Collection: AIR ASSAULT FORCES

The Ukrainian Air Assault Forces (Ukrainian: Десáнтно-штурмові́ військá Украї́ни, lit. 'Air-assault forces of Ukraine', or ДШВ, DShV), known until 2017 as the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces (Ukrainian: Високомобі́льні десáнтні військá Украї́ни, lit. 'High-mobility airborne forces of Ukraine', ВДВ, VDV),^[6] are the airborne forces of Ukraine. They formed in 1992 and were part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces until 2016, when they separated to become one of five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Air Assault Forces are in constant combat readiness and are the high-mobility branch of the military, responsible for air assaults and military parachuting operations. Before the Russo-Ukrainian War they were also the main forces sent by Ukraine to peacekeeping missions around the world.^[7] They are considered the elite of Ukraine's armed forces