions of modern combat arms operations. Surface-to-air missile systems and complexes of division level are characterized by their long range and firepower and are equipped with surface-to-air missile complexes;S-300V,Osa, Buk, Buk-M1 and Tor. While anti-aircraft missile and artillery complexes that are of regiment level are equipped with the Tunguska-M1, Igla MANPADS system, Strela, and Shilka anti-aircraft missile systems. While the army's only separate radar system, meaning it isn't a part of any anti-aircraft system, is the Ukrainian Kolchuga-M. It was designed sometime between the years 1993-1997, the system is said to be one the most (if not the most) advanced passive sensors in the world, as it was claimed to be able to detect stealth aircraft.

Current Structure




Structure of Ukrainian Ground Forces at the end of 2009 was:
Operational Commands – 2;
Territorial Directorate – 1;
Army Corps – 3;
Brigades – 17 (Mechanized – 8, Armored – 2, Airmobile – 2, Airborne – 1, Artillery – 3, Rocket – 1);
Regiments – 23 (Mechanized – 1, Airmobile – 1, Reactive Artillery – 3, Air Defence – 3, Special Purpose – 2, Army Aviation – 2, Signal – 4, Engineer – 4, Electronic warfare – 1, Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defence – 1, Special – 1);
Training Centers – 1

Detailed Structure
Ground Force Command
6th Army Corps (Dnipropetrovsk)
25th Airborne Brigade (Cherkaske)
79th Airmobile Brigade
28th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Chornomorske)
92nd Guards Mechanized Brigade (Chuhuiv)
93rd Guards Mechanized Brigade (Cherkaske)
17th Guards Armored Brigade (Kryvyi Rih)
55th Artillery Brigade
Corps Units

8th Army Corps (Zhytomyr)
1st Armored Brigade (Honcharivske)
30th Mechanized Brigade (Novohrad-Volynskyi)
72nd Mechanized Brigade (Bila Tserkva)
95th Airmobile Brigade (Zhytomyr)
26th Artillery Brigade (Berdychiv)
3rd Army Aviation Regiment (Brody)
Corps Units

13th Army Corps (Rivne) (former Soviet 13th Army)
24th Mechanized Brigade (Yavoriv)
51st Mechanized Brigade (Volodymyr-Volynskyi)
128th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Mukacheve)
11th Artillery Brigade (Ternopil)
7th Army Aviation Regiment (Novyi Kalyniv)
Western Operational Command (former Soviet Carpathian Military District)
Southern Operational Command (former Soviet Odessa Military District)
Territorial Directorate "North"
Military University (Lviv)
19th Rocket Brigade
other various Ground Force Command Support Units

Strength and Military Equipment
74,379 Soldiers (IISS 2007: 125,000 within Ground Forces)
786 Tanks(IISS 2007: 3784 Main Battle Tanks, including 271 T-80, 6 T-84, 1,180 T-72, 2,215 T-64, .
2,304 Armoured Combat Vehicles (IISS 2007: 3,043 AIFV and 8,492 tracked and wheeled APC)
72 Combat Helicopters (IISS 2007: 205 Mi-24, 315 Mi-8, 42 Mi-6)
1,122 Artillery Systems (IISS 2007: 1,128 [14])

Tanks
T-84 Oplot
T-80UD (Ukrainian diesel version)
T-72 - 1302 (not used, in reserve)
T-64 - 2281 (786 T-64B, T-64BV, T-64BM "Bulat" in service)
T-64BM "Bulat" (Ukrainian version)- 56
T-55 (not used, in reserve) - 154

APC's and IFV's
BMP-1 (some upgraded with Shkval turret) - 1008
BMP-2 - 1434
BMP-3 - 4 (not used,in reserve)
BTR-60 - 176
BTR-70 (some upgraded with diesel engine) - 1026
BTR-80 - 456
BTR-94 Modified version of BTR-80 with ZU-23-2 23mm gun and coaxial PKT machinegun. (Ukrainian version)
BTR-3 (Ukrainian designed, not used by Ukrainian military)
BTR-4 New Ukrainian 8x8 BTR family
MT-LB - 2315
HMMWV 12 vehicles donated by the United States to UKRPOLBAT
Dozor-B (Ukrainian designed, not used by Ukrainian military)

Combat Helicopters
Mil Mi-8/Mil Mi-17 - 56
Mil Mi-24 - 42
Mil Mi-26 - 25

Artillery
BM-21 "Grad" MRL 122 mm - 450
9P140 "Uragan" MRL 220 mm - 76
9A52-2 "Smerch" MRL 300mm - 100
2S1 "Gvozdika" SP howitzer 122mm
2S3 "Akatsiya" SP howitzer 152mm
2S5 "Giatsint-S" SP gun 152mm
2S19 "Msta-S" SP howitzer 152mm
D-20 152mm howitzer
D-30 howitzer 122mm

Anti-Aircraft

Army level
S-300V1, (SA-12 Gladiator)
Kolchuga passive sensor (Ukrainian-designed)

Division (brigade) level
Tor Missile System or 9K330 Tor, (SA-15 Gauntlet)
9K37 Buk (SA-11 Gadfly)
9K37M1-2 Buk-M1-2 (SA-17 Grizzly)

Regiment level
9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher)
Tunguska M1 LLAD (SA-19 Grison)
ZSU-23-4 "Shilka - 300
9K38 Igla (SA-18 Grouse)

Surface to Surface tactical missiles
OTR-21 Tochka (SS-21 Scarab) - 90

Small arms
Vepr (Ukrainian-designed)
TAR-21 (Built Under License)
AK-74
AKM
Makarov PM
Fort 12 (Ukrainian designed)
RPK-74
RPK
PKM
Dragunov SVD
9M113 Konkurs (AT-5 Spandrel)
9M111 Fagot (AT-4 Spigot)
9K115-2 Metis-M (AT-13 Saxhorn-2)
9M133 Kornet (AT-14 Spriggan)
RPG-29
RPG-22
RPG-7

