Ukrainian Military Police
Військова служба правопорядку
Military Police branch insignia
ActiveMay 19, 2002
CountryUkraine
TypeMilitary Police
Size1,753 (2005)
AnniversariesMay 19
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Igor Leonidovich Krishtoon[1]
Insignia
Sleeve Patch
Collar insignia

The Ukrainian Military Law-Enforcement Service (VSP) (Ukrainian: Військова служба правопорядку у Збройних Силах України (ВСП)) is the military police of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[2] It was formed on May 19, 2002.[1]

History

International missions

Iraq (2003–2005)

Members of the VSP were assigned to each of the four Ukrainian contingents, while they were stationed in the province of Wasit, Iraq.[1]

Structure

Main Directorate of the Military Police (MU А0880), Kyiv

  • Counterincursion and Counterterror Department (Відділ протидії диверсіям та терористичним актам)

directly reporting:

  • 93rd MP Battalion (MU А2424), Kyiv
  • 138th Special Purpose Center (Counterincursion and Counterterror) 'Knyaz Vladimir Svyatoslavich' (MU А0952), Vasylkiv, Kyiv Oblast
  • 307th Disciplinary Battalion of the VPS (MU А0488), Kyiv
  • 25th Military Police Training Center (MU А1666), Lviv, Lviv Oblast

Territorial forces:

Central Directorate (direct responsibility over Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast) (MU А2100), Kyiv

  • Bila Tserkva Zonal Office, Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast
  • Zhytomyr Zonal Unit (AOR: Zhytomyr Oblast), Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast
    • Novohrad-Volynsky Office
  • Poltava Zonal Unit (AOR: Poltava and Sumy Oblasts), Poltava, Poltava Oblast
    • Sumy Zonal Office
    • Konotop MP Battalion
  • Cherkasy Zonal Unit (AOR: Cherkasy Oblast), Cherkasy, Cherkasy Oblast
    • Uman MP Group Uman, Cherkasy Oblast
  • Chernihiv Zonal Unit (AOR: Chernihiv Oblast), Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast

Western Territorial Directorate (direct responsibility over Lviv Oblast) (MU А0583), Lviv, Lviv Oblast

  • Special Purpose Unit
  • Yavoriv Zonal Office
  • 3rd Special Unit (MU А2736), Lviv, Lviv Oblast
  • Rivne Zonal Unit (AOR: Rivne and Volyn Oblasts), Rivne, Rivne Oblast
    • Volodymyr-Volynskyi Zonal Office
  • Ternopil Zonal Unit (AOR: Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblasts), Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast
    • Ivano-Frankivsk Zonal Office
  • Uzhhorod Zonal Unit (AOR: Zakarpattia Oblast), Uzhhorod
    • Mukachevo Zonal Office
  • Khmelnytskyi Zonal Unit (AOR: Khmelnytskyi Oblast), Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Southern Territorial Directorate (direct responsibility over Odesa Oblast) (MU А1495), Odesa, Odesa Oblast

  • Special Purpose Unit
  • Ukrainian Military Law-Enforcement Service Office Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
  • Vinnytsia Zonal Unit (AOR: Vinnytsia Oblast), Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast
    • Special Purpose Office
  • Mykolaiv Zonal Unit (AOR: Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad Oblast), Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast
    • Kirovohrad Zonal Office
  • Kherson Zonal Unit (AOR: Kherson Oblast), Kherson, Kherson Oblast

Eastern Territorial Directorate (direct responsibility over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) (MU А2256), Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

  • Kryvyi Rih Zonal Office
  • VSP Office Cherkasy
  • Special Unit 'Sarmat' (MU А2176), Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
  • Donetsk Zonal Unit (AOR: Donetsk Oblast), Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast
  • Zaporizhzhia Zonal Unit (AOR: Zaporizhzhia Oblast), Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
  • Luhansk Zonal Unit (AOR: Luhansk Oblast), Severodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast
  • Kharkiv Zonal Unit (AOR: Kharkiv Oblast), Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
    • Chuhuiv Office

See also

References

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