[10وكان هيكل القوات البرية الأوكراني في نهاية عام 2009 :* أوامر تنفيذية—2؛* المديرية الإقليمية—1 ؛* فيلق الجيش—3؛* ألوية—17 (الميكانيكية—8 المدرعة—2، Airmobile—2، المحمولة جوا—1، المدفعية—3، الصواريخ—1)؛* أفواج—23 (الميكانيكية—1، Airmobile—1، والمدفعية على رد الفعل—3، الدفاع الجوي—3، للأغراض الخاصة—2، وجيش الطيران—2، إشارة—4، والمهندس—4، والحرب الإلكترونية—1 والإشعاعية والكيميائية، والدفاع البيولوجي—1، الخاص—1)؛* مراكز التدريب—1...* Ground Force Command*** 25th Airborne Brigade (Cherkaske)*** 79th Airmobile Brigade*** 28th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Chornomorske)*** 92nd Guards Mechanized Brigade (Chuhuiv)*** 17th Guards Armored Brigade (Kryvyi Rih)*** 55th Artillery Brigade*** Corps Units** 8th Army Corps (Zhytomyr)*** 1st Armored Brigade (Honcharivske)*** 30th Mechanized Brigade (Novohrad-Volynskyi)*** 72nd Mechanized Brigade (Bila Tserkva)*** 95th Airmobile Brigade (Zhytomyr)*** 26th Artillery Brigade (Berdychiv)*** 3rd Army Aviation Regiment (Brody)*** Corps Units** 13th Army Corps (Rivne) (former Soviet 13th Army)*** 24th Mechanized Brigade (Yavoriv)*** 128th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Mukacheve)*** 11th Artillery Brigade (Ternopil)*** 7th Army Aviation Regiment (Novyi Kalyniv)** Western Operational Command (former Soviet Carpathian Military District)** Southern Operational Command (former Soviet Odessa Military District)** Territorial Directorate "North"** Military University (Lviv)** 19th Rocket Brigade** other various Ground Force Command Support Units* 73,300 Personnel* 735 Tanks* 2,155 Armoured Combat Vehicles* 72 Combat Helicopters* 892 Artillery SystemsTanks*T-84 Oplot*T-80UD (Ukrainian diesel version)*T-72 - 1,302 (not used, in reserve)*T-64 - 2,281 (786 T-64B, T-64BV, T-64BM "Bulat" in service)**T-64BM "Bulat" (Ukrainian version)- 56APC's and IFV's*BMP-1 (some upgraded with Shkval turret) - 1,008*BMP-2 - 1,434*BMP-3 - 4 (not used, in reserve)*BTR-60 - 176*BTR-70 (some upgraded with diesel engine) - 1,026*BTR-80 - 456*BTR-94 Modified version of BTR-80 with ZU-23-2 23mm gun and coaxial PKT machinegun.
==Structure==Structure of Ukrainian Ground Forces at the end of 2011 was:* Land Forces Command** Western Operational Command, (former Soviet Carpathian Military District)** Southern Operational Command, Odessa (former Soviet Odessa Military District)** Territorial Directorate "North", Chernihiv (former Soviet Kiev Military District, Ukrainian Northern Territorial Operational Command)** Units of direct subordination*** 1004th Separate Company of Security and Support of the Land Forces HQ*** 3rd Separate Regiment of Special Assignment*** 8th Separate Regiment of Special Assignment*** 79th Airmobile Brigade*** 19th Rocket Brigade*** 169 Training Center "Desna"*** Military Music Center** Presidential units of direct subordination*** 1st Separate Regiment of the President of Ukraine** General staff units of direct subordination*** 101st Separate Brigade of the General Staff security*** 30th Automobile base of the General Staff*** 70th Automobile base of the Ministry of Defense*** 1st Field Proskuriv Communication Center*** 70th Communication Center*** 12th Separate Battalion of the Military Police** 6th Army Corps, Dnipropetrovsk (Units based in the area of the Southern Operational Command)*** 17th Tank Brigade, Kryvyi Rih*** 25th Airborne Brigade, Cherkaske*** 28th Guards Mechanised Brigade, Chornomorske*** 92nd Guards Mechanised Brigade, Chuhuiv*** 93rd Guards Mechanised Brigade, Cherkaske*** 55th Artillery Brigade*** Corps Units** 8th Army Corps, Zhytomyr (Units based in the area of the Territorial Directorate "North")*** 1st Tank Brigade, Honcharivske*** 30th Mechanized Brigade, Novohrad-Volynskyi*** 72nd Mechanized Brigade, Bila Tserkva*** 95th Airmobile Brigade, Zhytomyr*** 26th Artillery Brigade, Berdychiv*** 3rd Army Aviation Regiment, Brody*** Corps Units** 13th Army Corps, Rivne (former Soviet 13th Army) (Units based in the area of the Western Operational Command)*** 24th Mechanized Brigade, Yavoriv*** 51st Mechanized Brigade, Volodymyr-Volynskyi*** 128th Guards Mechanized Brigade, Mukacheve*** 11th Artillery Brigade, Ternopil*** 7th Army Aviation Regiment, Novyi Kalyniv===Strength (2012) ===* 57,000 Personnel (+ 6,100 in air-mobile forces) OUTDATED* 686 Tanks (+ 41 in Navy)* 2,065 (+ 310 in air-mobile forces and 160 in Navy) Armoured Combat Vehicles* 72 Combat Helicopters* 716 (+ 47 in Navy) Artillery Systems==Military ranks==As a non-member state, NATO rank codes are not used in Ukraine, they are presented here for reference purposes only<noinclude>==Equipment====Deployment outside of Ukraine=====Iraq===From 2003-2005 over 1,700 Ukrainian soldiers were deployed to Iraq, the third largest contingent at the time, they were designated to the 5th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine), as in Ukraine's mission to Kosovo the troops deployed were contract soldiers and not conscripts.