The Separate Presidential Brigade "Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi" (Ukrainian: Окрема президентська бригада імені гетьмана Богдана Хмельницького) is a special military unit of Ukraine and its Armed Forces which is mandated to defend the President of Ukraine in his duty as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.[1]
| Separate Presidential Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian: Окремий президентський бригади | |
 Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the brigade | |
| Active | January 2, 1992 - Today |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Allegiance | Armed Forces of Ukraine |
| Role | Infantry |
| Size | 1 Brigade (5 battalions) |
| Garrison/HQ | Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast |
| Patron | Bohdan Khmelnytsky |
| Motto(s) | Order, Discipline, Organization |
| Anniversaries | 2 January |
| Engagements | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/Prezydentska.Bryhada |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Pavlo Hora |
History
By order of the KNGU on January 2, 1992, the brigade was formed as the 1st National Guard Infantry Regiment (military unit 4101) in Kyiv, in the 1st (Kyiv) Division of the National Guard (military unit 2210).[2] The 24th independent brigade of the NGU was renamed the 24th special brigade of special purpose of the NGU by order of the KNGU on December 24, 1998.[2] By Decree of the President of Ukraine dated October 30, 1999, the 24th Brigade was awarded the honorary title "Kyiv" for the merits of personnel in tasks ensuring public order in Ukraine's capital.[3] The 24th separate Kyiv brigade of special purpose NGU was transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Decree of the President of Ukraine on December 17, 1999.[4] The National Guard was disbanded under Ukrainian law on January 11, 2000.[1] The headquarters of the 24th separate Kyiv brigade were converted into the headquarters of the President of Ukraine's Independent Novorossiysk-Kyiv Order of the Red Banner Special Purpose Regiment (MU A0222) - attached to the Ukrainian Ground Forces.[5] The 2nd and 17th independent battalions of special purpose NGU were merged into this formation's linear battalions of special purpose, and the 3rd separate battalion of special purpose NGU was disbanded.[6] The 27th special battalion of special purpose NGU was transferred to the Internal Troops of Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs and became a linear battalion of the 10th Special Motorized Regiment of Internal Troops of Ukraine.[4]
To commemorate Ukraine's tenth anniversary of independence, the Kyiv Presidential Honor Guard Battalion was incorporated into the regimental ORBAT as the new 3rd Battalion in 2001.[7] The regiment's name was changed to the Independent Kyiv Regiment of the President of Ukraine by Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 646/2015 in 2015, and it was removed from the Order of the Red Banner.[8] On December 15, 2017, the President of Ukraine bestowed the honorific "Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky" on the regiment and presented its new regimental battle colors in a Presentation of Colours ceremony, giving the regiment its full name as Separate Presidential Brigade named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi.[9] The ceremony took place on the centennial anniversary of the Council of People's Commissars and the People's Secretariat's ultimatum to the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which signaled the start of the Soviet war in Ukraine in 1917.[10]
To commemorate its Pearl Jubilee, the regiment was upgraded to a full brigade in 2022. As a result, two new battalions were added to the brigade's order of battle.[1]
Structure
As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows:
Separate Presidential Brigade, Kyiv
- Brigade Headquarters and HQ Company
- 20th Separate Special Purpose Battalion
- 23th Separate Special Purpose Battalion
- 1st Special Purpose Battalion
- 2nd Special Purpose Battalion
- Kyiv Presidential Honor Guard Battalion
- Special Operations Company
- MP (Provost) Company
Command
- Colonel Viktor Didenko (took office in 2000-2002);[11]
- Colonel Mykola Rohovskyi (took office in 2002-2004);[12]
- Colonel Ihor Plahuta (took office from 2005 to May 2008);[13]
- Colonel Viktor Plakhtiy (took office from May 2008 to 2012);[13]
- Colonel Serhii Klyavlin (took office in 2013 to ?);[13]
- Colonel Oleksandr Bakulin (took office in 2018 to ?);[14]
- Colonel Pavlo Hora (took office post in 2022).[1]
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Axe, David. "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Personal Brigade Is Fighting One Of the Ukraine War's Hardest Battles". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b "Окрема президентська бригада імені гетьмана Богдана Хмельницького". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ Конопльова, Марина (2022-12-15). "Президентська бригада знищила ворожу БМП (ВІДЕО)". ШоТам (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b "Присвоєння Київському полку Президента почесного найменування". www.5.ua. ru:5 канал. 2017-12-25. Archived from the original on 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "Президентський полк ЗСУ - тепер імені Богдана Хмельницького – Український Інтерес". web.archive.org. 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "Президентському полку присвоїли ім'я великого гетьмана - Телеканал новин 24". web.archive.org. 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "Головна". Київська обласна військова адміністрація (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "Указ Президента України №646/2015 "Про внесення змін до Указу Президента України від 30 жовтня 2000 року № 1173"". www.president.gov.ua. ru:Адміністрація Президента України. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ^ "Присвоєння окремому Київському полку Президента України почесного найменування". www.5.ua. ru:5 канал. 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ^ "Указ Президента України №419/2017 від 15 грудня 2017 року "Про присвоєння почесного найменування Окремому Київському полку Президента України"". www.president.gov.ua/. ru:Адміністрація Президента України. 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ^ «Голос України», № 144, 14 серпня 2001 р.
- ^ "Дідівщина в фактах". Права Людини в Україні (Інформаційний портал Харківської правозахисної групи) (in Russian). 17 December 2002. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017.
- ^ a b c Григорьев Борис (12 October 2011). "Один день в полку Януковича". Analitica.kiev.ua (in Russian). портал "Увлечения". Archived from the original on 25 December 2017.
- ^ Демчук Сергей (17 October 2013). "Как служат солдаты в президентском полку". «Взгляд» (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2017.