Ukrainian Airmobile Forces

Ukrainian Airmobile Forces
Високомобільні десантні війська України

Ukrainian Airmobile Forces emblem
Active 1992–present
Country  Ukraine
Type Airborne Forces
Role Light Infantry
Airmobile infantry
Peacekeeping
Part of  Armed Forces
Headquarters Zhytomyr
Motto(s) "Ніхто крім нас!"
("Nobody, but us!")
Anniversaries Airmobile Forces Day
(2 August)[1]
Engagements Kosovo Force (KFOR)
Iraq War
2014 Crimean Crisis
War in Donbass[2]
Commanders
Current
commander		 Major general Mykhailo Zabrodskyi
Insignia
Flag
Shoulder sleeve insignia
Beret insignia

The Ukrainian Airmobile Forces or VDV (from "Vysokomobil'ni desantni viyska Ukrayiny", Ukrainian: Високомобільні десантні війська України, ВДВ; High-mobile Airborne Forces of Ukraine) is the military branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The airmobile forces consist of formations, units and elements of the Army and the Army aviation, trained for combined activities behind the enemy lines. The airmobile forces are in constant combat readiness and are the high mobility branch of forces.

In the 15 years after their creation Ukrainian paratroopers have served in peacekeeping missions to the Balkans, in Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ethiopia, Georgia and DR Congo.[3]

2001 Structure

In 2001 the Airmobile Force consisted of:[4]

Unit Base # Location Status
Headquarters 1st Airmobile Division А0220 Bolhrad inactive since 2003
25th Airborne Brigade А1126 Hvardiyske (Dnipropetrovsk Region)
45th Airmobile Brigade А1533 Bolhrad
27th Mechanized Brigade А0664 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
91st Artillery Regiment А0242 Veseliy Kut
95th Airmobile Brigade А0281 Zhytomyr
79th Airmobile Regiment А0224 Mykolaiv
80th Airmobile Regiment А0284 Lviv
1st Airmobile Division
Separate Brigade
Separate Regiments

2008 Structure

Present Structure

Armed Forces of Ukraine
Main branches
Ground Forces
Air Force
Navy
Airmobile Forces
Special Operations Forces
Other Corps
Naval Infantry
Related Services
Ministry of Defence
General Staff
Ministry of Internal Affairs
National Space Agency
Intelligence
Security Service
Foreign Intelligence Service
Military Intelligence Service
History of the Ukrainian Military
History of Ukraine
History of Ukraine during WWII
History of Ukraine during WWI

Commanders

The commander of the Airmobile Forces since 2 August 2015 is Major general Mykhailo Zabrodskyi.[10]

Name Rank Period of command
Vitaly Raevsky Major general 1992–1998
Ivan Yakubets Colonel 1998–2005
Serhiy Lysovyi Colonel 2005–present
Oleksandr Shvets Colonel 2012–2015
Mykhailo Zabrodskyi Major general March 2015 – present

Armament

BTR-4
AT-105 Saxon
T-80BV of 25th Airborne Brigade
A Ukrainian soldier prepares to engage the opposition forces during an air assault at Exercise Rapid Trident 16 July 3, 2016.


Personal firearms

Armored Vehicles

Artillery

Vehicles

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ukraine is marking the 25th anniversary of the Airmobile Forces on August 2, UNIAN (2 August 2017)
  2. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Since the beginning of the conflict in the Donbas killed 415 Marines, Ukrayinska Pravda (2 August 2016)
  3. ↑ "Ukrainian paratroopers celebrate 15th anniversary" (PDF). KFOR Chronicle. 31 August 2007. p. 23. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  4. ↑ (in Russian) № 477-р від 3 грудня 2001 року "Про шефство Дніпропетров
  5. ↑ "New Airborne Brigade created in Ukrainian Army". UNIAN. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Захисти своїх
  7. ↑ 46 окрема десантно-штурмова бригада ВДВ ЗС України запрошує на службу! Захисти своїх!
  8. 1 2 "Ukrainian Military Pages: Високомобільні десантні війська" [Airmobile Forces Structure]. www.ukrmilitary.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2016-07-04.
  9. ↑ "Сергій Машковський привітав військовослужбовців 199 навчального центру ВДВ ЗСУ." [199th Training Center Airmobile Forces welcomed by Sergey Mashkovsky]. oda.zt.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  10. ↑ "President conferred the rank of Brigadier General to commander of the Airborne Forces Mykhailo Zabrodskyi". Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  11. ↑ S stands for skladnoy (Russian: складной), means folding. Issued only for parachute-landing purposes
  12. ↑ (in Ukrainian) MoD News Article
  13. ↑ "Automatic grenade launcher UAG-40". www.lk.com.ua. Public Company Leninska Kuznya Plant. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  14. 1 2 (in Ukrainian) MoD News Article
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