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Militarnyi
Type of site
information portal
Available inUkrainian
English
Founded20.02.2009
OwnerNGO “Ukrainian Military Center”
Founder(s)Taras Chmut, Oleksandr Argat
URLhttps://mil.in.ua/en/

Militarnyi (Ukrainian: Мілітарний MIL.IN.UA, until 2021 - Ukrainian Military Portal) is a Ukrainian online military media outlet that has been operating since 2009. The main content is news about the security forces, military operations and the military industry in Ukraine and the world.

The media team created the NGO Ukrainian Military Center ("Український мілітарний центр") in 2017.

History

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In October 2008, journalist Oleksandr Argat and schoolboy Taras Chmut created a thematic group on VKontakte dedicated to military topics called “Українська мілітарія”.[1]. In a few months, they decided to create the first website in Ukraine to popularize the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as to cover and discuss problems in the Armed Forces. The site was called the Ukrainian Military Portal, and was designed and programmed by Roman Sukhan. The portal had three components: background information, a news feed, and a thematic forum.[2]

The first news on the Ukrainian Military Portal was published on February 20, 2009[3] The project was run on a volunteer basis: a dozen authors contributed in their free time after work and school. However, it was the forum and discussions between military personnel and enthusiasts that became the main component of the portal, as there was little content on the site due to the small number of events and topics for materials at that time.

The Russian-Ukrainian war

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A new stage of the portal's development began after the outbreak of the war with Russia in 2014. The MIL.IN.UA team founded the volunteer initiative “Military Assistance”, which delivered the first parcel to the soldiers of the 8th Separate Special Purpose Regiment on June 8, 2014.[4] Assistance to various units continued until the end of 2018, with reports on funds raised and spent published on the portal[5].

In 2015, the editor-in-chief Taras Chmut and editor Mykhailo Luksikov joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the site was managed by moderators who were selected from among the forum's regular visitors.

In February 2016, 7 volunteer organizations (including Militarna Dopomoga) initiated the resignation of the then Commander of the Ukrainian Navy Serhiy Haiduk.[6] This was one of the reasons why the President of Ukraine dismissed Haiduk.[7]

During 2014-2016, the portal, as a media outlet, was not active and was updated on an ad hoc basis. One of the attempts to intensify the portal's work in this direction took place in the summer of 2016. Back then, the site received a new design and migrated from Joomla CMS to Wordpress. The second version of the site was also created by Roman Sukhan. However, after the restart, the team disagreed on the future format of the content, which led to a long pause in the work of MIL.IN.UA..[citation needed]

After Taras Chmut returned from military service, the team began discussing the possibility of resuming the portal's work as a media outlet. Roman Sukhan transferred the rights to the site to him. After completing his service, Mykhailo Luksikov started working as a permanent editor and administrator of Militarnyi. Since 2017, MIL.IN.UA's work has been systematic.

In December 2017, the team registered the NGO “Ukrainian Military Center”[8].

In the spring of 2018, Taras Chmut and Oleksandr Argat recorded the first video episodes of 4-5-0, a live discussion of the week's top news stories. Journalist Bohdan Butkevych suggested that they implement the project as a column on the Espresso channel. The project was broadcast on the channel every Saturday during the summer of 2018.[9].

In October 2018, the Ukrainian Military Portal became a media partner of the "Arms and Security" and "Aviasvit-XXI exhibitions".[10].

In November 2018, 5 Kanal launched the Defense Line project by the Military team.[11]. A total of 10 issues of the program were released.

In the spring of 2019, the portal announced a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to update the site. The identity was updated. With the money raised, a completely new website was created, which retained the publications from previous years[12]. The portal has a blogs section that brings together dozens of independent authors[13].

In December 2019, Taras Chmut and Oleksandr Argat began producing a military podcast (originally called Militarist). Since the fall of 2020, the podcast has been available in video format[14].

On May 6, 2021, the portal changed its name to Militarnyi[15].

In 2022, TV journalist Kateryna Suprun joined the portal's team and began actively developing the portal's video content. The Militarny YouTube channel has more than 150 thousand subscribers.[16] The channel publishes a daily project called “Militarnyi Dopomohy”, weekly streams called “Militarnyi Sumytsi”, as well as the projects “Militarnyi Podcast” and “TO ARMS”.

In 2022-2023, Militarny created English, Polish and Spanish versions of the portal. According to analytics, 2/3 of the portal's audience is in foreign languages[17].

In February 2024, Militarny announced the start of fundraising for 100 combat units for FPV dronesas part of a joint project of the Come Back Alive Foundation and OKKO filling stations chain called Eye for Eye 3. Thanks to donations from subscribers, more than UAH 1 million was raised, which is the equivalent of 200 combat units.[18]

Financing

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The Ukrainian military portal finances its activities by raising funds from its audience. The portal mobilizes one-time donations to card accounts and develops a community of patrons on the crowdfunding platform Patreon (as of July 2023, the portal is supported by more than 700 people with close to $4000). The portal also hosts advertising from Google.

Commercial placement is possible on the portal, provided that it is clearly labeled “for advertising purposes only.” The portal team also provides defense companies with services such as video production.

The funds raised and earned are used to remunerate editors and maintain the website's infrastructure.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Miroshnichenko, Bohdan (July 21, 2023). "MAKING THE ARMY THE #1 ISSUE IN THE ELECTIONS. HOW A "MILITARY PORTAL" CREATES A COMMUNITY AROUND MILITARY TOPICS". Mediamaker. Archived from the original on 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  2. ^ "Between propaganda and... ridicule". The newspaper “Day”. 2013-08-24. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "How to defeat Russia without aviation, air defense and budget. And why Ukraine does not need Ada Corvettes today". ФОКУС (in Ukrainian). 2021-10-11. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  4. ^ "Scouts of a Special Forces military unit received important assistance from the Ukrainian Military Portal". gur.gov.ua. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "Military aid reports". Ukrainian military portal (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on February 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "Clean up the fleet from separatists and saboteurs E-petitions - The official web representation of the President of Ukraine". Lb.ua. 02-11-2016. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Poroshenko explains why he fired Haiduk". Ukrainian Pravda (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on January 16, 2018.
  8. ^ Presentation of the NGO "UMTS" Ukrainian Military Center on Facebook Watch (in Ukrainian), retrieved 2021-04-03
  9. ^ "#Ether4_5_0 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  10. ^ "The Ukrainian Military Portal is an information partner of Arms and Security 2018". Ukrainian military portal (in Ukrainian). 2018-07-31. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022.
  11. ^ "#Defense_Line - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  12. ^ ""Military 3.0". Or why a new website is important". Ukrainian military portal. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021.
  13. ^ "Blogs". Ukrainian military portal. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021.
  14. ^ "Military Podcast - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  15. ^ "Military: shortening the name - expanding the area of influence". Military. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  16. ^ "Militarnyi". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  17. ^ "No writing in a drawer. How the military media outlet Militarny promotes the Polish version of its website". Telegraf is a magazine for designers. 2023-07-21. Archived from the original on 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  18. ^ "Military". Telegram. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

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