Department of Engineering Support

Colonel Mykola PIDHORODETSKYI
Chief of the department
Candidate of military sciences (PhD), Associate ProfessorColonel
Mykola PIDHORODETSKYI

The Department of Engineering Support of the Institute of Logistics and Support of Troops (Forces) of the National Defense University of Ukraine was created according to the directive of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on March 1, 2023, based on the Department of Operational and Combat Support.

History of the department

The training of officers of the operational and strategic level of education began on March 1, 1994, when the Department of Engineering Support of the Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Kyiv) was formed by order of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, which was reformed into the National Defense Academy of Ukraine on April 17, 1999 ( hereinafter - NAOU), and later from February 2010 - to the National University of Defense of Ukraine.

The Department of Engineering Support of the Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, later NAOU, was appointed to train trainees of the operational-tactical (until 1998 – general military specialists) and operational-strategic levels on the organization of engineering support in combat and operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, their associations, connections and parts.

The first head of the Department of Engineering Support was Colonel Ihor Mezentsev (since October 18, 1993). Since 1996, as a result of the reforms, a unified department of combat support was created, which included professors and teaching staff of the departments of engineering support and RHC of defense. In August 1998, a separate department of engineering support of NAAU was created again.

After staying from September 2007 to February 2010 as a part of the Department of Combat Operational Support of the National Academy of Sciences, and from February 2010, the department once again acquired the status of a separate department of engineering support, which was structurally part of the Institute of Operational Support and Logistics within the National Academy of Sciences. In 2013, the department was again reformed into the Department of Operational and Combat Support of the Institute of Operational Support and Logistics as part of the NUOU, which existed in this format until March 2023.

About the department

The Department of Engineering Support is one of the basic structural subdivisions of the Institute of Logistics and Support of Troops (Forces) of the National Defense University of Ukraine. - a technical base capable of providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other components of the security and defense sector of Ukraine with highly professional specialists, leading officers.

Scientific and pedagogical staff of the department have experience of participating in hostilities and international peacekeeping operations.

For the personal courage and heroism shown in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, selfless service to the Ukrainian people, most of the officers and graduates of the department were awarded state awards, including the orders of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, "For Courage", "Danilo Halytskyi".

Among the graduates of the department, many have been awarded for dedication and bravery during the performance of official duties, and two of them were awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Golden Star order:

  • Colonel Dykyi Denis Leonidovych - Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 94/2022;
  • Lieutenant Colonel Serhii Burkovskiy - Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 179/2022.

Educational and methodical work

In accordance with the system of training specialists at the National Defense University of Ukraine, the department trains officers in specialty 254 "Support of troops (forces)" and specialization "Organization of engineering support for combat operations of troops (forces)".

The department participates in the training of specialists in the following specialties:

  • 256 "National security (by separate spheres of provision and types of activities)";
  • 253 "Military administration (by types of armed forces)";
  • 011 "Educational and pedagogical sciences";
  • 017 "Physical culture and sports".

The department also participates in the training of specialists at the command and staff course (L-2), the course of operational level officers (L-3) and the course of senior management (L-4); in the training of cadets in the specialty 017 "Physical culture and sports".

Scientific and pedagogical staff of the department are able to conduct classes in foreign languages.

The department teaches disciplines:

  • "Use of defense forces",
  • "Fundamentals of the use of security forces of Ukraine",
  • "Fundamentals of operational art and components of defense forces",
  • "Combined operations",
  • "Operational planning",
  • "Planning and conducting operations",
  • "Organization of engineering support of troops (forces) in operations",
  • "Engineering support for the use of troops (forces)",
  • "Tactics of military units (units) of engineering troops",
  • "Assessment of the effectiveness of engineering support",
  • "Research methods of engineering support of troops (forces)",
  • "Mine safety",
  • "Engineering support".

The presence of a scientific school of department allows to qualitatively solve scientific tasks, to respond in a timely manner to changes in conditions and factors that affect the effectiveness of engineering support for operations (combat operations).