Armed Forces of Ukraine

The **Armed Forces of Ukraine** ( [ЗСУ]; , [**ZSU**]) are the military forces of Ukraine. They are the main force against any military action against the nation of Ukraine. All military and security forces are under the command of the president of Ukraine. This includes the Armed Forces. They are subject to oversight by a parliamentary commission.

## Contents

Ukraine's armed forces include the Ukrainian Ground Forces, the Ukrainian Air Force, the Ukrainian Navy, the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and the Special Operations Forces. The navy of Ukraine has its own small Ukrainian Naval Infantry force. It also has its own Ukrainian Naval Aviation force. The Ukrainian Sea Guard is the coast guard service of Ukraine. It is a part of the Border Guard Service. It is not a part of the navy.

The Center for National Resistance (CNR) is a branch of AFU, and it was created in 2022.

Unmanned Systems Command is part of AFU (as of 2024).

## Size

Because of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine in 2014, the president had the leaders of oblasts of Ukraine create units which are made up of volunteers. These groups are under the control of the government's Territorial Defense Forces. At first, the government gave these units very little money. Most of their funding came from donations.

In November 2014, most of the territorial defense battalions were made a part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The National Guard of Ukraine is a paramilitary reserve unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

After the fighting with Russia in 2014, Ukraine increased the size of its armed forces to 204,000 soldiers. This does not include additional forces such as the border guards, the new National Guard of Ukraine or the security service. The current size of Ukraine's armed forces is 250,000. Of that number, 215,000 are military personnel. It is the second largest in the region. Only Russia has a larger military in the region. In 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered that the size of the military would be increased  by 100,000 by 2025. He also ordered that conscription would end in 2024. Conscription will be replaced with short-term military training.

Military units of other countries have taken part in military exercises with Ukrainian forces in Ukraine. Many of these exercises have been held under the NATO program Partnership for Peace.

## Infobox (national military)

- **name**: Armed Forces of Ukraine
- **image**: Emblem of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg
- **image size**: 150px
- **caption**: Emblem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- **image2**: Ensign of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg
- **image size2**: 175px
- **caption2**: Flag of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- **headquarters**: Ministry of Defence building (Ukraine), Ministry of Defence Building, Povitroflotskyi Square, Kyiv
- **commander-in-chief**: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- **commander-in-chief title**: President of Ukraine, Supreme Commander-in-Chief
- **minister**: Rustem Umerov
- **minister title**: List of Ministers of Defense (Ukraine), Minister of Defence
- **commander**: Oleksandr Syrskyi
- **commander title**: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Commander-in-Chief
- **age**: 18
- **amount**: Ukrainian hryvnia, ₴136 billion
EUR, €4.6 billion
- **percent gdp**: 3%
- **domestic suppliers**: Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defence Industry)
- **history**: * Ukrainian–Soviet War
* Polish–Ukrainian War
* Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 1992–94 Crimean crisis
* Kosovo Force
* UNAMSIL
* Tuzla Island#2003 conflict, Tuzla Island conflict
* ISAF
* Iraq War
* United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire, ONUCI
* Operation Ocean Shield
* MONUSCO
* 1999 East Timorese crisis
* Operation Atalanta
* Russo-Ukrainian War
** 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, Pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
** Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Annexation of Crimea
** War in Donbas
** 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- **ranks**: Military ranks of Ukraine