The 1st Radio Technical Brigade " Galicia-

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" is a Brigade of the

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concerned with

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operations in

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and is subordinated to the

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. It is named in relation to the

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. It is headquartered at the village of Lypnyki in

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History

In January 1992, following the

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, the personnel of the 1st Radio Engineering Brigade of the 68th Air Defense Corps took the oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people. It was assigned the tasks of conducting radar reconnaissance to ensure timely detection of an enemy air attack, provide information, monitor the flights of civilian aircraft and take measures in case of non-compliance with the rules of Ukrainian airspace in the airspace of

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. In 2009, the brigade was given the honorary name of " Galicia- Volhynska". The Brigade actively performed security tasks during the "

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" football championship in Ukraine. The regiment participated in the

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seeing combat during multiple engagements. On 10 February 2015, a serviceman of the brigade (Mykhailo Mykolayovych Ilyashuk), was killed during the

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by pro-Russian separatists. As of 2017, about 740 servicemen of the brigade had taken part in the

of which 545 had received some kinds of awards. On 5 December 2020, the brigade was awarded the honorary name " Galicia- Volyniask". In June 2021, the brigade received a new insignia which received some criticism from the critics. On 27 February 2022, during the

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, a wave of missile coming from

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ian airspace struck

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killing a soldier of the 1st Radio Brigade (Grebeniuk Serhiy Vasyliovych) along with two others.«Він опинився в епіцентрі вибуху», – брат загиблого під час обстрілу Володимира Сергія Гребенюка
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Commanders

* Colonel Serhiy Dmytrovych Vishnevskyi (2002–2005)

Sources

«Народна армія» No. 4 (4856)

* [http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2017/08/26/1-radiotehnichna-brigada-urochisto-postavila-do-stroyu-bojovij-prapor/ 1 радіотехнічна бригада урочисто поставила до строю Бойовий Прапор]

References

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