Ukrainian Navy
Sign in to savenavy of Ukraine and part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Key facts
- Active
- 1917–1921, 1992–present
- Country
- Ukraine
- Type
- Navy
- Role
- Naval warfare
- Size
- 11.000 (2022)
- Part of
- Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Garrison hq
- Odesa
- Colors
- Blue, Gold
- March
- March of the VMS of Ukraine (Марш ВМС України)
- Anniversaries
- Navy Day
- Battle honours
- Ukrainian–Soviet War Anti-piracy operations in Somalia Russo-Ukrainian War
- Website
- navy .mil .gov .ua /en /
- Commander
- Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa
- Spokesperson
- Dmytro Pletenchuk
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ukrainian Navy (Ukrainian: Військово-морські сили Збройних сил України, ВМС ЗСУ, romanized: Viiskovo–morski syly Zbroinykh syl Ukrainy, VMS ZSU, lit. 'Military Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine'), is the maritime force of Ukraine and one of the eight service branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The naval forces consist of five components: surface forces, submarine forces, naval aviation, coastal rocket-artillery and naval infantry. In 2022, the Ukrainian Navy had 15,000 personnel, including 6,000 naval infantry. It is headquartered in Odesa; prior to the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, it was based in Sevastopol.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ukrainian Navy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.