Office of the President toldthat Galushkin is an “experienced combat general” who took part in the international peacekeeping operation in Kosovo in 2001-2002, and since 2014 took part in the anti-terrorist operation (later – the Joint Forces operation) in Donbass.
“From June 2014 to January 2015, he served as commander of the Highly Mobile Airborne Forces, which at that time were part of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces. After the Highly Mobile Airborne Forces became a separate branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Galushkin was appointed Deputy Commander. Since December In 2019, he served as the chief inspector of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and since mid-2020 – the deputy chief inspector, “the OP noted.
Galushkin has a number of state awards, in particular the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, II and III degrees.
The press service of the Ukrainian president recalled that from January 1, 2022, the law of Ukraine “On the Foundations of National Resistance” is being enacted, according to which the leading role in organizing and fulfilling the tasks of the territorial defense of Ukraine belongs to the territorial defense forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
July 16, the Verkhovna Rada in the second reading and in general approved the bills of Zelensky on national resistance and an increase in the number of the Armed Forces by 15 thousand people (up to 261 thousand), including military personnel – by 11 thousand (up to 215 thousand), of which 10 thousand – for the territorial defense troops and 1 thousand – for the Special Operations Forces. Zelensky signed them on July 29.
According to the law, the components of national resistance are territorial defense, resistance movement and preparation of Ukrainian citizens for national resistance.
Due to the threat of the invasion of Russian troops in the NSDC of Ukraine they called accelerate the formation of the territorial defense forces in accordance with the law “On the Foundations of National Resistance”.
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