Ministry of Defence (Ukraine): Difference between revisions

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| preceding1 = Committee of Military Affairs<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://zakon1zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/showgo/224-91-%D0%BF|title=Питання Міністерства Declarationоборони ofУкраїни|website=Офіційний Cabinetвебпортал ofпарламенту Ministers]України}}</ref>

The '''Ministry of Defence of Ukraine''' ({{lang-uk|Міністерство оборони України|Ministerstvo oborony Ukrainy}}) is the [[ministry of defence|ministry]] of the [[Government of Ukraine|Ukrainian government]] that oversees [[national defence]] and the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]]. The head of the ministry is the [[List of Ministers of Defense (Ukraine)|Minister of Defence]]. The [[President of Ukraine]] is the [[Supreme Commander-in-Chief]] of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The ministry was established in [[Ukraine]] on 24 September 1991,<ref name=autogenerated3>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?part=history&lang=ua|title=Міністерство Історія&#124; створення Збройних Сил України<!-- Bot generated title -->]Міноборони}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article?art_id=89693&cat_id=73007 Government portal :: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> one month after [[Declaration of Independence of Ukraine|Ukraine's declaration of independence]] resolution. The ministry was put in charge of all Soviet military forces reorganization on the territory of Ukrainian jurisdiction.<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.mil.gov.ua/files/white_book_eng2006.pdf Book_WP_2006_ENG_nver.indd<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|urlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108143812/http://www.mil.gov.ua/files/white_book_eng2006.pdf |dateurl-status=2007dead|title=Book_WP_2006_ENG_nver.indd<!-11-08 Bot generated title -->|archivedate=8 November 2007}}</ref> In 1994, Ukraine voluntarily gave up all nuclear weapons. The ministry spent significant funds eliminating nuclear weapons, military bases and equipment to meet [[Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe]] requirements.

The first military executive office was created on 28 June 28, 1917, as part of the [[General Secretariat of Ukraine]] and was headed by [[Symon Petliura]]. It was created based on the [[Ukrainian General Military Committee]] under the auspices of the [[Central Council of Ukraine]]. The [[Russian Provisional Government]] refused to recognize it, but after the [[October Revolution]] the Secretariat of Military Affairs was re-established on 12 November 12, 1917. At the end of December 1917, [[Symon Petliura]] resigned in protest at the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Ukraine–Central Powers)|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]].

At the same time, Bolsheviks established their own executive branch as part of the [[People's Secretariat]] headed by [[Vasyl Shakhrai]]. On 6 January 6, 1918, [[Volodymyr Vynnychenko]] appointed [[Mykola Porsh]] to the vacant position. On 25 January 25, 1918, the general secretariats were reorganized into people's ministries as Ukraine proclaimed its independence. The [People's] Ministry of Military Affairs existed also during the regime of [[Hetman of Ukraine]] [[Pavlo Skoropadsky]] and until the exile of the Ukrainian National Government at the end of 1920.

On January 24, January 1919, the People's Commissariat of Military Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR was established. It was dissolved in the summer of 1919 due to the military union that was signed between the governments of the [[Ukrainian SSR]] and the [[Russian SFSR]] in April 1919.<ref>[http://leksika.com.ua/14360106/legal/narodniy_komisariat_u_viyskovih_spravah_usrr People's Commissariat of Military Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR] at [[Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia]]</ref>

[[File:НЗ МО України (СВ) 1999НЗ_МОУ.pngsvg|thumb|Service patch of the Ministry of Defence]]

The political preference of Ukraine authority on the non-nuclear and non-coalition state status was made to be the foundation of the Armed Forces organization process. But equally important to the foundation were the limitations connected with approval of the Agreement "On conventional Armed Forces in Europe" and implementation of the [[Tashkent Agreement]] of 1992, which establish not only maximal levels of arms for each state of the former [[USSR]]. Therefore, between 1992 and 1997 the number of military personnel in Ukraine was nearly halved.<ref name=autogenerated2>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/mod.htm |title=Ministry of DefenceDefense –- Ukraine<!-- Bot generated title -->]|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref>

In addition, Ukraine began its nuclear weapons disarmament program in the early 1990s. By 1 June 1996, there were no nuclear weapon in Ukraine.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?lang=en&part=history&sub=history|title=Міністерство The&#124; history of the Armed Forces of Ukraine<!-- Bot generated title -->]Міноборони}}</ref><ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.nti.org/db/nisprofs/ukraine/nwfz.htm Ukraine: History of the Proposal for a NWFZ in Europe<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|urlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907032544/http://www.nti.org/db/nisprofs/ukraine/nwfz.htm |dateurl-status=2008dead|title=Ukraine: History of the Proposal for a NWFZ in Europe<!-09-07 Bot generated title -->|archivedate=7 September 2008}}</ref>

A shuffle in the military department's administration had a rather negative effect on the process of military development. From 1991 to 1996, three [[Minister of Defence|Ministers of Defence]] and four [[Chief of the General Staff (Ukraine)|Chiefs of General Staff]] were changed. About 70% of administrative staff was changed in the early stages of forming the Armed Forces of Ukraine. All military district commanders, army commanders, corps and division commanders were changed several times over.

On 15 February 15, 2022, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said in a [https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1493628291844083723 tweet] that its [http://www.mil.gov.ua/en/ website] was temporarily brought down, likely as a result of a [[distributed denial-of-service attack]].<ref name="DDOS">{{Cite news |last=Miller|first=Maggie |date=15 February 15, 2022|title=Ukrainian Ministry of Defense websites hit by cyberattack|work=Politico.com|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/15/ukrainian-ministry-of-defense-websites-hit-by-cyberattack-00009046|url-status=live|access-date=15 February 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215225457/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/15/ukrainian-ministry-of-defense-websites-hit-by-cyberattack-00009046/|archive-date=15 February 15, 2022}}</ref> The attacks were part of the [[2022 Ukraine cyberattacks]] amidst the [[2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis]], for which Ukraine's Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security suggested Russia was responsible.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Cyberattack hits Ukrainian government sites, major banks |url=https://www.c4isrnet.com/flashpoints/ukraine/2022/02/15/cyberattack-hits-ukrainian-government-sites-major-banks/ |work=[[Defense News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=15 February 15, 2022 |access-date=20 February 20, 2022}}</ref>

According to the Defence Ministry, it plans to create a system of civilian control over the armed forces, illuminate the tasks of the highest leadership and respective state and military organizations in terms of Armed Forces command and control. Therefore, the [[President of Ukraine]], as the [[Commander-in-Chief|Supreme Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]], executes command and control over the Armed Forces according to the [[Constitution of Ukraine]] and active legislation.