Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada adopted bill No. 13255 as a basis in its first reading on 9 November 2026, according to Oboronka/Mezha, which attributed the announcement to parliament.
The outlet said the bill is intended to create the legal basis for the formation and functioning of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Space Forces. Its reported legislative mechanism is an amendment to Article 3 of the law on the Armed Forces of Ukraine that would add Space Forces to the list of service branches.
The first-reading vote does not, by itself, establish a fielded force, force size, funding, procurement programme, launch contracts or operational readiness. Oboronka/Mezha’s report does not provide evidence that those elements have been approved or implemented.
Oboronka/Mezha also referred to an earlier statement attributed to MP Fedir Venislavskyi, who said full deployment could take three to five years. That is an attributed estimate rather than a statutory timetable or guaranteed outcome under bill No. 13255. The outlet linked that earlier account to discussion of a domestic satellite constellation and independent communications and intelligence data; it did not establish that these capabilities have been funded, procured or fielded.
Source: Oboronka/Mezha, published 9 November 2026, 14:24 +0200.