2nd State Objects Protection Regiment (Ukraine) explained

Unit Name:2nd Shostkinsky Special State Objects Guard Regiment
Country: Ukraine
Allegiance: Ministry of Internal Affairs
Branch: National Guard of Ukraine
Type:Regiment
Role:Protection of Strategic Sites
Size:~300
Command Structure: National Guard of Ukraine
Garrison:Shostka
Current Commander:Colonel Maxim Kitseluk
Nickname:Shostkinsky
Battles:Russo-Ukrainian war
Decorations:For Courage and Bravery

The 2nd Shostkinsky Special State Objects Guard Regiment is a regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine tasked with the protection of strategically important sites especially those in Sumy Oblast. It was established in 1991 on the basis of 467th Special Units Regiment of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union as a part of the Internal Troops of Ukraine. It is headquartered at Shostka.[1]

History

It was established on 28 November 1952 as the 467th Special Units Regiment of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union which on 30 September 1991 was transferred to the Internal Troops of Ukraine becoming the 2nd Separate Regiment.[2] Since 1993, the regiment has been tasked with the defense of strategic sites, residential areas and railway routes utilizing personnel, weapons, automobile equipment, communication and a wide range of technical means. In 1999, the regiment was presented with a combat flag. From 2008 to 2020, the State Research Institute of Dielectrics was also guarded by the regiment. In 2017, the regiment's composition was reformed.[3]

On 13 October 2021, on the island of Khortytsia, the 2nd Regiment was awarded the honorary name "Shostkinsky" and a ribbon with an honorary title was awarded to the commander of the regiment, Colonel Maksym Kitseluk.[4]

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the regiment saw intensive combat. During the invasion, a soldier of the regiment (Anatoly Viktorovych Shapovalov) was killed on 11 March[5] [6] and three other soldiers of the regiment (Biryuk Vyacheslav Mykolayovych,[7] Kolyada Anatoliy Yuriyovych[8] and Andrii Hermanovych Kagalniak[9]) on 30 March 2022.

On 11 February 2023, the regiment was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".[10]

Structure

The structure of the regiment is as follows:[11] [12]

Commanders

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: На Сумщині влада перевірила боєздатність військової частини . 6 December 2016 . 21 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161221055742/http://www.gorod.sumy.ua/news_14528.html .
  2. Web site: Части ГУВВ МВД СССР по УССР и МССР, 1991 г. . 6 December 2016 . 25 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170725121642/http://forum.milua.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=11058 .
  3. Web site: Військова частина 3022 (м. Шостка) . https://web.archive.org/web/20140901231620/http://vv.gov.ua/terpage.php?lang=ua&mid=27&strid=133 . 2014-09-01 . vv.gov.ua/ . . 2 August 2017 .
  4. https://www.061.ua/news/3230195/v-zaporoze-prezident-zelenskij-prinal-prisagu-liceistov-i-prisvoil-pocetnye-naimenovania-dla-voinskih-castej-fotoreportaz У Запоріжжі президент України Володимир Зеленський надав почесні найменування та бойові прапори військовим частинам
  5. Web site: Завтра Шостка прощатиметься з трьома загиблими захисниками . shostka.online . 2022-03-15. 2023-01-17. uk.
  6. Web site: Шостка попрощалася з трьома захисниками. ШосткаNews.City. 2023-02-22. uk.
  7. Web site: На війні загинули троє військових з Шостки. Суспільне Новини. 2022-04-01. 2022-04-03. uk. 3 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220403134526/https://suspilne.media/224722-na-sumsini-poprosalisa-z-troma-vijskovimi-aki-zaginuli-u-boah-za-ukrainu-fotoreportaz/.
  8. Web site: На війні загинули троє військових з Шостки. Суспільне Новини. 2022-04-01. 2022-07-15. uk. 3 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220403134526/https://suspilne.media/224722-na-sumsini-poprosalisa-z-troma-vijskovimi-aki-zaginuli-u-boah-za-ukrainu-fotoreportaz/.
  9. Web site: На війні загинули троє військових з Шостки. Суспільне Новини. 2022-04-01. 2022-07-15. uk. 3 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220403134526/https://suspilne.media/224722-na-sumsini-poprosalisa-z-troma-vijskovimi-aki-zaginuli-u-boah-za-ukrainu-fotoreportaz/.
  10. Web site: 11 February 2023. Про відзначення почесною відзнакою "За мужність та відвагу".
  11. Web site: Біла книга-2016: Національна гвардія України . 2017-06-26 . issuu.com . . 10 July 2017 . 24 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220124005407/https://issuu.com/national_guard_of_ukraine/docs/wb_book_sm .
  12. http://clarity-project.info/edr/08803595/persons?&page=1 Військова частина 3022 Національної Гвардії України
  13. Web site: Військову частину очолив холостяк із Харківщини . 3 August 2017 . 3 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170803171902/http://debaty.sumy.ua/news/society/vijskovu-chastynu-ocholyv-holostyak-iz-harkivshhyny/ .