Officers, sergeants, and non-commissioned officers serving under a contract will be required to speak English to apply for certain positions.
The government has adopted a corresponding resolution, the Ministry of Defense reports.
First of all, we are talking about management positions in the following structures:
- Ministry of Defense of Ukraine;
- Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense;
- State Special Transport Service;
- State Security Department;
- Security Service of Ukraine;
- Foreign intelligence services;
- State Special Communications Service;
- State Border Service;
- National Guard.
The document establishes a specific list of positions and required language proficiency levels according to the Pan-European recommendations and the NATO standard STANAG 6001.
The Ministry of Defense believes that this decision will have a positive impact on the professional activities of military personnel of the officer, sergeant, and warrant officer ranks. It will also improve the professional interaction of military personnel in international military-technical cooperation events and bring Ukraine closer to membership in the EU and NATO.
The implementation of language requirements will take place in accordance with the Law “On the Use of the English Language in Ukraine.” The resolution will come into force four years after the termination or lifting of martial law.
- In June of this year, the president signed Bill No. 9432 on the Use of English in Ukraine. The law establishes the status of English as one of the languages of international communication in Ukraine, and also defines the list of officials who are required to speak English.
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