President approves the decision to create Unmanned Systems Forces within the Armed Forces of Ukraine

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a decree approving the decision of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) to establish the Unmanned Systems Forces within the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The relevant Decree No. 382/2024 was published on the President’s website.

In accordance with Article 107 of the Constitution of Ukraine, the President decided to enact the NSDC decision of June 25, «On the establishment of the Unmanned Systems Forces as a separate type of force within the Armed Forces of Ukraine.» The Secretary of the NSDC is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the decision.

The decree comes into force on the day of its publication.

The NSDC decision supported the proposal submitted by the Cabinet of Ministers to create the Unmanned Systems Forces as a separate type of force within the Armed Forces. The government was instructed to submit relevant proposals for the creation of the Unmanned Systems Forces to the Verkhovna Rada within one month.

As a reminder, on February 6, Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree providing for the creation of the Unmanned Systems Forces as a separate branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Unmanned Systems Forces were created on May 7. The Cabinet of Ministers supported the draft presidential decree on the creation of this type of troops. On June 10, Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi was appointed commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The symbol of the new type of troops is a swallow created by a neural network.