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Ukrainian Air Force
Povitřani Sili Ukrajini
Povitriani Syly Ukrayiny






Aircraft flown
Attack
Su-24, Su-25, Mi-24
Bomber
Su-24MK/M
Fighter
Su-27, MiG-29
Reconnaissance
An-30, Su-24MR
Trainer
L-39, Yak-52
Transport
Il-76, Antonov An-124, An-12, An-24, An-26, An-32, An-30, An-72, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-26, Mi-6

Mission
The primary tasks of the Air Force of Ukraine are: winning operational air superiority, delivering air strikes against enemy units and facilities, covering troops against enemy air strikes, providing air support to the Land Force and the Navy, disrupting enemy military and state management, damaging and destroying enemy communication, and providing support by air in the form of reconnaissance, air drops, troops and cargo transportation.
The major mission of the Air Force is to protect the air space of Ukraine. During peace-time, this is carried out by flying air-space control missions over the entire territory of Ukraine (603,700 square km), and by preventing air space intrusion along the aerial borders (totaling almost 7,000 km, including 5,600 km of land and 1,400 km of sea). Every single day, more than 2,200 service personnel and civilian employees of the Air Force, employing 400 items of weapons and equipment, are summoned to perform defense duties. On average, the Ukrainian radar forces detect and track more than 1,000 targets daily. As a result, in 2006 two illegal crossings of the state border were prevented and 28 violations of Ukrainian air space were prevented. Due to such increased strengthening of air space control, the number of air space violations decreased by 35% compared to the previous year, even though the amount of air traffic increased by 30%.

Structure
An incomplete structure of the Ukrainian air force

Training
National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation University" - 203rd training Aviation Brigade Chuguyiv, Kharkiv oblast. L-39, An-26.
National Aviation University - Faculty of Military Preparation, Kiev - College of the Air Force, Vasilkov, Kiev.
Joint Training Center - a regiment of remote-controlled aerial vehicles (UAV Reconnaissance)

Air Command West
1st radio brigade. Lipnik, Lviv oblast.
76th single regiment communication and management, Lviv
114th Tactical Aviation Brigade (Ivano-Frankivsk. MiG-29)
7th Tactical Aviation Brigade (Starokostyantiniv, Khmelnitsky oblast. Su-24M, Su24MR).
456th Assault Regiment (456 ShAP) (Chortkiv, Ternopil oblast. Su-25)
223rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Stryi, Lviv oblast. Buk-M1)
11th Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Shepetivka, Khmelnitsky oblast. Buk-M1)
540th Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Kamenka-Buzskaya, Lviv oblast. S-200, S-300)
“LDARZ” state aviation maintenance plant (Lviv)

Air Command Centre
31st separate regiment command and communication
?? separate radio Brigade (Vasilkov, Kiev.)
40th separate radio Brigade (Kharkiv)
40th Tactical Aviation Brigade (Vasilkov, Kiev. MiG-29)
831st Tactical Aviation Brigade (Mirgorod, Poltava oblast. Su-27)
9th Tactical Aviation Brigade (Ozerne, Zhytomyr oblast. MiG-29)
25th Transport Aviation Brigade (Melitopol, Zaporozhye. Il-76/78)
15th Transport Aviation Brigade (Borispol, Kiev oblast. An-30, Tu-134, An-24/26, Mi-8)
456th Transport Aviation Brigade (Gavryshevka, Vinnitsa oblast. An-26 and Mi-8)
96th Anti-Aircraft Artillery brigade (Danilovka, Kiev. S-200. S-300)
137th Anti-Aircraft Artillery brigade (Uman, Cherkasy oblast. S-300)
120th Anti-Aircraft Artillery brigade (Kharkiv. S-300)
302nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Kharkiv. S-300)
108th Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Zolotonosha. Cherkasy oblast. Buk-M1)
138th Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Dnipropetrovsk. S-300)
156th Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Donetsk and Luhansk oblast. Buk-M1)
3rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Pervomaysk, Mykolaiv oblast. S-300)
“CHARZ” Aviation Repair Plant (Chuhuiv, Kharkiv oblast)
“Aviokon” Aviation Repair Plant (Konotop, Sumy oblast)

Air Command South
43rd separate regiment communication and management (Odessa)
14th separate radio team (Odessa)
299th Tactical Aviation Brigade(Kulbakino, Mykolaiv oblast. Su-25)
28th Separate Mixed Aviation Squadron (Kulbakino, Mykolaiv oblast. L-39, Su-24M, Su-25)
160th Anti-Aircraft Artillery brigade (Odessa. S-300, S-200)
208th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery brigade (Kherson. S-300, S-200)
301st Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk oblast. S-300)
“NARP” aircraft repair plant (Mykolaiv)

Task Force "Crimea"
??? a separate radio team (Lyubimovka near Sevastopol)
204th Tactical Aviation Brigade (Belbek, near Sevastopol. MiG-29)
174th Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Dergachi near Sevastopol. the S-300)
50th Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Feodosiya. S-300, S-200)
55th Anti-Aircraft Artillery regiment (Yevpatoriya. Buk-M1)

Aircraft Inventory
Aircraft Origin Type Versions Numbers In Service Comments
Trainer Aircraft
Aero L-39 Albatros CSK Training L-39/L-39M1 39 L-39M1 Ukrainian upgrade.

Fighter Aircraft
Sukhoi Su-27 USSR Air Superiority Fighter Su-27
Su-27S
Su-27C
Su-27P
Su-27UB 36

Mikoyan MiG-29 USSR Multirole Aircraft MiG-29
MiG-29S
MiG-29A
MiG-29M
MiG-29UB
MiG-29MU1 80 5 MiG-29MU1 Ukrainian upgrade.

