This is stated in the message of the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

As noted, the first task under the auspices of the United Nations for the restoration of peace our soldiers carried out in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.

To date, 448 Armed Forces personnel have participated in nine international peacekeeping and security operations in seven countries and the Abyei region under the leadership of the UN, NATO and as part of joint peacekeeping forces in the Transnistrian region of Moldova.

At the same time, Ukrainian servicemen continue to fulfill peacefully their peacekeeping tasks.

In turn, the head of the Communications and Press Department of the Defense Ministry Oksana Gavrilyuk stressed that the international day of peacekeepers is celebrated by the UN annually on May 29.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform," the Ukrainian armed forces will receive about 60 modernized aircraft for different purposes.