Today, over 2,200 employees of SFE “Forests of Ukraine” are at the front. They are serving in almost 100 combat brigades across various units.

The Union of Forestry Warriors of Ukraine keeps in touch with the majority of them, identifying their needs and providing support.

“We have decided that official representatives of the Union should be present in every brigade where forestry warriors are serving. This will improve coordination and feedback with the mobilized foresters,” said Volodymyr Kovalchuk, Head of the Union of Forestry Warriors.

According to him, a series of meetings with mobilized employees of SFE “Forests of Ukraine” in frontline regions is planned.

The first representatives have already been selected:

Volodymyr Schneider, a mobilized forest master of the Klenivske Forestry Management Subunit of the Zviahelske Management Unit. A volunteer since the first days of the full‑scale war, he is currently serving as a UAV operator in the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozkyi.

Dmytro Khomyn, a forest master at the Skhidnytske Forestry Management Subunit of the Drohobytske Management Unit, joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the first days of the full‑scale invasion. He serves as a gunner in the 80th Separate Air Assault Halychyna Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces.

Oleh Zablotskyi – prior to mobilization, served as a Forest Protection Engineer at the Ovrutske Forestry Management Unit; since March 2022, he has been serving in the 3rd Separate Iron Tank Brigade as commander of the UAS detachment.

Yurii Rochev – a volunteer; prior to mobilization, he served as the Electronic Timber Accounting Administrator at the Shepetivske Forestry Management Unit. He currently commands a squad detachment in the 88th Separate Battalion of the 106th Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.