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Ukrainian special forces exit truck before UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter flight during exercise Combined Resolve 14 at Hohenfels, Germany, September 24, 2020

Dec. 22, 2025

A Primer on Ukrainian Special Forces: Beyond Joint

Special operations forces (SOF) are significant contributors to joint warfighting. In Ukraine, this truism is on display through headlines like “Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces Destroy Russian Buk-M3 Surface-to-Air Missile System Worth US$45 Million” and “Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces Kill 21 and Injure 40 North Korean Soldiers in Fierce Battle in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.”

Remains of Antonov An-225 Mriya, world’s largest cargo plane, destroyed during Russian attack on Antonov Airport, Hostomel, Ukraine, in February 2022

Oct. 22, 2024

From Sparta to Hostomel: The Enduring Role of Joint Forcible Entry Operations

With few exceptions since World War II, the U.S. military possessed global access to intermediate staging bases that enabled it to mass combat power in an uncontested manner prior to war.