The 6th Separate Special Purpose Regiment "Ranger" (, A5018) is a
Ukrainian special forces regiment that was formed in 2024 as part of the
Ukrainian Ranger Corps.
History
The 6th Special Purpose Regiment was formed in April 2024. Its recruitment continued in May and June. It is garrisoned in
Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi (, ) is a city in western Ukraine. Located on the Southern Bug, it serves as the administrative centre of Khmelnytskyi Oblast as well as Khmelnytskyi Raion within the oblast. With a population of Khmelnytskyi is the second-larges ...
,
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast (), also known as Khmelnychchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The Capital (political) ...
. On 4 June 2024, the 6th Special Purpose Regiment received its
Military Unit Number
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.
On June 11, 2024, more than 100 new recruits took an oath of allegiance to the state and joined the newly created Ranger special operations forces regiment in Khmelnytskyi, said the commander of the regiment with the call sign "Beaver". The regiment was reported to have a code of honor known as the "Ranger's 12 Rules".
The unit promises and guarantees for new recruits:
* Dignified attitude from commanders;
* Completion of service in a professional manner;
* Combat training in accordance with
NATO
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standards;
* Timely financial support at the level of special units;
* Assistance in mobilization or transfer from other units of the Armed Forces;
* Timely rotation, no more than 3 months in the combat zone;
* Support and medical assistance until full rehabilitation;
* Full provision of material property and means of personal protection;
* Financial support at the level of special units from 27 to 150 thousand
hryvnias ($3690.96
USD
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) a month;
* Use of the latest weapons and robotic attack systems.
The Regiment has taken part in the
2024 Kharkiv offensive as well as the
Kursk offensive (2024–2025)
On 6 August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard. A stat ...
.
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Equipment
The Regiment operates modified BMP-1
The BMP-1 is a Soviet Union, Soviet Amphibious vehicle, amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle that has been in service from 1966 to the present. BMP stands for ''Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty 1'' (), meaning "infantry fighting vehicle, 1st ...
s with Sich remote weapon station equipped with a stabilizer and thermal imaging sensors, a 30mm cannon, an automatic grenade launcher and a machine gun. It also operates Polaris RZR
The Polaris RZR (Often pronounced as POLARIS RAZOR), is a sport Side by Side (UTV), side-by-side produced by Polaris Industries. When launched in 2007 as a 2008 model, it was officially known as the Ranger RZR, as it was marketed as a sub-model of ...
s and Humvee
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s alongside conventional off-road vehicles and Kozak-5 armored vehicles. It also utilizes FPV drones including DJI Mavic
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and DJI Matrice.[‘Ranger’ regiment Armed with Heavy Equipment]
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Commanders
* Undisclosed (Callsign:"Beaver") (2024-)
References
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Special forces of Ukraine
Military units and formations of Ukraine
Military units and formations established in 2024
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine