Kyiv Presidential Honor Guard Battalion

The Kiev Presidential Honor Guard Battalion (Ukrainian:Почесна варта Окремого Київського полку Президента України) is a guard unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is a part of the Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky Independent Presidential Regiment.

History and Organization
On November 10, 1962, the Honor Guard Company of the Kiev Military District was formed. In 1975, the company was moved to Kiev after being stationed in Bila Tserkva for one year. It formed the 427th Regiment of the Civil Defense of the USSR. For 16 years it was the official honor guard of the Ukrainian SSR. On March 10, 1992, an honor guard company was introduced into the brigades of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A year later in 1993, the Guard of Honor of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was formed, and 3 years later an additional training company was created. On February 15, 2001, it was integrated into the Separate Regiment of the President of Ukraine, and was renamed as the Kiev Presidential Honor Guard Battalion.

Structure

 * Battalion HQ
 * 1st Company
 * 2nd Company
 * 3rd Company (subordinated to the Ministry of Defense)
 * Military Band
 * Symbols Protection Company
 * Training Company

List of Commanders

 * Captain I. Bondarenko (March 1993-September 1996)
 * Major I. Kozyrkov (September 1996-July 2001)
 * Major V. Plakhtiy (July 2001-October 2004)
 * Major V. Skoryk (October 2004-November 2005)
 * Major S. Klyavlin (November 2005-June 2011)
 * Lieutenant Colonel E. Golovanchuk (June 2011 – 2013)
 * Major Oleksiy Pochtar (2013–Present-)