Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukrainian Armed Forces
Ukrainian Armed Forces
Збройні сили України (Ukrainian)
	Ensign of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Founded	29 March 1917 (as the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic)
Current form	6 December 1991
Service branches	Ground Forces; Marine Corps; Navy; Air Force; Air Assault Forces; Special Operations Forces; Territorial Defense Forces Unmanned Systems Forces; Medical Forces ; Support Forces
Headquarters	Ministry of Defence Building, Povitrianykh Syl Avenue, Kyiv
Website	www.mil.gov.ua
Leadership
President of Ukraine	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Minister of Defence	Mykhailo Fedorov
Commander-in-Chief	Oleksandr Syrskyi
Personnel
Military age	18 (routine male conscription only, excl. martial law period)
Conscription	25 (minimum conscription age)
Active personnel	900,000 (2025)
Reserve personnel	4,000,000
Expenditure
Budget	$120 billion (₴5 trillion (2026) foreign aid)
Percent of GDP	31.1% (2025)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Ukrainian Defense Industry
Foreign suppliers	Current suppliers Albania; Argentina; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cambodia; Canada; Colombia; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; European Union; Egypt; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; India; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Jordan; Kenya; Kosovo; Latvia; Liberia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Moldova; Montenegro; Morocco; NATO; Netherlands; New Zealand; North Macedonia; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Saudi Arabia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Korea; Spain; Sudan; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Thailand; Timor Leste; Tunisia; Turkey; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Former suppliers Belarus; Russia; ;
Related articles
History	Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present) War in Donbas (2014–2022) Battle of Artemivsk ; Siege of Sloviansk ; Battle of Kramatorsk ; Battle of Mariupol ; Battles of Sievierodonetsk ; Battle of Karlivka ; 1st Battle of Donetsk Airport ; Siege of the Luhansk Border Base ; Battle of Krasnyi Lyman ; Zelenopillia rocket attack ; Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion ; Battle of Horlivka ; Battle of Ilovaisk ; Battle of Novoazovsk ; Mariupol offensive ; 2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport ; Battle of Debaltseve ; Shyrokyne standoff ; Battle of Marinka ; Battle of Svitlodarsk ; Battle of Avdiivka ; Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–) Northern Ukraine campaign ; Eastern Ukraine campaign ; Southern Ukraine campaign ; Other
Ranks	Military ranks of Ukraine

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Збройні сили України, romanized: Zbroini syly Ukrainy, pronounced [ˈzbrɔjn⁽ʲ⁾i ˈsɪlɪ ʊkrɐˈjinɪ]) (AFU) are the military forces responsible for the defence of Ukraine and its national interests. They consist of the Ground Forces, the Air Force, the Navy, the Air Assault Forces, the Marine Corps, the Special Operations Forces, the Unmanned Systems Forces, and the Territorial Defense Forces. Ukraine's navy includes its own Naval Aviation, and the National Guard serves as a paramilitary reserve component of the Armed Forces. With a total strength of 4,900,000, the AFU is the fifth largest armed force in the world.

Military units of other countries have participated regularly in multinational military exercises in Ukraine, with many of these exercises being held under the NATO cooperation program Partnership for Peace. Due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been described as "the most battle-hardened in Europe".

According to the IISS, the AFU had the world's eighth largest 14th largest defence budget in 2025. It operates one of the largest and most diverse drone fleets in the world. Its Soviet era military equipment is currently being replaced with NATO standard military equipment.