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They were formed from Ukrainian units of the Soviet Army after Ukrainian independence, and trace their ancestry to the 1917–22 army of the Ukrainian People's Republic. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine retained its Soviet-era army equipment. The Armed Forces were systematically downsized and underinvested in after 1991.
Army aviation brigades of Ukraine (4 P) Artillery brigades of Ukraine (9 P) J. ... 159th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) 704th CBRN Protection Brigade (Ukraine) S.
There are 13 mechanized brigades and two mountain warfare brigades in the Mechanized Forces. Ukraine also has two armoured brigades. There are also seven rocket and artillery brigades. Until 2013, the Ground Forces were divided into three army corps.
8th Separate Special Purpose Regiment (Ukraine) 9th Naval Surface Ships Division (Ukraine) 10th Army Corps; 28th Naval Auxiliary Division (Ukraine) 29th Naval Surface Ships Division (Ukraine) 30th Naval Surface Ships Division (Ukraine) 31st Naval Supply Ships Division (Ukraine) 43rd Rocket Army; 72nd Psychological and Information Warfare Center ...
Insignia of Ukrainian Guards units. The Armed Forces of Ukraine had a large number of Guards units. [1] On 22 August 2016, with the removal of Soviet distinctions from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Guards titles were removed from the names of the units. [2] The page lists all former Ukrainian guards units.
The 159th Infantry Brigade (Ukrainian: 159 окрема піхотна бригада, romanized: 159 okrema pihotna bryhada) became a mechanized brigade at some point between April and September 2024, the latest being known as the 26 September 2024, most likely due to increased and large aid from Western countries such as the United States. [5]
A Ukrainian drone operator from the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade testing new military equipment including FPV drones on a training area in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Getty Images
The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (Ukrainian: 3-тя окрема штурмова бригада, romanized: 3-tya okrema shturmova bryhada) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022. [1] The brigade was established by a merger of the Azov SSO (Special Operations Forces) units that had been created by former Azov Battalion ...