Signal Troops Day (Ukrainian: “Day of Viysk Zvyazku”) is annually celebrated in Ukraine on August 8 according to Presidential Decree No. 154/2000 of February 1, 2000, “taking into account the merits of the Signal Troops in strengthening the defense capability of the state.”
Military communications are an integral part of command and control of the Armed Forces, its technical basis. The beginning of a glorious history, and then the prerequisite for the establishment of the holiday, was the fact that on August 8, 1920 in Kiev, on the basis of the former Konstantinovsky cadet military school, the training of signalmen began at the second Kiev military engineering courses.
The signal troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine originate from the signal troops of the army of the Soviet Union. In January 1992, the Main Directorate of Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was established, which began the formation of the signal troops of an independent state. During the existence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a single system has been created from disparate communication systems.
Traditionally, on their professional holiday, all employees and servicemen of the Signal Corps of Ukraine receive congratulations from the leadership, and the most distinguished ones are awarded state awards, extraordinary military ranks and thanks from the command.