Bomber Aircraft
Sukhoi Su-24 USSR Tactical Bomber Su-24M
Su-24MK
Su-24MR 36

Ground Attack
Sukhoi Su-25 USSR Close air support Su-25
Su-25UB
Su-25K
Su-25UTG
Su-25M1
Su-25UBM1 36 Su-25M1 and Su-25UBM1 Ukrainian upgrade.

Transport Aircraft
Ilyushin Il-76 USSR Transport Il-76 20
Antonov An-70 USSR/ UKR Transport An-70 2 not yet in service
Antonov An-24 USSR/ UKR Transport An-22 13
Antonov An-26 USSR/ UKR Transport An-26 28 Several upgraded as An-26 "Vita" flying hospitals

Reconnaissance
Sukhoi Su-24 USSR Reconnaissance Su-24MR 23

Helicopters
Mil Mi-8/17 USSR Transport helicopter Mi-17 100

Former Aircraft
Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service Notes
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Soviet Union Interceptor MiG-25 Former
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Soviet Union fighter MiG-21 Former
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Soviet Union Fighter MiG-23 Former
Mikoyan MiG-27 Soviet Union Attack MiG-27 Former
Sukhoi Su-17 Soviet Union Fighter-bomber Su-17 Former
Sukhoi Su-15 Soviet Union Interceptor Su-15 Former
Yakovlev Yak-28 Soviet Union Medium bomber Yak-28 Former
Tupolev Tu-160 Soviet Union Strategic bomber Tu-160 Former
Tupolev Tu-95 Soviet Union Strategic bomber Tu-95 Former
Tupolev Tu-22M3 Soviet Union Strategic bomber Tu-22M3 Former
Tupolev Tu-22 Soviet Union Medium bomber Tu-22 Former
Tupolev Tu-16 Soviet Union Bomber Tu-16 Former

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Ukrainian Naval Forces
Vijs’kovo-Mors’ki Sili Ukrajini



Current role
The Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is aimed at defense of sovereignty and state interests of Ukraine in the sea. It is required to neutralize enemy naval groups in its operational zone both alone and with other branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and provide assistance from the sea to the Ground Forces during their operations. Main tasks of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are the:
creation and maintenance of the combat forces on a level, sufficient to deter maritime aggression;
neutralization of enemy naval forces;
destruction of enemy transportation;
support of the landing of amphibious forces and fight against enemy amphibious forces;
maintenance of a beneficial operational regime in the operational zone;
defense of its bases, sea lines of communications;
protection of submarine space within the territorial sea;
protection of the merchant fleet, maritime oil and gas industry, and other state maritime activity;
assistance to the Army in their conduct of operations (military actions) along maritime axes;
participation in peacekeeping operations.

The list of naval ships of Ukraine includes all naval ships which have been in service of the current Ukrainian Navy or its predecessors. As of December 2007, the Navy had 27 combat ships and cutters.

Submarines
U01 Zaporizhzhia - Foxtrot class submarine

Frigates
U130 Hetman Sahaydachniy - Krivak III class frigate
U132 Sevastopol -Krivak II class frigate - decommissioned December 2004
U133 Mykolaiv - Krivak I class frigate - decommissioned
U134 Dnipropetrovsk - Krivak I class frigate - decommissioned

Corvettes
U201 Luhansk - Mukha class small antisubmarine ship - under construction
U203 Lviv - Mukha class small antisubmarine ship - under construction
U205 Lutsk - Grisha V class corvette
U206 Vinnitsya - Grisha II class corvette
U207 Uzhorod - Pauk class corvette - decommissioned
U208 Khmelnytskyi - Pauk class corvette
U209 Sumy (1997-200) - Grisha I class corvette - decommissioned 2000
U209 Ternopil (2002- ) - Grisha V class corvette
U210 Kherson - Grisha I class corvette- decommissioned in 2001

Minesweepers
U310 Chernihiv - Natya class seagoing minesweeper
U311 Cherkasy - Natya class seagoing minesweeper
U330 Melitopol - Sonya class base minesweeper
U331 Mariupol - Sonya class base minesweeper
U136 Henichesk - Yevgenia class harbor minesweeper

Amphibious assault ships
U400 Rivne - Alligator class large landing ship - decommissioned
U401 Kirovohrad - Polnocny-C class landing ship
U402 Kostiantyn Olshansky - Ropucha I class large landing ship
U420 Donetsk - decommissioned 2008
U422 Kramatorsk - Pomornik class small landing ship - decommissioned
U423 Horlivka - Pomornik class small landing ship - decommissioned
U424 Artemovsk - Pomornik class small landing ship - decommissioned
U430 Svatovo - Ondatra class landing craft - decommissioned
U431 Bryanka - T-4 class landing craft - decommissioned

Command and Reconnaissance ships
U500 Donbas - Amur class floating workshop
U510 Slavutych - Bambuk class ???(Project 1288.4 command ships)
U511 Simferopol - Moma class small intelligence ship
U512 Pereyaslav - Muna class military transport

Tankers and transport ships
U753 Horlivka - Yuniy Partizan class freighter (tanker)
U754 Dzhankoi - Katun I class firefighting ship
U756 Sudak - Boda class depot ship
U759 Bakhmach - Toplivo class tanker
U760 Fastiv - Toplivo class tanker

Support vessels
U811 Balta - Bereza class deperming vessel
U812 Sieverodonetsk - Onega class hydroacoustic monitoring ship and physical fields measuring vessel
U830 Korets - Sorum class seagoing tug
U831 Kovel - Goliat class seagoing tug
U852 Shostka - Sura class mooring tender
U941 - BUK-239(1954)
U942 Novoozerne - BUK-261(1956)
U947 Krasnoperekopsk - Anton Mayin class harbor tug
U953 Dubno - Project 737M harbor tug

