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TOWARDS NEW ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE OVERVIEWS OF REFORMS IN SECURITY AND DEFENSE SECTOR OF UKRAINE 1st Half-Year 2016 DEFENSE-REFORMS.IN.UA REFORMSMOD.ENG REFORMSMOD_ENG TOWARDS NEW ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE THIS PUBLICATION DESCRIBES TOP PRIORITIES, PROGRAMS AND DEFENSE REFORMS PROGRESS IN UKRAINE. REFORMING ARMED FORCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF ON-GOING IS AN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TASK, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF AMBITIOUS GOAL RELATED TO THE TRANSITIONING TO NATO STANDARDS BEFORE 2020. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT PROFESSIONAL, WELL-TRAINED AND EQUIPPED ARMY IS THE KEY TO ENSURING SECURITY OF ALL OF US. CONTENT Pages 4-10 Page 11 The current vision of defense reforms in Ukraine is What identifies approaches and priorities for the outlined in strategic defense planning documents that development of Ukraine until 2020: have already been signed by the President: Strategy for Sustainable Development National Security Strategy of Ukraine “Ukraine – 2020” Military Doctrine of Ukraine Page 12 Concept for the Development of the Security and What standards are essential for armed forces of NATO Defense Sector members, how many NATO standards will implament Strategic Defense Bulletin Ukraine by 2020, what is the experience of NATO standarts adoption in other countries: NATO standarts (STANAG) expected outcome of the hardware, able to guarantee national pabilities) and resources of the nation The defense reforms in Ukraine defense and provide an adequate and by 2020. Based on the objectives of the is the establishment of effective, mo- flexible response to military threats to defense reforms, 28 operational objec- bile defense forces and equipped with the national security Ukraine sustain- tives for the reform have been identified modern weapons, military and special ably using the available potential (ca- and split into five strategic directions: Command and Resource planning Gaining operational Integrated logistics Professionalization control of the and management capabilities and medical support of defense forces defense forces system and military reserve READ THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT DEFENSE REFORMS PROGRESS IN UKRAINE: Page 14 Page 17 Page 21 Plan on further support of reforms The job to fight: the army is becoming Ukraine’s first school of sergeants in Ukraine to be approved in Warsaw one of the most attractive Ukrainian complying with NATO standards opened is agreed employers in Kyiv Ukrainian Defense Ministry and NATO Page 18 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine sign agreement on army support saved more than 780 million UAH NATO will include Ukrainian troops thanks to the Prozorro system President approved strategic defense in the Eastern Europe defense system bulletin of Ukraine A mechanism for systemic reforming of Recertification and staff reduction the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been In a two-year term, the Ukrainian Defense by 25% is taking place at the Ministry created Ministry will become a civilian structure of Defense of Ukraine Page 22 Page 15 Oleksandr Vinnikov, Director of the NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine: The plan for reform in the field of military Andriy Zagorodnyuk: ‘We have finally “Our efforts are focused on systemic education comes into effect reached a unified vision of our defense approaches” reforms with NATO Cyber Security Strategy of Ukraine was adopted Jens Stoltenberg: NATO remains firm Page 19 in support for Ukraine’s sovereignty Oleksandr Lytvynenko: "The nature Parliament approved military and territorial integrity of the weapons deployed near the e-procurement system for the period of Ukrainian border is aimed at carrying ATO Page 16 out of the confrontation with NATO member states" Page 23 Great Britain and Ukraine will sign a new defense agreement To date, 1,537 ATO soldiers received Prozorro goes international almost 5 million UAH for performing NATO and Ukraine agreed on the New system of housing support to combat missions Defense Ministry reform plan military personnel 105 NATO-trained instructors from Page 20 Since the beginning of 2016, internal Ukraine to train military personnel auditors of the Ministry of Defense have Armed Forces to receive 6,000 units of at Yavoriv training center prevented the losses and damages in an military equipment and ammunition amount exceeding 22.5 million UAH Page 17 Medical Department of the MOD to receive 16 armored medical evacuation Ministry of Defense of Ukraine continues vehicles by the end of May to work on the new edition of the Military Personnel Policy Concept until 2020 Towards new Armed Forces of Ukraine NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY OF UKRAINE National Security Strategy of Ukraine was developed taking into account the