By the end of 2005, it is planned to discharge 50,000 people from the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was stated today at a briefing at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine by the head of the Main Directorate of Defense Planning, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Yevhen Shelest, reports "Podrobnosti". \n \nHe specified that of these 50,000, 10,000 will be civilian employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, Yevhen Shelest noted that the law on the size of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 2006 has not yet been adopted by parliament, however, the Ministry of Defense is already preparing appropriate measures regarding this issue.