Cutters- small craft
U001 - Project 371
U120 Skadovsk
U152 Uman - decommissioned
U153 Pryluky
U154 Kakhovka
U155 Prydniprovia
U171 - Project 722 artillery cutter
U172
U173
U240 Feodosiya - Tanya class harbor launch
U540 Chyhyryn
U541 Smila
U542 Nova Kahovka
U734 - Yaroslav class port security boat
U782 Sokal
U783 Ilichevsk
U853 Shyliavka - Project 1387
U854 Dobropilia
U891 Kherson - Shelon class torpedo recovery vessel
U926 - Yaroslav class coastal patrol craft
U937
U938 - Yaroslav class port security boat
U951 Velyka Aleksandrovka
Ostroh

Other
U538 Tarpan - T-4 class landing craft
U635 Skvyra - large hydrographic cutter
U705 Kremenets - rescue ship
U706 Iziaslav - rescue towboat



Ukrainian Naval Aviation
Mors’ka Aviacija


Role Fleet reconnaissance, patrolling coasts for enemy ships and submarines
Size 2,500
Garrison/HQ Ochakiv Mykolaiv Oblast Ukraine

Organization
All of the aircraft are organized into 1 Naval Aviation brigade.
Fixed Wing Squadron
Rotary-Wing Squadron
1 of the Kamov Ka-27 helicopters is stationed on the Hetman Sahaydachniy Niy (a Krivak III class frigate). The frigate can however carry 2 helicopter at maximum.

Colonel Oleg Zagurskiy- 3rd Commander of the Aviation Brigade

Aircraft inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service Notes
Antonov An-2 Colt Soviet Union Transport An-2 1
Antonov An-12 Cub Soviet Union Transport An-12 0
Antonov An-24 Coke Soviet Union Transport An-24 1
Antonov An-26 Curl Soviet Union Transport An-26 2
Beriev Be-12 Mail Soviet Union Amphibious anti-submarine / patrol aircraft. Be-12 4
Kamov Ka-27 Helix Soviet Union anti-submarine/SAR Helicopter Ka-27PL/PS 16
Kamov Ka-29 Soviet Union Assault transport helicopter Ka-29 16
Mil Mi-8 Hip Soviet Union Transport Helicopter Mi-8 1
Mil Mi-14 Haze Soviet Union Amphibious anti-submarine Helicopter Mi-14PL 5



Marine Corps
Mors’ka pichota


Mission

Act independently during attacks on enemy's naval installations, ports, islands, and coastal areas. Clear the enemy's coastal areas provide security during landing of the main force.
The motto of "Always Faithful" is similar to the US Marine Corps "Semper Fidelis"

Size 1 battalion
Part of 36th separate brigade of coastal defense
Garrison/HQ Feodosiya
Motto «VIRNIJ ZAVŽDI»
Always faithful
Engagements Ukrainian War of Independence

Current structure
Today all of the marines are organized into 1st Separate Marine Battalion.
1st Marine Company
2nd Marine Company
3rd Air Assault Company
Mortar Battery
Reconnaissance Platoon

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Guards unit
Guards units are elite units and formations in the armed forces of the former Soviet Union, Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. These units were awarded Guards status after distinguishing themselves in service, and are considered to have elite status. The Guards designation originated during the Eastern Front (World War II) of 1941–45, its name coming from the Tsarist Imperial Guard. Belarusian: Hvardyja, Hvardyya, Russian: Hvardija, Gvardiya, Ukrainian: Hvardija, Hvardiya.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine has a large number of Guards units.

