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The Ukrainian Naval Force (Ukrainian: Військово-Морські Сили України, ВМСУ, Viys’kovo-Mors’ki Syly Ukrayiny, VMSU) is the navy of Ukraine and part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was established in 1992. It consists of 5 branches: surface forces, submarine forces, Navy aviation, coast rocket-artillery and marines.

The navy operates in the Black Sea basin (including Sea of Azov and Danube Delta), as a permanent ocean presence is neither logistically practical nor geographically possible. Hence it is a green-water navy.

The Headquarters of the Ukrainian Naval Force is situated in Sevastopol.

History

Early History

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The first naval activities of the Ukrainians date back to the late Middle Ages, when Zaporizhian Host Cossacks conducted raids in the Lower Dnieper, Southern Buh rivers and the Black Sea against Ottoman Empire. Cossacks were using chaikas - light vessels propelled by sail and rowing, and armed with light hand held cannons. By a simple but genius technology, chaika could be transformed into a makeshift shallow-waters submarine used for reconnaissance and surprise landings. Cossack sea raids delivered huge blows to Ottoman coast cities, including capital port city of Istanbul. However, Cossacks never had either permanent ports on coast or will to become a sea power.

During 1917 Russian Revolution, several ships of the Imperial Navy's Black Sea Fleet, commanded and crewed by ethnic Ukrainians, declared themselves a Navy of the newly-autonomous Ukrainian People's Republic. However, few further steps on establishing a navy have been made as Ukrainian government lost control over coastal territories.

Establishment of the modern Ukrainian navy

The immediate history of the Ukrainian Naval Force started on August 1, 1992 when it was formally established by order of the President of Ukraine. This was followed by a long and controversial partition of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet between Ukraine and newly-independent Russian Federation.

One of the brightest episodes of this process was the story of the SKR-112 - practically the first Ukrainian navy ship. The crew of SKR-112 declared itself Ukrainian ship and raised the Ukrainian flag. The Russian-dominated fleet headquarters in Moscow considered this a mutiny and attempted to act accordingly. But the ship left its base for Odessa, causing an armed chase and collision attempts by the ships still loyal to Moscow. Soon several other ships, auxiliary vessels, and coastal units of the Black Sea Fleet followed SKR-112's decision but with less violent outcomes.

It was only in 1997 when the ships and equipment of the Black Sea Fleet were officially divided between two countries. The new Russian formation retained its historical name "Black Sea Fleet". It was also granted with rights to use the majority of its bases in Ukraine on rent until 2017. The newfound Ukrainian Navy received dozens of vessels (mostly obsolete or defunct) and some base infrastructure. However, the Russian fleet has lost several important facilities, most notably the Nitka naval aviation Training Ground in the central Crimea and the special forces base in Ochakiv. The process of fleet division is not yet complete since many aspects of two navies co-existence are under regulated, causing recurring conflicts.

Major Ships and Vessels

The Navy now consists of 1 Corvette, 7 Frigates, 1 Submarine, 40 auxiliary ships, and 60 naval aircraft, including:

Bases

Ranks and insignia

Main article: Naval ranks and insignia of Ukraine

Commanders

Name Rank Period of command
Borys KozhinVice AdmiralApril 7 1992 - October 1993
Volodymyr BezkorovainiyVice AdmiralOctober 1993 - October 1996
Mykhailo EzhelAdmiralOctober 28 1996 - May 20 2003
Ihor KniazVice AdmiralMay 21 2003 - March 23 2006
Igor TenyuhVice AdmiralMarch 23 2006 - present

See also

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Ukrainian Navy • Ukrainian Army • Ukrainian Air Force


Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Збройні сили України (ЗСУ) Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny, (ZSU)
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The Ukrainian Ground Forces (Ukrainian: Cухопутні Війська ЗСУ, Sukhoputni Viys’ka ZSU
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Ukrainian Naval Aviation (Ukrainian: Морська Авіація, Morska Aviatsiya) is a part of the Ukrainian Navy.
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Established: September 20, 1991
Director:
The First Deputy Chairman: Valentyn Oleksandrovych Nalyvaichenko
Deputy Head: Ihor Viktorovych Konovalov
Deputy Head: Valeriy Fedorovych Pidbolyachny
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Ancient times:
  • Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
  • Yamna culture
  • Catacomb culture
  • Cimmeria
  • Taurica
  • Scythia
  • Sarmatia
  • Zarubintsy culture
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Capital Rivne (Rowno)
Government
 -  Reichskommissar Erich Koch
Population
 -  1941 census 37,000,000  
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Official status
Official language of:  Ukraine
Transnistria (Moldova)
Regulated by: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Language codes
ISO 639-1: uk
ISO 639-2: ukr
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navy is the branch of a country's military forces principally designated for naval warfare and amphibious warfare (marines) namely lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions.
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Ukrainian Naval Aviation (Ukrainian: Морська Авіація, Morska Aviatsiya) is a part of the Ukrainian Navy.
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The Ukrainian Marine Corps is a branch of the Ukrainian Navy. It is used as a component part of amphibious, airborne and amphibious-airborne operations, alone or in accordance with formations and units of the Army in order to capture parts of the seashore, islands, ports, fleet
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Sea of Azov (Russian: Азо́вское мо́ре - Azovskoye more; Ukrainian:
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Danube
Donau, Dunaj, Duna, Dunav, Dunărea
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blue-water navy is a colloquialism used to describe a maritime force capable of operating across the deep waters of open oceans. [1] While what actually constitutes such a force remains undefined, there is a requirement for the ability to exercise sea control at wide
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A green-water navy is a naval term that refers to a naval force based around a coastal or littoral capability. This is a relatively new terminology, as non blue-water navies used to be collectively referred to as brown-water navy.
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Headquarters (HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. The corporate headquarters is the entity at the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities.
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Севастополь
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View of the Sevastopol port.
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Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three "ages": the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times.
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Zaporozhian Host (Ukrainian: Запорізька Січ, Russian:
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Origin Ukraine
Mouth Black Sea
Basin countries Ukraine
Length 806 km (501 mi)

Basin area 63,700 km² (24,595 mi²)

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