Dnipro-1 Regiment | |
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Ukrainian: Полк патрульної служби поліції особливого призначення «Дніпро-1» | |
Active | 2014–present |
Country | Ukraine |
Branch | Special Tasks Patrol Police |
Type | Police tactical unit |
Role | Counterinsurgency |
Size | 600 |
Part of | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
Garrison/HQ | Dnipro |
Engagements | Russo-Ukrainian War |
The "Dnipro-1" Regiment ( Ukrainian: Полк «Дніпро-1») is a Special Tasks Patrol Police regiment subordinated to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The regiment is based in Dnipro.
The Dnipro-1 was one the first official Ukrainian volunteer battalions to be created. The unit also has a football club of the Ukrainian Premier League named SC Dnipro-1, named after the unit. [2]
The unit was first established as "Dnipro-1" Special Tasks Patrol Police Battalion in April 2014 on a voluntary basis as the response to 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. [3] [4] [5] [6] Its assignments included duties at multiple checkpoints in the south-eastern part of Ukraine. [7] The unit claimed to have hired Romanian and Georgian military advisers to help with the training of troops. [8] Before June 2014 this training was often just one week. [8] It first operated outside Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in May 2014. [8]
The militia unit, nicknamed Kolomoyskyi's battalion, [8] was funded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and also through the charitable organization "Fund Dnipro-1". [9] [10] [11] Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi (who was Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine) is believed to have spent $10 million to create the unit. [7]
Commander of the unit Yuriy Bereza is since the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election a member of the Ukrainian parliament for the People's Front; he was placed 10th on the party's election list. [12] [13] Member of the unit Volodymyr Parasyuk was also elected into parliament during these elections by winning the electoral district of Yavoriv with 56.56% of the votes. [14]
The unit was involved in the liberation of Lyman during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Dnipro-1 Regiment | |
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Ukrainian: Полк патрульної служби поліції особливого призначення «Дніпро-1» | |
Active | 2014–present |
Country | Ukraine |
Branch | Special Tasks Patrol Police |
Type | Police tactical unit |
Role | Counterinsurgency |
Size | 600 |
Part of | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
Garrison/HQ | Dnipro |
Engagements | Russo-Ukrainian War |
The "Dnipro-1" Regiment ( Ukrainian: Полк «Дніпро-1») is a Special Tasks Patrol Police regiment subordinated to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The regiment is based in Dnipro.
The Dnipro-1 was one the first official Ukrainian volunteer battalions to be created. The unit also has a football club of the Ukrainian Premier League named SC Dnipro-1, named after the unit. [2]
The unit was first established as "Dnipro-1" Special Tasks Patrol Police Battalion in April 2014 on a voluntary basis as the response to 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. [3] [4] [5] [6] Its assignments included duties at multiple checkpoints in the south-eastern part of Ukraine. [7] The unit claimed to have hired Romanian and Georgian military advisers to help with the training of troops. [8] Before June 2014 this training was often just one week. [8] It first operated outside Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in May 2014. [8]
The militia unit, nicknamed Kolomoyskyi's battalion, [8] was funded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and also through the charitable organization "Fund Dnipro-1". [9] [10] [11] Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi (who was Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine) is believed to have spent $10 million to create the unit. [7]
Commander of the unit Yuriy Bereza is since the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election a member of the Ukrainian parliament for the People's Front; he was placed 10th on the party's election list. [12] [13] Member of the unit Volodymyr Parasyuk was also elected into parliament during these elections by winning the electoral district of Yavoriv with 56.56% of the votes. [14]
The unit was involved in the liberation of Lyman during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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