Army

6th Guards Army Order of the Red Banner Corps, (Ukrainian: 6 hvardijs’kij armijs’kij ordena Červonoho Prapora korpus)
93rd Separate Guards Mechanized Kharkiv twice Orders of the Red Banner, Suvorov and Kutuzov Brigade, (Ukrainian: 93 okrema hvardijs’ka mechanizovana Charkivs’ka dviči ordena Červonoho Prapora, ordeniv Suvorova i Kutuzova brihada)
17th Separate Guards Armored Kryvyi Rih Orders of the Red Banner and Suvorov Brigade, (Ukrainian: 17 okrema hvardijs’ka tankova Krivoriz’ka ordeniv Červonoho Prapora i Suvorova brihada)
28th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade, (Ukrainian: 28 okrema hvardijs’ka mechanizovana brihada)
534th Separate Guards Combat Engineer Battalion, (Ukrainian: 534 okremij hvardijs’kij inženerno-sapernij batalion)
150th Separate Guards Signal Battalion, (Ukrainian: 150 okremij hvardijs’kij batalion zv'jazku)
121st Separate Guards Signal Fokshano-Mukdensk Orders of the Alexander Nevsky and Red Star Regiment, (Ukrainian: 121 okremij hvardijs’kij linijno-vuzlovij Fokšano-Mukdens’kij ordeniv Oleksandra Nevs’koho i Červonoji Zirki polk zv'jazku)
806th Separate Guards Signal Uman Orders of the Red Banner and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment, (Ukrainian: 806 okremij hvardijs’kij linijno-vuzlovij Umans’kij ordeniv Červonoho Prapora i Bohdana Chmeľnic’koho polk zv'jazku)
8th Army Corps
72nd Separate Guards Mechanized Chervonohrad-Kyiv Order of Red Banner Brigade, (Ukrainian: 72 okrema hvardijs’ka mechanizovana Červonohrads’ko-Kijivs’ka ordena Červonoho Prapora brihada)
30th Separate Guards Mechanized Novohrad-Volynskyi Rivne Orders of the Red Banner and Suvorov Brigade, (Ukrainian: 30 okrema hvardijs’ka mechanizovana Novohrad-Volins’ka Rivnens’ka ordeniv Červonoho Prapora i Suvorova brihada)
54th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Prutsko-Pomeransk Orders of Kutuzov, Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Alexander Nevsky Battalion, (Ukrainian: 54 okremij hvardijs’kij rozviduvaľnij Pruts’ko-Pomerans’kij ordeniv Kutuzova, Bohdana Chmeľnic’koho i Oleksandra Nevs’koho batalion)
1st Separate Guards Armored Novohrad Orders of the Red Banner, Kutuzov, Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Alexander Nevsky and Red Star Brigade, (Ukrainian: 1 okrema hvardijs’ka tankova Novhorods’ka ordeniv Červonoho Prapora, Kutuzova, Bohdana Chmeľnic’koho, Oleksandra Nevs’koho i Červonoji Zirki brihada)
13th Army Corps
51st Separate Guards Mechanized Perekops'ko-Kharkivska Praz'ko-Volynska Order of Lenin, twice Order of Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Brigade, (Ukrainian: 51 okrema hvardijs’ka mechanizovana Perekops’ko-Charkivs’ka Praz’ko-Volins’ka ordena Lenina, dviči ordena Červonoho Prapora, ordeniv Suvorova i Kutuzova brihada)
128th Separate Guards Mechanized Turkestans'ko-Zakarpats'ka twice Order of Red Banner Brigade, (Ukrainian: 128 okrema hvardijs’ka mechanizovana Turkestans’ko-zakarpats’ka dviči ordena Červonoho Prapora brihada)
15th Separate Guards Mountain Infantry Sevastopol Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion, (Ukrainian: 15 okremij hvardijs’kij hirs’ko-pichotnij Sevastopoľs’kij ordena Bohdana Chmeľnic’koho batalion)
11th Separate Guards Artillery Kyiv Red Banner Bogdan Khmelnitsky orders brigade, (Ukrainian: 11 okrema hvardijs’ka artilerijs’ka Kijivs’ka ordeniv Červonoho Prapora i Bohdana Chmeľnic’koho brihada)
15th Guards Artillery Kyiv Orders of Lenin, Red Banner, Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Alexander Nevsky Regiment, (Ukrainian: 15 hvardijs’kij reaktivnij artilerijs’kij Kijivs’kij ordeniv Lenina, Červonoho Prapora, Bohdana Chmeľnic’koho i Oleksandra Nevs’koho polk)
300th Separate Guards Mechanized Budapest Regiment, (Ukrainian: 300 okremij hvardijs’kij mechanizovanij Budapešts’kij polk)
21st Separate Guards Mechanized Rechytskii Orders of the Red Banner, Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion, (Ukrainian: 21 okremij hvardijs’kij mechanizovanij Rečic’kij ordeniv Červonoho Prapora, Suvorova i Bohdana Chmeľnic’koho batalion)
169th Training Guards Zvenyhorodsk Orders of the Red Banner and Suvorov Center, (Ukrainian: 169 navčaľnij hvardijs’kij Zvenihorods’kij ordeniv Červonoho Prapora i Suvorova centr)
354th Training Guards Mechanized Kyshuniv Order of Suvorov Regiment, (Ukrainian: 354 navčaľnij hvardijs’kij mechanizovanij Kišinivs’kij ordena Suvorova polk)
300th Training Guards Armored Sandomir Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment, (Ukrainian: 300 navčaľnij hvardijs’kij tankovij Sandomirs’kij ordena Oleksandra Nevs’koho polk)
11th Guards Combat Engineer Berlin Regiment, (Ukrainian: 11 hvardijs’kij inženernij Berlins’kij polk)
554th Separate Training Guards Signal Battalion, (Ukrainian: 554 okremij navčaľnij hvardijs’kij batalion zv'jazku)
208th Guards Anti-Aircraft Order of the Red Banner Brigade, (Ukrainian: 208 hvardijs’ka zenitna raketna ordena Červonoho Prapora brihada)
50th Guards Anti-Aircraft Sevastopol-Feodosiiskii Regiment, (Ukrainian: 50 hvardijs’kij zenitnij raketnij Sevastopoľs’ko-Feodosijs’kij polk)
126th Guards Signal Battalion, (Ukrainian: 126 okremij hvardijs’kij radiorelejnij batalion)
Education facilities Kharkiv Guards Faculty of Military Training of National Technical University "KhPI", former Kharkiv Guards Institute of Armored Force

Air Force

831st Guards Fighter Aviation Galych Orders of the Red Banner and Kutuzov Brigade, (Ukrainian: 831 hvardijs’ka aviacijna Halac’ka ordeniv Červonoho Prapora i Kutuzova brihada vinišťuvaľna)
456th Guards Transport Aviation Volgograd Order of the Red Banner Brigade, (Ukrainian: 456 hvardijs’ka aviacijna Volhohrads’ka ordena Červonoho Prapora brihada transportna)
208th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Order of the Red Banner Brigade, (Ukrainian: 208 hvardijs’ka zenitna raketna ordena Červonoho Prapora brihada )

Navy

25th Guards Transport Naval Aviation Moscow Brigade, (Ukrainian: 25 hvardijs’ka aviacijna Moskovs’ka brihada transportna)

MVS

10th Territorial Guards Order of the Red Star Signal Unit, (Ukrainian: 10 teritoriaľnij hvardijs’kij ordena Červonoji Zirki vuzol uřadovoho zv'jazku)

SBU

Guards Aviation Base of Internal Troops, (Ukrainian: Hvardijs’ka aviacijna baza vnutrišnich vijs’k)

DPSU

Guards Orsha Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky Training Center of Preparation of Junior Specialists for State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, (Ukrainian: Navčaľnij hvardijs’kij Oršans’kij ordeniv Suvorova, Kutuzova i Oleksandra Nevs’koho centr pidhotovki molodšich specialistiv Deržavnoji prikordonnoji službi Ukrajini)

