The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading draft law No. 13255, which provides for the creation of a separate branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — the Space Forces.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading draft law No. 13255, which provides for the creation of a separate branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — the Space Forces.
This decision was supported by 252 people’s deputies during today’s vote.
The essence of the bill is to amend Article 3 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Armed Forces of Ukraine”. It is proposed to add the Space Forces to the list of types of armed forces, along with the Ground Forces, Air Force, and Navy.
At the same time, the draft law itself does not contain data on the tasks, numbers, and procedure for recruiting the new type of troops.
As dev.ua reported, last year, VRU deputy Fedir Venislavskyi registered a bill on the creation of the Space Forces. At that time, it was supported by the Ministry of Defense.
Subsequently, Venislavsky promised that the satellites could be transferred to the Space Forces of Ukraine by the end of last year.
In turn, the government published the program of activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which provides for a number of tasks for the Ministry of Defense. One of them is to create the Space Forces by December 31, 2025, which, apparently, was not fulfilled.
