The Kyiv Police Regiment is a regiment of the

Special Tasks Patrol Police The Special Police Forces () is a Ukrainian volunteer corps of law enforcement units, part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. History In April 2014, Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov issued an order to create battali ...

subordinated to

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. The regiment is based in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

. It was established in 2014 following the start of the

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and has, since then, seen regular combat on the frontlines.

History

It was established in

on 21 October 2015 consisting of "Kyiv-1" Battalion, "Kyiv-2" Battalion, "Golden Gate" Battalion, "Sich" Battalion and "St. Mary" Battalion. It conducted law enforcement operations in

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast (, ), also called Kyivshchyna (, ), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is administered as a city with special sta ...

especially on 28 and 29 December 2015. On the night of 23–24 March 2016, the Kyiv Regiment saw its first combat against separatists in

Avdiivka Avdiivka (, ; , ) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is located in the centre of the oblast, just north of the regional centre, Donetsk. The large Avdiivka Coke Plant is located in Avdiivka. The city had a population of before th ...

. On 14 April 2016, the regiment guarded strategic sites in

. On 22 June 2016, the "St. Mary" battalion was disbanded and its fighters were transferred to other units. On 9 July 2016, it was deployed to Stanytsia Luhansk where they discovered another drug den, 520 opium poppy bushes and 124 hemp bushes were discovered and destroyed. On 11 July 2016, a monument was opened for a volunteer soldier of the Russian-Ukrainian war in

by the regiment. In the summer of 2016, the regiment constantly carried out active counter-subversive operations in

. On 31 January 2017, the curator of the unit,

Yevhen Deidei Yevhen Serhiyovych Deidei (; 12 July 1987) is a Ukrainian politician and lieutenant colonel who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Previously, he served as coordinator of the Kyiv-1 Police Battalion of the Special Tasks ...

reported that 50 personnel of the regiment were performing operations in

, which had been shelled by separatists for three consecutive days, they protected private property from criminals, evacuated civilians to bomb shelters, and carried out rescue operations as well as collecting aid from the citizens of

to help the civilians in Avdiivka. On 25 October 2017, a soldier of the regiment (Kushnir Ruslan Valerievich) was killed as a result of a bomb explosion in Kyiv. During February–March 2022, the regiment took part in the

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especially the Battle of Kyiv. On 25 February 2022, a soldier of the 4th "Sich" company (Tsvila Iryna Volodymyrivna) was killed while repelling a tank attack during the

Battle of Irpin As part of the Russian offensive on Kyiv during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a battle took place for control of the city of Irpin. The combatants were elements of the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Ground Forces. By 28 March 2022 Ukrai ...

. Following the victory in the Battle of Kyiv, the regiment was deployed to fight in the Battle of Avdiivka during which on 25 June 2022, a soldier of the regiment (Berezhnyk Ivan Mykolayovych) was killed in combat. On 16 September 2022, it was deployed to fight in the

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conducting assault operations in Verbivka and Balakliya. It was then deployed to

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and during this deployment a soldier of the regiment (Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Lemak) was killed in combat on 21 October 2022 and another (Grama Ruslan) was killed on 18 March 2023 during the

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Tasks

Main tasks and functions of the regiment are: *

Law enforcement Law enforcement is the activity of some members of the government or other social institutions who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms gove ...

* Operations in the

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regarding counterterrorism independently or in coordination with

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, other units of the

National Police of Ukraine The National Police of Ukraine (, ; /NPU ), often simply referred to as the (), is the national, and only, police service of Ukraine. It was formed on 3 July 2015, as part of the post-Euromaidan reforms launched by Ukrainian president Petro Por ...

, the

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, state authorities, local government bodies, to ensure public safety and order in streets, squares, parks, squares, stadiums, train stations, airports, sea and river ports, other public places and during public gatherings. * Safety of persons under protection, their family members, the protection of administrative and state buildings and other strategic sites. * Protecting convicts from life threats. * Escort and transport of convicted criminals. * Ensuring public order and safety in the area around the presence of high level officials. * Search and rescue operations during natural disasters, accidents, fires and disasters. * Performing designated tasks during martial law or state of emergency, in the zone of emergency ecological situation or war.

Structure

The structure of the regiment is as follows: * 1st "Kyiv-1" Company * 2nd "Kyiv-2" Company * 3rd "Zoloti Vorota" Company * 4th "Sich" Company

Equipment

Armament

The regiment operates large-caliber machine guns, automatic grenade launchers, disposable anti-tank hand grenade launchers, including predominately the

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and

Degtyaryov machine gun The Degtyaryov machine gun ( literally: "Degtyaryov's infantry machine gun") or DP-27/DP-28 is a light machine gun firing the 7.62×54mmR cartridge that was primarily used by the Soviet Union, with service trials starting in 1927, followed by ge ...

s produced from 1950s-1970s.

Uniform

Most combat variations of their uniforms vary considerably being purchased on private expense but the most common is the standard black uniform of the

Commanders

* Bohdan Oleksandrovych (2015–2016) * Satarenko Vitaly Volodymyrovych (2016-)

Sources

Полк особливого призначення «Київ» (Facebook)

Полк Київ. Тактичні навчання.

References

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