STSU

1st Joint Guards Varshavskii Order of Kutuzov Unit, (Ukrainian: 1 ob'jednanij hvardijs’kij Varšavs’kij ordena Kutuzova zahin)
11th Separate Guards Mobile Order of the Red Star Unit, (Ukrainian: 11 okremij hvardijs’kij kolijnij ordena Červonoji Zirki zahin)

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State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Deržavna Prikordonna Služba Ukrajini, Derzhavna Prykordonna Sluzhba Ukrayiny; abbr. DPSU, DPSU) is the border guard of Ukraine. It is an independent agency, the head of which is subordinated to the President of Ukraine. All the activities of the agency as well as the Sea Guard are regulated by the State Committee in Affairs for Protection of the State Border (shortly DerzhKordon). During wartime, units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine fall under the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine includes the Ukrainian Sea Guard, (the country's coast guard). It is also responsible for running "Temporary Detention Centres", in which refugees are held.

Current Staff

The current head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is Colonel-General Mykola Mykhailovych Lytvyn (brother of Volodymyr Lytvyn). There are two first deputies: Colonel-General Pavlo Shysholin, responsible for Border Security, and Colonel-General Mykhaylo Koval, responsible for personnel/staffing.

Temporary Detention Centres

Pavschino (Military Unit 2142)

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Ukrainian Sea Guard

Ukrainian Sea Guard (Ukrainian: Mors’ka ochorona, Mors’ka Okhorona; full name Mors’ka ochorona Deržavnoji prikordonnoji službi Ukrajini, Sea Guard of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine) is the coast guard service of Ukraine, subordinated to its Border Guard Service.
Sea Guard vessels bear the Mors’ka ochorona inscription on their boards.
Ukrainian Sea Guard is the local successor of the Soviet Border Troops Naval Units that have been similarly responsible for coast guard tasks. However, there were some interchanges in units, ships and personnel between Sea Guard and the Ukrainian Navy.
Service persons of the Sea Guard wear either the black uniform similar to Ukrainian Navy, but decorated with some green elements (traditional for border guard), or a common uniform of the Border Guard.

Organization

The Sea Guard operates four sea guard detachments: in Balaklava, Odessa, Izmail, and Kerch; a sea guard cutters division in Mariupol; a special-purpose sea guard cutters division in Yalta; and riverine Dnieper sea guard cutters division in Kiev.

Sea Guard ships

BG-01 Krym
BG-03 Kryvyi Rih
BG-30 Heroes of Kerch
BG-31 Bukovyna
BG-33 Donbas
BG-50 Hryhoriy Kyropiatnykov
BG-51 Poltava
BG-52 Hryhoriy Hnatenko
BG-57 Mykolaiv
BG-61 Odessa
BG-62 Podillia
BG-63 Pavlo Derzhavin
BG-110 Lyubomyr
BG-116 Darnytsia
BG-118 Arabat

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Security Service of Ukraine
Služba Bezpeki Ukrajini
(SBU) / (SBU)

Agency overview
Formed September 20, 1991
Preceding agency Committee for State Security of the USSR
Jurisdiction Ukraine
Headquarters vul. Volodymyrs'ka, 32-35, Kiev
Agency executive Valerii Khoroshkovskyi, Director of the Security Service
Parent agency Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

The Security Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Služba Bezpeki Ukrajini (SBU); Sluzhba Bezpeky Ukrayiny), or SBU, is Ukraine's special purpose law enforcement agency and main government security agency in a sphere of counterintelligence activity and combating terrorism.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Security Service of Ukraine is vested, within its competence defined by law, with the protection of national sovereignty, constitutional order, territorial integrity, economical, scientific, technical, and defense potential of Ukraine, legal interests of the state, and civil rights, from intelligence and subversion activities of foreign special services and from unlawful interference attempted by certain organizations, groups and individuals, as well with ensuring the protection of state secrets.
Other duties include fight against crimes that endanger the peace and security of mankind, terrorism, corruption, and organized criminal activities in the sphere of management and economy, as well as other unlawful acts immediately threatening Ukraine's vital interests.

Structure
Central Apparatus (consists of some 25 departments)
Main Directorate on Corruption and Organized Crime Counteraction
Regional Departments (26 departments)
Special Department
Anti-Terrorist Center cooperates with numerous ministries and other state agencies such as the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Emergencies, State Border Guard Service, and others.
Educational Institutions
National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine
Institute in preparation of Service Personnel at the National Law Academy of Yaroslav the Wise.
Others
State Archives of SBU

Restructuring

The SBU is a successor of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's Branch of the Soviet KGB, keeping the majority of its 1990s personnel. Since 1992, the agency has been competing in intelligence functions with the intelligence branch of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. Despite this, a former Military Intelligence Chief and career GRU technological espionage expert, Ihor Smeshko, served as an SBU chief until 2005.
In 2004, the SBU's Intelligence Department was reorganized into an independent agency called Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. It is responsible for all kinds of intelligence as well as for external security. As of 2004, the exact functions of the new service, and respective responsibilities of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine were not regulated yet.
On November 7, 2005 the President of Ukraine created Ukraine State Service of special communications and protection of information, also known as Derzhspetszvyazok (StateSpecCom) in place of one of the departments of SBU and making it an autonomous agency.
The SBU subsumed the Directorate of State Protection of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Upravlinňa deržavnoji ochoroni Ukrajini), the personal protection agency for the most senior government officials, which was the former Ninth Directorate of the Ukrainian KGB.
The SBU uncovered seven spies and 16 special service agents in 2009.

