14th National Guard Battalion (Ukraine) explained

Unit Name:14th Separate Battalion
Country: Ukraine
Allegiance: Ministry of Internal Affairs
Branch: National Guard of Ukraine
Type:Battalion
Role:Multipurpose
Command Structure:Central Territorial Command
Garrison:Dnipro
Current Commander:Lieutenant Colonel Ihor Kalinovsky Vladimirovich
Battles:Russo-Ukrainian war

The 14th National Guard Battalion is a battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine tasked with protection of public law and order as well as the Ukrainian territorial integrity. It was established in 1992 and is headquartered in Dnipro.

History

It was established in 1992 as a part of the National Guard of Ukraine and was later transferred to the Internal Troops of Ukraine.

In 2014, the battalion was transferred to the National Guard of Ukraine after its reestablishment. Amidst the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, on the night of 5 April 2014, a group of 7 armed men approached the battalion's barracks in Dnipro, they started shouting and rioting whole pretending to be drunk. A soldier of the regiment (Sergeant Martynenko) approached them and told them to behave quietly but the men attacked them killing the soldier on spot. Then the attackers attacked the other positions but by then, the soldiers had raised the alarm and the guardsmen opened fire. Heavy combat continued and two Companies of the battalion came as reinforcement along with BTR-80 armored vehicles. The attackers tried to flee but faced casualties of one attacker killed and three wounded, in the end all remaining were arrested and 7 Makarov pistols, 2 Kalashnikov assault rifles, and 4 grenades were seized from the attackers.[1] It took part in the War in Donbass seeing combat in Donetsk Oblast in 2016.[2] [3] [4]

It won third place in the Dynamo football tournament in 2024.[5]

Structure

Commanders

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Попытка нападения на часть в/ч 3054 в ночь с 5 на 6 апреля (ОБНОВЛЕНО!). https://web.archive.org/web/20140812102510/http://www.dnepr.com/main/news_dnepr/15259-popytka-napadeniya-na-chast-v-ch-3054-v-noch-s-5-na-6-aprelya.html. dead. Татьяна. Иванова. April 5, 2014. August 12, 2014.
  2. Web site: УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №368/2022 . www.president.gov.ua.
  3. Web site: Парамедик полку "Азов" загинув під час евакуації поранених. "Давид врятував сотні життів" - Життєві історії. Експрес онлайн.
  4. Web site: Прощання з 22-річним захисником Маріуполя Давидом Форті — Cуспільне Харків.
  5. Web site: 2024-10-04 . Чемпіонат з міні-футболу серед працівників правоохоронних органів, рятувальних та інших спеціальних служб . pl.dsns.gov.ua.