skoropadskyi begins the formation of the ukrainian fleet, as it was called, after the capture of crimeahe black sea fleet to the ukrainian flag , marine units also begin to form, this happens on may 23, 1918, well and actually speaking, looking ahead, now it is again a holiday of the marines of ukraine. glory to ukraine! i congratulate you on the day of the marine corps of ukraine. of course, prominent figures appear, names that we remember now, and who are present as honorary titles in marine corps brigades. it. and rear admiral bilinsky , and rear admiral, a representative of the noble ukrainian family ostrogradsky, and when the armed forces of ukraine were formed already after the declaration of independence, of course they were formed on the basis of the existing units of the marines, of the soviet union, stationed in our country mainly in the crimea and partly in the coastal part of ukraine , there in odesa region, there were really very patriotic ukrainian cadres, there were officers. there was mr. voloshyn, who, in fact, was one of the initiators transition of the soviet marines