Directors of The SBU

Prior to 1954 there were no known security services in Ukraine (at least nominally). With the fall of the Russian Empire the Sovnarkom decided to create an Extraordinary Commission that later was reformed into the Soviet Security Service. Directed from Petrograd at first the commission had several regional departments (Gubcheks) that were officially titled Provincial Extraordinary Commissions for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage and were generally known as the Kiev Cheka, Kharkov Cheka, Odessa Cheka, etc and were associated with the Red Terror.
With the creation of the Soviet Union all the Cheka departments were consolidated into the State Political Directorate of NKVD that consisted of the respective republican ministries. The republican security services were finally integrated into the Ministry of Internal Affairs of USSR on July 10, 1934 through March 13, 1954. At first it was named as the Chief Directorate of the State Security for NKVD, but was later reorganised during World War II and the death of Stalin.
KDB of UkrSSR Council of Ministers
Vitaliy Fedotovych Nykytchenko, April 6, 1954 - July 16, 1970
Vitaliy Vasyliovych Fedorchuk, July 18, 1970 - May 26, 1982
Stepan Mukha, May 26, 1982–1987
Nikolai Mikhailovich Golushko, 1987 - September 20, 1991
SBU (Security Service of Ukraine)
Nikolai Mikhailovich Golushko, September 20, 1991 - November 6, 1991
Yevhen Kyrylovych Marchuk, November 6, 1991 - July 12, 1994
Valeriy Vasyliovych Malikov, July 12, 1994 - July 3, 1995
Volodymyr Ivanovych Radchenko, July 3, 1995 - April 22, 1998
Leonid Vasyliovych Derkach, April 22, 1998 - February 10, 2001
Volodymyr Ivanovych Radchenko, February 10, 2001 - September 2, 2003
Ihor Petrovych Smeshko, September 4, 2003 - February 4, 2005
Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov, February 4, 2005 - September 8, 2005
Ihor Vasylovych Drizhchany, September 8, 2005 - December 22, 2006
Valentyn Oleksandrovych Nalyvaichenko December 22, 2006 - March 6, 2009
Valentyn Oleksandrovych Nalyvaichenko, March 6, 2009 - March 11, 2010
Valeriy Ivanovych Khoroshkovsky, March 11, 2010 - present

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Ministerial insignia
Also insignia of the State Police

Ministry of Internal Affairs
of Ukraine
Ministerstvo vnutrišnich sprav Ukrajini

Agency overview
Formed August 24, 1991
Preceding agency Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Jurisdiction Ukraine
Headquarters vul. Akademika Bohomol'tsya, 10, Kiev
Agency executive Anatolii Mohyliov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Parent agency Cabinet of Ministers

The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukrainian: Ministerstvo vnutrišnich sprav Ukrajini, Ministerstvo vnutrishnikh sprav Ukrayiny, MVS) is the national police authority of Ukraine. It is a centralized agency headed by a Minister of Internal Affairs, who is not only a formal member of Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers, but also the actual commander of the country's police.
The generic term for the Ukrainian police (and for police in most of the post-Soviet countries) is militsiya.
According to Amnesty International torture and ill-treatment by the police is widespread in Ukraine. Several police officers have been arrested for allegedly torturing detainees.

Ministers of the Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Ukrainian People's Republic
Volodymyr Vynnychenko June 28, 1917 – January 30, 1918 (at first as a secretary of the Russian Provisional Government later as an independent Ministry)
Pavlo Khrystiuk January 30, 1918 – February 1918
Mykhailo Tkachenko February 1918 - April 29, 1918
Vyshnevsky April 30, 1918 - May 4, 1918
Fedir Lyzohub May 4, 1918 - November 14, 1918
Ihor Kistiakivsky November 14, 1918 - December 14, 1918
O.Mytsiuk December 26, 1918 - February 13, 1919
Dmytro Chyzhevsky February 13, 1919 - April 9, 1919
Isaak Mazepa April 9, 1919 - May 26, 1920
O.Salikovsky May 26, 1920 - in exile
Soviet period
Yevgenia Bosch December 30, 1917 – March 1, 1918 (acting Prime-Minister)
Yuriy Kotsiubynsky March 7, 1918 – April 18, 1918 (government disbanded)
Vasiliy Averin November 28, 1918 - January 29, 1919 (as the Temporary Workers'-Peasants' Government)
Kliment Voroshilov (as part of the Russian Narkom)
Mykola Skrypnyk 1921 - 1922
Vsevolod Balytsky March 1924 - November 1930 (ministry disbanded)
Ivan Holovchenko April 9, 1962 - June 14, 1982
Andriy Vasylyshyn July 26, 1990 - August 24, 1991 (reorganized)
Post-Soviet period
Andriy Vasylyshyn August 24, 1991 - July 21, 1994
Volodymyr Radchenko July 28, 1994 - July 3, 1995 (acting from July 21 to July 28 in 1994)
Yuriy Kravchenko July 3, 1995 - March 26, 2001
Yuriy Smirnov March 26, 2001 - August 27, 2003
Mykola Bilokin August 27, 2003 - February 3, 2005
Yuriy Lutsenko February 4, 2005 - December 1, 2006
Vasyl Tsushko December 1, 2006 - December 18, 2007
Yuriy Lutsenko December 18, 2007 - January 28, 2010
Anatoliy Mohyliov March 11, 2010 - present

