Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
Unit Base # Location
Headquarters 1st Airmobile Division А0220 Bolhrad
25th Airborne Brigade А1126 Hvardiyske ( Dnipropetrovsk Region )
45th Airmobile Brigade А1533 Bolhrad
27th Mechanized Brigade А0664 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
91st Artillery Regiment А0242 Veseliy Kut
95th Airmobile Brigade А0281 Zhytomyr
79th Airmobile Regiment А0224 Mykolaiv
80th Airmobile Regiment А0284 Lviv
Structure -- 2001
Command25th Airborne45th AirAssault46th AirAssault79th AirAssault80th AirAssault81st Airmobile95th AirAssault Location of Ukrainian Air Assault Forces units In 2001 the Airmobile Force consisted of : [ 14 ]
The Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, abbreviated DShV (from Desantno-shturmovi viyska Ukrayiny, Ukrainian: Десантно-штурмові війська України, ДШВ; Air-Assault Forces of Ukraine), are a branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The air assault forces field high-readiness ground units without air-assets. The air assault forces are in constant combat readiness and are the high mobility branch of the armed forces. They are considered the elite of Ukraine's armed forces.