Ministry of Defence (Ukraine)

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Міністерство Oборони України
Emblem of the ministry
Flag of the Ministry of Defence
Ministry overview
Formed	24 September 1991[1][2]
Preceding Ministry	Committee of Military Affairs[3]
Jurisdiction	Government of Ukraine
Headquarters	6, Povitroflotskyi Ave., Kyiv[4]
Minister responsible	Rustem Umerov, Minister of Defence
Child agencies	Intelligence Directorate National University of Defense
Website	mil.gov.ua

The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство оборони України, romanized: Ministerstvo oborony Ukrainy) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees national defence and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The head of the ministry is the Minister of Defence. The President of Ukraine is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The ministry was established in Ukraine on 24 September 1991,^[1][2] one month after Ukraine's declaration of independence resolution. The ministry was put in charge of all Soviet military forces reorganization on the territory of Ukrainian jurisdiction.^[1][5] In 1994, Ukraine voluntarily gave up all nuclear weapons. The ministry spent significant funds eliminating nuclear weapons, military bases and equipment to meet Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe requirements.

In 2022 it was planned to provide 5% of Ukraine's GDP for the needs of the Ministry of Defence. In July 2022, amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine stated that it spends a years' budget of the ministry every month of the war with Russia.^[6]