Structure

Ministry has 30 departments and three agencies that are subordinated to it. Minister has up to eight deputies (other than his first deputy) that head the main departments of the ministry.
The following is the list of the main departments of the Ministry. In bold are identified departments headeed by ministry deputy.
Leadership (consisting of the minister and his first deputy)
Ministry Aparat
Advisers to the MVS
GUBOZ - Chief Directorate in the fight against the organized crime (headed by a ministry deputy)
Internal Security Service of GUBOZ (special directorate)
Criminal Militsiya (consists of at least nine subordinated directorates and headed by a ministry deputy)
Aparat of Ukrainian Bureau of Interpol (formerly part of Criminal Militsiya, it's currently a separate department)
Militsiya of civil security (consists of about three sub-departments and headed by a ministry deputy)
Department of State Security Service (formerly part of Militsiya of civil security, it's currently a separate department)
Department of transportation militsiya
GUVV - Chief Directorate of Internal Troops (special militarized department)
GSU - Chief Detection Directorate (headed by a ministry deputy and has two other independent directorates)
Chief of Staff (headed by a ministry deputy has several independent departments and directorate which are primarily for administrative support)
Supporting departments (several other supporting departments that are headed by a ministry deputy)
Department of public relationship and international activity (headed by a ministry deputy)
Control-revisionary directorate
Sub-Department of special communication
Department of documentary service and scheduling
The three supporting agencies
State Department of Public Affairs, Immigration, and Registration of physical persons (supporting the PR department)
State scientific-researching expert-criminal center (supporting GSU)
State scientific-researching institute and higher educational institutions (supporting the Chief of Staff)
Educational institutions of the Ministry
Each university and institute often also has its own base program
Academy of Management
Kiev National University of Interior
Kharkiv National University of Interior
Kirovohrad campus (Legal institute)
Kherson campus (Legal institute)
Sumy city affiliation
Dnipropetrovsk State University of Interior
Zaporizhia campus (Legal institute)
Kryvyi Rih department
Luhansk State University of Interior of Didorenko
Donetsk campus (Legal institute) contains a scientifically-researching center of psycho-training technologies
Lviv State University of Interior
Prykarpattya campus (Legal institute)
Odessa State University of Interior
Crimea campus (Legal institute)

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Internal Troops of Ukraine

The Internal Troops of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Vnutrišni vijs’ka Ukrajini, Vnutrisni Viys'ka Ukrayiny - Interior forces of Ukraine; abbreviated VV, VV) is an uniformed gendarmerie-like forces in Ukraine. Internal Troops are administratively subordinated to the Chief Directorate of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (the police authority of the country) and closely cooperate with the Ministry of Emergencies. The VV are used to assist militsiya in policing, deal with large-scale riots, internal armed conflicts, and safeguard important facilities such as nuclear power plants. During wartime, the Internal Troops fall under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian armed forces and fulfill tasks of local defense and rear area security. In case of a state of emergency, the Internal Troops fulfill a special regime of emergency nation-wide or throughout the declared zone of emergency.
The Internal Troops of Ukraine retain much of the personnel, bases, equipment and traditions of the Soviet Internal Troops. The reason for this is that Soviet VV units that were stationed in Ukrainian SSR during the dissolution of the Soviet Union fell under jurisdiction of the newly-independent Ukraine. However, Ukrainian VV troops are not a direct successor of the Soviet Internal Troops (unlike in Russia) and experienced substantial reform of their structure and tasks. In 2008 there were about 33,000 troops of the Interior forces.

Organization
Despite reporting to a civilian militsiya authority, the Internal Troops of Ukraine are a military-like force with a centralized system of ranks and service. The Chief Commander and Staff of the troops maintain their separate chain of command and the VV units (battalions and regiments) are under the command of territorial commanders (six), who in turn report to the Chief Commander. The units are stationed in military bases throughout the country, including a base in the center of the capital Kiev.
The Internal Troops also have one aviation brigade that was initially formed out of 51st Separate Helicopter Guard Regiment (Oleksandriya) and 31st Special Helicopter Battle Squadron (Bila Tserkva). In 2000 the 51st Separate Helicopter Brigade was reinforced by another aviation squadron from a special operations unit "Yaguar" as well as receiving an extra airfield in Kalynivka of Vinnytsia Oblast.
Territorial division
There are six directorate of territorial commands sometimes abbreviated as Trk: West, North, East, Center, South, and Crimea. Each Trk has a certain units assigned directly to it which are identified by a four digit number. Beside that there are several units of a direct subordination.
Other selected Units
Ten' (Shadow) - intelligence unit of Crimea Territorial Command, a paramilitary formation in Balaklava (Crimea)
Lavanda (Lavender) - a mountain-rifle unit of special operations, initially as a battalion, currently it is a company size element (Crimea)
Kobra (Cobra) - a mountain-rifle battalion of special operations, headquartered in Balaklava (Crimea)
Bars (Snow Leopard) - separate brigade of special operations
Omega - anti-terrorist unit, structurally it is part of Bars
Skat - unit of military swimmers of Crimea Territorial Command
Skorpion - anti-terrorist unit in security of the national nuclear objects

Tasks
Assisting militsiya in policing
Crowd control at mass events, anti-riot operations
Safeguarding and defense of top-important facilities and special cargos
Safeguarding external perimeters of foreign embassies in Ukraine
Dealing with internal armed disturbances and terrorism (including some special forces tasks)
Maintaining state of emergency regime

Personnel
The Internal Troops of Ukraine are experiencing a slow transition from the Soviet conscript system (similar to that for the Soviet Army) to the contract personnel system. VV officers are trained in the special Academy of Internal Troops.

Commander
Lieutenant General Serhiy Yarovyi 2010 - present
Lieutenant General Serhiy Konoplyanyk 2010 - present (first deputy and commander of VV in battle and special training)

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Sleeve Patch for the VSP
Collar insignia
Ukrainian Military Police
Vijs’kova služba pravopořadku

Active May 19, 2002
Country Ukraine
Type Military Police
Size 1,753(2005)
Anniversaries May 19
Commanders
Current
commander Major General Serhiy Fedorovych Hlebov

The Ukrainian Military Police (VSP) Ukrainian: Vijs’kova služba pravopořadku u Zbrojnich Silach Ukrajini (VSP) is the military police of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It was formed on May 19, 2002.