Ukraine will operate a fully professional army by 2015, according to the country’s defence ministry.
Personnel policy department head Major General Serhiy Kropyvchenko said the full transition of the Ukrainian military forces from a mixed recruiting system to a new model based solely on contracted service will be complete by 2015, according to RIA Novosti.
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Currently, 52% of soldiers operating in the country’s 200,000-men armed forces are professional.
The Ukrainian military also serves under Nato command in Iraq, Afghanistan and in Operation Active Endeavour in the Mediterranean.
