Editor's Foreword

naval Infantry 3,000
Naval inf 1 bde
Air Forces 45,240
Air 3 air cmd – West, South, Centre plus Task
Force ‘Crimea’. Flying hours 40-50hrs/yr
FOrCEs by rOLE
Ftr 5 bde with MiG-29 Fulcrum; Su-27 Flanker
FGA/Bbr 2 bde with Su-24M Fencer; Su-25 Frogfoot
Recce 2 sqn with Su-24MR Fencer*
Tpt 3 bde with An-24; An-26; An-30; Tu-134
Crusty; Il-76 Candid
Spt hel sqns with Mi-8; Mi-9; PZL Mi-2 Hoplite
Trg sqns with L-39 Albatros
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
AIRCRAFT 211 combat capable
FTR 116: 80 MiG-29 Fulcrum; 36 Su-27 Flanker
FGA 72: 36 Su-25 Frogfoot; 36 Su-24 Fencer
RECCE 23 Su-24MR*
TPT 49: 3 An-24 Coke; 21 An-26 Curl; 3 An-30; 2 Tu-134
Crusty; 20 Il-76 Candid
TRG 39 L-39 Albatros
HELICOPTERS • SPT 38: 4 Mi-9; 31 Mi-8 Hip; 3 PZL Mi-2
Hoplite
AD • SAM 825 SA-10 Grumble (quad)/SA-11 Gadfly/SA-
12A Gladiator SA-2 Guideline (towed)/ SA-3 Goa (towed)/
SA-5 Gammon (static)/SA-6 Gainful
MSL
ASM: AS-10 Karen; AS-11 Kilter; AS-12 Kegler; AS-13
Kingbolt; AS-14 Kedge; AS-15 Kent; AS-9 Kyle
ARM: AS-11 Kilter; AS-12 Kegler
AAM: AA-10 Alamo; AA-7 Apex; AA-8 Aphid; AA-9 Amos
Paramilitary
MVS ε39,900 active
(Ministry of Internal Affairs)
FOrCEs by rOLE
Mil Region 4 tps
MP 1 (Internal Security) tps
Border Guard 45,000 active
Maritime Border Guard
The Maritime Border Guard is an independent
subdivision of the State Comission for Border Guards
and is not part of the navy.
FOrCEs by rOLE
Air Wing 1 (gunship) sqn
Air 3 sqn
MCM 1 sqn
Paramilitary 2 (river) bde; 1 (aux ship) gp; 4 (cutter) bde
Trg 1 div
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 45
PFT 3 Pauk I each with 4 SA-N-5 Grail SAM, 4 single
406mm TT, 1 76mm gun
non-naTO europe
PHT 3 Muravey each with 2 single 406mm TT, 1
76mm gun
PFC 10 Stenka each with 4 single 406mm TT, 4
30mm gun
PCC 1
PCI 16 Zhuk
PBR 12
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT
AGF 1
AIRCRAFT • TPT: An-24 Coke; An-26 Curl; An-72
Coaler; An-8 Camp
HELICOPTERS • ASW: Ka-27 Helix A
civil Defence Troops 9,500+ (civilian)
(Ministry of Emergency Situations) Army
4 indep bde; 4 indep regt
DEPLOyMEnT
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Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1996)
Specific legislation: ‘On the procedures to deploy Armed
Forces of Ukraine units abroad’ (1518-III, March 2000).
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: Parliament
authorised to approve decision to provide military
assistance, deploy troops abroad and allow foreign military
presence in Ukraine (Art. 85, para 23); Also, in accordance
with Art. 7 of the specific legislation (above), president is
authorised to take a decision to deploy troops abroad and
at the same time to submit a draft law to the Parliament of
Ukraine for approval
AFghAnIsTAn
NATO • ISAF 10
DEMOCrATIC rEPUbLIC OF COngO
UN • MONUC 13 obs
IrAQ
NATO • NTM-I 9
LIbErIA
UN • UNMIL 302; 1 obs; 2 avn unit
MOLDOVA
10 mil obs
sErbIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 180; elm 1 inf bn
OSCE • Serbia 1
OSCE • Kosovo 2
UN • UNMIK 1 obs
sUDAn
UN • UNMIS 11 obs
FOrEIgn FOrCEs
Russia ε13,000 Navy 1 Fleet HQ located at Sevastopol; 1
indep naval inf regt; 102 AIFV/APC (T)/APC (W); 24 arty;
Strategic Deterrent Forces Dnepr Radar Stn located at
Sevastopol and Mukachevo
europe
(non-naTO)