The 300th Guards Mechanized Regiment () was a formation of the

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. The full name of the regiment is the 300th Separate Guards Mechanized

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Regiment.List of full names of the Ukrainian Military unit

History

The Regiment was formed as 145th Guards Training Motor-Rifle

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, the name of the Regiment was changed to 300th Separate Guards Mechanized Budapest Regiment. The regiment was disbanded on 30 October 2013. The of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade was later established on the remains of the regiment.

Traditions

Past Commanders

* (2001 – 2005) Lieutenant Colonel

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* (2005) Lieutenant Colonel Supryhan Valery Anatoliyovych * (2005 – 2007) Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Yuriyovych Trunovsky * (2007 – 2008) Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Mykolayovych Bida * (2008 – 2013) Lieutenant Colonel Zabolotny Viktor * (2013) Colonel

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History

Traditions

Past Commanders

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