• 11/29/2024

Ukrainian parliament supports integration of Unmanned Systems Forces into Armed Forces of Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine

The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) has adopted draft law No. 11507 on the integration of a new structure, the Unmanned Systems Forces, in certain branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Source: MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak

Details: Zhelezniak noted that 294 MPs voted in favour of the decision.

Background:

  • On 7 May 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers supported President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s draft decree, developed by the Ministry of Defence together with the General Staff, on the creation of a separate branch of the Armed Forces – the Unmanned Systems Forces.
  • On 10 June, the General Staff of the Armed Forces announced that Vadym Sukharevskyi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, was appointed commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces.
  • On 20 August, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a bill establishing the Unmanned Systems Forces. It also allocated 24 billion hryvnias (about US$579 million) for the purchase of drones for the Ukrainian defence forces.
  • On 2 September, Roman Kostenko, Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Defence Committee, told Ukrainska Pravda that the Verkhovna Rada would soon consider a bill establishing the existence of the Unmanned Systems Forces.

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