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Ukraine's parliament advances bill to make Space Forces a military branch
The bill would add Space Forces to Ukraine's military structure, with the stated aim of acquiring capabilities to counter threats of aggression from outer space.
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada adopted draft law No. 13255 in first reading, as a basis. The parliament announced the vote Nov. 9, 2026. The bill would amend Article 3 of the Law “On the Armed Forces of Ukraine” to add Space Forces as a new branch.1
Space Forces as a new branch
The bill proposes amending Article 3 of the Law 'On the Armed Forces of Ukraine'
The Verkhovna Rada adopted in first reading, as a basis, draft law Reg. No. 13255 amending the Law 'On the Armed Forces of Ukraine'; the Rada press service published the summary on 09 November 2026.
The bill proposes amending Article 3 of the Law 'On the Armed Forces of Ukraine' to add the Space Forces as a new branch.
Source: Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 09 November 2026
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The bill's explanatory note sets out the goal of establishing a legislative framework for creating and operating the branch. It says the branch would enable Ukraine to acquire organizational, legal, institutional and military-technical capabilities to counter threats of aggression from outer space posed by Russia or any other potential adversary.1
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- Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine: Adopts in the First Reading the Draft Law Amending the Law of Ukraine "On the Armed Forces of Ukraine" (Reg. No. 13255) www.rada.gov.ua