The decision was supported by 270 deputies, while the required minimum is 226.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed to increase the size of the army to 250,000 people, according to a draft law registered in the Verkhovna Rada on March 2.
The law envisages increasing the size of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to 250,000 people, including 204,000 servicemen.
"The draft law has been developed for legal regulation of the size of Ukraine’s Armed Forces which will ensure the timely deployment of a particular group of forces for deterrence, resistance to armed aggression and liquidation of the armed conflict," the draft law says.
The size of the Ukrainian army at the beginning of 2014 stood at 168,000 people, including 125,000 servicemen, according to the media. At the end of 2014, the number grew to 232,000 people.
In December 2014, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said it is necessary to increase the size of the army to 250,000 people. Poltorak also said that Ukraine’s Defense Ministry plans to call up for military service up to 40,000 people and train 10,500 contract soldiers.
[tass.ru]
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Russland und Nato starten Manöver nahe der Ukraine...
ReplyDeleteDie Waffenruhe in der Ostukraine ist brüchig. Nun hat das russische Militär ein Großmanöver gestartet, in das die Krim einbezogen ist. Zeitgleich sandte auch die Nato eine Flotte ins Schwarze Meer.
Kräftemessen im Schwarzen Meer: Das russische Militär hat ein Großmanöver gestartet, in dem auch die von Moskau annektierte Krim einbezogen ist. Die Flugabwehrübungen mit mehr als 2000 Soldaten würden bis zum 10. April andauern, teilte das Verteidigungsministerium am Donnerstag in Moskau mit.
Die Gefechtsübungen seien vor allem im Süden Russlands sowie im Nordkaukasus-Distrikt geplant. Eingebunden seien neben der Halbinsel Krim auch Militärstützpunkte in Armenien und Georgien.
Zeitgleich startete auch die Nato ein Manöver in der Nähe der Ukraine. Das westliche Militärbündnis sandte eine Flotte ins Schwarze Meer, die mit Schiffen der bulgarischen, rumänischen und türkischen Marine Übungen begann.
Abwehr von Angriffen aus der Luft
Der regulär geplante Einsatz solle eine Botschaft der Beruhigung an die Verbündeten in der Region senden, sagte ein Nato-Sprecher. Geübt werden solle unter anderem die Abwehr von Angriffen aus der Luft sowie durch U-Boote oder kleine Schiffe...............http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article138091945/Russland-und-Nato-starten-Manoever-nahe-der-Ukraine.html
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Russia starts large-scale military exercises in disputed territories...
ReplyDeleteRussia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that large-scale military exercises had started in southern Russia and in disputed territories on Russia's borders.
The exercises involve over 2,000 anti-aircraft troops and 500 items of weaponry and will last until April 10, Interfax news agency reported.
The Defence Ministry said the exercises were taking place in Russia's Southern and North Caucasus Federal Districts, as well as on Russian military bases in Armenia, the Georgian separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Ukraine's Crimea region, which Moscow annexed last year.
They are likely to be viewed in the West as a show of force as relations between Russia and the West are at their most strained since the Cold War because of the Ukraine crisis...............http://www.todayonline.com/world/russia-starts-large-scale-military-exercises-southern-regions-interfax
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Ucrania aumenta de 184.000 a 250.000 el número de efectivos de sus Fuerzas Armadas...
ReplyDeleteLa Rada Suprema (Parlamento ucraniano) ha aprobado una ley que aumenta la plantilla de su Ejército hasta un total de 250.000 efectivos frente a los 184.000, cifra aprobada en 2012........http://mundo.sputniknews.com/europa/20150305/1035116867.html#ixzz3TXb9TuVK
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