Service benefits
Learn about opportunities for professional development, training, social protection and other advantages of service.
Why choose military service
Military service offers broad opportunities for career growth to volunteers who sign a contract.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine give you a real chance to prove yourself, gain a profession, become a leader and part of a professional combat team.
Benefits of serving in the Land Forces
- A wide choice of specialties and duty locations.
- Stable financial support.
- Career growth and professional training.
- Strong combat brotherhood and mutual support.
- Modern military equipment and weapons.
- Social guarantees and benefits.
- High-quality training.
- Full material support.
Stable financial and material support
- Pay for the position starting from 20,000 UAH (from 25,000 UAH for officers) plus additional remuneration of 30, 50, 70 or 100 thousand UAH while performing combat missions.
- A one-time payment when signing the first contract — 8–10 subsistence minimums.
- Comfortable uniforms for all seasons and full equipment.
- Free, balanced meals.
Career growth and high-quality training
The Land Forces need specialists in many different fields: from riflemen and drivers to analysts and IT professionals.
Positions are available both in the combat zone and in the rear.
From 2025, basic military training for recruits lasts 51 days.
Specialized training for a given specialty lasts from 14 to 40 days.
- Leadership courses for NCOs.
- Opportunity to study at a military higher education institution or complete officer courses (for those who already have a civilian degree).
- Specialized training to gain new military specialties.
- Advanced training courses, including programs in NATO countries.
- Ability to choose your specialty and place of service via a single Land Forces recruitment center.
Social protection of service members
- State insurance of life and health.
- Free treatment in military and civilian healthcare facilities.
- Right to service housing and financial assistance for renting housing.
- Annual financial assistance for health improvement.
- Assistance for solving social and everyday issues.
- Sanatorium and rehabilitation treatment funded by the state.
- Benefits for service members with combatant status.
- Pension based on length of service — 50–70% of average financial support.
Master next-generation combat systems
The Land Forces are building a technological army capable of responding to modern challenges.
Military units are being modernized thanks to allies, transitioning to Western-standard equipment.
- Leopard and Abrams tanks.
- Bradley IFVs.
- Krab and Caesar self-propelled artillery systems.
- HIMARS systems.
- ATACMS missiles.
- Delta situational awareness system.
- Kropyva battle management system.
- Unmanned aerial vehicles and ground robotic platforms.
CONTRACT SERVICE — YOUR DECISION, YOUR STRENGTH!