The 121st Separate Communications Regiment (1214) is a

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level

signal A signal is both the process and the result of transmission of data over some media accomplished by embedding some variation. Signals are important in multiple subject fields including signal processing, information theory and biology. In ...

and

communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

unit of the

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, operationally under the command of

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. It was established in 1941 as part of the Soviet union's 13th army and took part in the

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. Then in 1991, it swore allegiance to Ukraine being the first unit to do so and has since 2014, taken part in both the

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and the

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History

It was originally established in 1941 and partook in the

. In January 1992 , the regiment took an oath of allegiance to Ukraine and as of 24 June 2006, it was named the 121st Separate Guards Linear-Nodal Fokshan-Mukden Orders of Alexander Nevsky and the Red Star Signal Regiment. It took part and saw action during the

. On 29 August 2014, during the

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in Novokaterinivka, the brigade commander's UAZ and the communications armored R-149BMR personnel carrier were hit by

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s and four servicemen of the brigade including the brigade commander Borys Borisovich Kyforenko and three other personnel (Yakiv Nikolaevich Guba, Yevgeny Olegovich Solodovnyk and Igor Vladimirovich Yurkovets) were killed in action. The commander was tied up with tape by Russian paratroopers of the

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who arrived in a

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and left him for dead. On 18 November 2015, the it was stripped off of Soviet awards and titles and became the 121st Separate Guards Signal Brigade with the word "Guards" being stripped soon after on 22 August 2016.. Moreover, the brigade was also engaged during the

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as well as operations in

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and Pisky. Following the

, it saw combat. On 19 December 2023, a soldier of the regiment (Reshetilenko Andrij Pavlovych) was killed on the frontlines.На Харківщині проводять в останню путь двох військових
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Equipment

Structure

The structure of the regiment is as follows: * Management & Headquarters * 1st Signal Battalion * 2nd Signal Battalion * Radio relay Battalion * Mobile Communications Battalion * Material support Company * Logistical Support Company * Repair Company * Commandant Platoon

References

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