long-term nature of Russian aggression, as well as other fundamental changes in the external and internal environment. Strategy focuses on the implementation of national security priorities set out therein, as well as reforms envisioned in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and the Strategy for Sustainable Development “Ukraine – 2020”. KEY GOALS OF STRATEGY Minimize threats to Ensure peaceful future Ensure the new quality Integrate Ukraine to national sovereignty for economic, social and the European Union and provide conditions humanitarian development and NATO to restore the territorial integrity PRECONDITIONS FOR THE GOALS TO BE ACHIEVED Strengthening of Ukraine Development of the Reform of the national New global positioning of through the sociopolitical new government policy security system and Ukraine in terms of foreign and socioeconomic that will protect national establishment of effective policy development interests of the country security and defense in economic, social, sector humanitarian and other spheres 4 Towards new Armed Forces of Ukraine NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY OF UKRAINE NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY DIRECTIONS Restoration of territorial Establishment of effective Enhancement of defense Reform and development integrity of Ukraine security and defense sector capacity of the state of intelligence, counter- intelligence and law- enforcement agencies Reform of public EU integration Distinctive partnership ENSURING OF: administration system, with NATO new quality of anti- corruption policy foreign policy economic security energy security information security cyber security critical infrastructure environmental security safety 5 Towards new Armed Forces of Ukraine MILITARY DOCTRINE OF UKRAINE Military Doctrine of Ukraine is a system of views on the reasons, essence and nature of the modern military conflicts, principles and ways of their prevention, on preparing the state to a possible military conflict, as well as on the use of military force in order to protect state sovereignty, territorial integrity and other vital national interests. The previous edition was adopted in 2012. The new edition was adopted in 2015 upon occupation of the Crimea and the outbreak of an armed conflict in Ukraine. NEW EDITION OF THE DOCTRINE confirms the states the recognizes states the high abandonment intentions of the Russian possibility of of non-block Ukraine towards Federation as full-scale armed 1 status 2 the Euro-Atlantic 3 military adversary 4 aggression against integration of Ukraine Ukraine GOALS OF THE MILITARY POLICY Repel the armed Increase the defense Implement the EU Develop the defense aggression of the Russian capability at a level Common Security and sector and security system Federation against Ukraine sufficient to prevent Defense Policy to international level that and repel armed would meet the criteria for aggression membership in the EU and NATO MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE MILITARY POLICY Overcome military and Implement a Increase combat and political crisis, eliminate comprehensive reform operational training of illegal armed groups and in the Armed Forces and troops, reform military restore control over the leadership of the defense command and modernize national border sector in accordance military weapons with NATO standards Reinforce national Enhance the system Establish an defense industry of democratic civilian effective strategic complex and reduce its control over the security communications system dependence on and defense sector and within the security and critical imports increase coordination defense sector agencies of its components and develop information policy in the military sphere 6 Towards new Armed Forces of Ukraine MILITARY DOCTRINE OF UKRAINE MAJOR ACTIVITIES improve defense legislation, implement the standards and implement NATO standards ensure its adaptation to experience of NATO member- on budget planning and modern realities and facilitate nationson crisis planning, establish procedures on cooperation between public defense management, military financial support, reserves authorities and security and intelligence, military education, management and countering defense sector logistics and healthcare corruption reform the mobilization modernize weapons and develop Special Operations system, create a single unified military equipment of the Forces of the Armed Forces training system, increase the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of Ukraine in accordance prestige of military service and restore the potential of the with NATO standards military personnel support Navy EXPECTED OUTCOMES Territorial integrity, sovereignty and Full interoperability of the Armed Combat readiness and combat inviolability of Ukraine is restored Forces of Ukraine with the respective service support of the Armed Forces within national borders units of NATO member-nations is of Ukraine are significantly increased achieved