THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE. 1. What do you understand by the term “armed forces”?

1.s	Try to answer these questions before reading the text

 

1. What do you understand by the term “armed forces”?

2. What do you know about the organization of the armed forces?

3. What are the tasks of the armed forces?

4. What do you know about the Armed Forces of Ukraine?

 

2.

In this exercise we’ll concentrate on the words and word combinations to be sure you know what they mean

armed forces – the military forces of a nation or nations, including the army, navy, air force, marines, etc;

defence – resistance against danger, attack, or harm; protection;

sovereignty – supreme and unrestricted power, as of a state; an independent state;

integrity – the state of being whole and not divided;

inviolable – that must be respected and not attacked or destroyed;

compatibility – the ability of people to work together without problems;

instability - lack of stability or steadiness

security – the activities involved in protecting a country, building or person against attack, danger, etc.;

diplomacy – the conduct of the relations of one state with another by peaceful means;

peacemaking – the maintenance of peace, esp. the prevention of further fighting between hostile forces in an area

natural disaster – an unexpected event, such as a flood or a fire, that kills a lot of people or causes a lot of damage;

terrorism – the use of violent action in order to achieve political aims or to force a government to act;

weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons that can cause indiscriminate death or injury on a large scale (Abbreviation: WMD).

3.

Read the text and translate into Ukrainian