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December 2023 photo of TCC officers operating a military road block in Kyiv, stopping cars as a means of conscription. Territorial recruitment and social support centers have come under considerable criticism from the Ukrainian public and human rights activists for illegal detentions, corruption, and errors in documentation. [26] [27] [28] [29]
The Ukrainian Army unveiled its current uniform on Independence Day in 2016. [166] The new uniforms were modeled on British and Polish military styles [166] and incorporate details from the uniforms worn by the Ukrainian People's Army. [166] The cap includes an insignia of a Ukrainian Cossack grasping a cross. [166]
Any person of demonstrable Ukrainian heritage descent can become a citizen through military service. According to the website of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, [ 31 ] the foreigners of age 18–45 (in exceptional cases up to 60 years old) can be contracted by Ukrainian Army for the 3–5 years term, depending on qualification.
Ukraine faces an opponent that can call on far deeper reserves : Russia mobilized 300,000 men in addition to its regular armed forces in the fall of 2022, and has been conducting a rolling ...
Ukraine's defence ministry urged military-age citizens to update their data at army enlistment offices and "overcome their fear" in a campaign launched on Thursday as a summer counter-offensive ...
Western armoured vehicles donated to Ukraine include the Bradley and Marder infantry fighting vehicles, the Stryker, M113, and Roshel Senator armoured personnel carriers, and the Humvee family of light military vehicles. The Ukrainian military, as of 2024, also operates a number of captured Russian T-90 main battle tanks and BMP-3 IFVs. [69]
Direct recruitment from military academies was also intended. [15] The National Guard was recreated in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On the National Guard of Ukraine" [Law number 4393] dated 12 March 2014, [1] (the draft legislation being originally introduced to the Ukrainian parliament on 11 March).
Ukrainian commanders in the area say their resources remain stretched, largely due to a months-long gap in military assistance from the United States which threw Ukraine's military onto the defensive.