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40th Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)
, image = 40-й БТрО ЗСУ «Кривбас» (польовий).png , image_size = 200 , caption = 40th Motorized Infantry Battalion shoulder sleeve insignia , dates = June 2014 – April 2015 , country = , allegiance = , branch = Ground Forces , type = Mechanized Infantry , role = , size = battalion , command_structure = , garrison = , march = , mascot = , battles = War in Donbass * Battle of Ilovaisk * Battle of Debaltseve , decorations = 40th Motorized Infantry Battalion is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was originally formed as the 40th Territorial Defence Battalion "Kryvbas" in Kryvyi Rih. History Prerequisites March 18, 2014, after the military invasion Russia to Crimea and his annexation, partial mobilization began in Ukraine. On April 13, 2014, the military actions of war in the east be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Ground Forces
The Ukrainian Ground Forces ( uk, Сухопу́тні військá Збрóйних сил Украї́ни), also known as the Ukrainian Army, are the Army, land forces of Ukraine and one of the five Military branch, branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were formed from Soviet Ground Forces formations, units, and establishments, including three military districts (the Kyiv Military District, Kyiv, Carpathian Military District, Carpathian, and Odessa Military District, Odesa Military Districts), that were on Ukrainian soil when the History of the Soviet Union (1985–1991)#Dissolution of the USSR, Soviet Union collapsed. After Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine retained its Soviet-era army equipment. The Armed Forces were systematically downsized after 1991 and as a result, it was largely dilapidated by July 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
