DEFENSE

UNITED NATIONS   UJEDINJENI NARODI

      Ukrajina igra značajnu ulogu u međunarodnim vojnim operacijama i misijama. Od 1992. godine preko 30000 vojnika je uzelo učešća u misijama UN-a i NATO-a u bivšoj Jugoslaviji, Srednjem Istoku na Afričkom kontinetu. U Iraku su bili pod poljskim zapovjedništvom, a zajednički poljsko-ukrajinski bataljon je angažiran i od strane NATO-a na Kosovu. Prva borba ukrajinskih vojnika u Iraku je bio sukob sa militantima Mahdi milicije. Ukrajinci sui uspjeli zadržati svoje položaje.

      Ukraine has been playing an increasingly larger role in peacekeeping operations. Since 1992, over 30,000 soldiers took part in missions in former Yugoslavia, Middle East and African Continent . Since 1997, Ukraine has been closely working with NATO, and especially Poland. A Ukrainian unit was deployed in Iraq, as part of the multinational force in Iraq under Polish command. Ukrainian troops are also deployed as part of the Ukrainian-Polish Battalion in Kosovo. The total Ukrainian military deployment around the world as of 1 August, 2009 is 540 servicemen participating in 8 peacekeeping missions. The first battle of a regular formation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces happened on April 6, 2004 in Kut, Iraq, when the Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent was attacked by militants of the Mahdi Army. The Ukrainians took fire, and over several hours held the objectives they had been assigned to secure

NATO   NATO

UKRPOLBAT   UKRPOLBAT  УКРПОЛБАТ

      Poljsko-Ukrajinski ili Ukrajinsko-Poljski bataljon je formiran kasnih devedestih radi učešća u mirovnim misijama. Bataljon može biti potpuno operativan u roku od 30 dana od zahtjeva UN-a, NATO-a ili neke druge koalicije. Zajednički ih financiraju Ukrajina i Poljska, dok neke druge zemlje pružaju pomoć u drugim aspektima. Od 2000. bataljon sastavljen od 545 poljaka i 267 ukrajinaca stacioniran je na Kosovu, tada teritoriju Srbije pod upravom Ujedinjenih naroda. Od 07. 2006. ukrajinski kontigent se smanjuje na 179 pripadnika.

      Polish–Ukrainian Peace Force Battalion (POLUKRBAT) or Ukrainian-Polish Peace Force Battalion (UKRPOLBAT) is a Polish-Ukrainian peackeeping battalion, formed in the late 1990'. The battalion can be made fully operational after 30 days from the receipt of a request from the United Nations. The unit is mutually financed by Ukraine and Poland while other countries provided assistance in non-military aspects.  Since 2000, the battalion of 545 Polish and 267 Ukrainian soldiers is deployed as part of KFOR, an international peacekeeping force in Kosovo, claimed as a Serbain province and then under UN administration. In June 2006, the Ukrainian contingent was reduced to 179 soldiers.

      The leading country in the Regional Command West is Italy, which forces are based on members of the MLF's multinational brigade that consists of Italian, Slovenian and Hungarian units, again led by Italians, with units from other countries. For example, the Spaniards are leaders in the provincial Qala-E-Now reconstruction team, the Lithuanians in Changhcharan and the Italians in Herat. Along with all of them, there are also members of the armed forces of other countries (41).

OTHER INSIGNIAS   OSTALE OZNAKE

SEA BREEZE   MORSKI POVJETARAC

      Vježbe nazvane "Morski povjetarac" (Sea Breeze) su bilateralna vježba snaga Ukrajine i Sjedinjenih Američkih Država. Ali su u vježbe uključene mornarice zemalja crnomorskog regiona, kao i one koje to nisu!