The project of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "Contract 18-24" will be expanded to include 11 more brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard. This was reported by Pavlo Palisa, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, UNN reports.
Details
It is noted that the following will join the program:
- 3rd Separate Assault Brigade;
- 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Daniel;
- 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Konstantin Ostrozhsky;
- 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodny Yar";
- 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade;
- 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynskyi;
- 39th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade;
- 25th Separate Sicheslav Airborne Brigade;
- 80th Separate Airborne Assault Galician Brigade.
The following units of the National Guard will also join the program:
- 12th Special Purpose Brigade "Azov";
- 13th Operational Brigade "Khartia".
Recall
The government has expanded the "Contract 18-24" initiative: soldiers under the age of 25 who voluntarily joined the Armed Forces after February 24, 2022 will receive a payment of UAH 1 million under certain conditions.