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Ground Forces Day

Ground Forces Day is held on December 12. Ukraine. This event in the second decade of the month December is annual. Help us Help us 
12 December - Ground Forces Day
After the dissolution of 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. Since the start of the war in Donbas in April 2014 in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine embarked on a program to enlarge and modernize its Armed Forces. Its size of 129,950 in March 2014 had grown to 204,000 active personnel in May 2015, with the Ground Forces branch having 169,000 soldiers as of 2016. In 2016, 75% of the army consisted of contract servicemen. Ukraine's ground forces have also received more modern tanks, APCs, and many other types of combat equipment.
On 24 February 2022, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Ground Forces have been participants of most of the land combat actions of the current war. The influx of Western materiel and supplies to the branch before and during the conflict as well as mobilization efforts have resulted in a massive expansion of the force, in addition to ongoing force modernization.

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