Independent Presidential Guard Regiment (Ukraine)

The Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky Kyiv Independent Presidential Guard Regiment (Окремий президентський полк імені гетьмана Богдана Хмельницького) is a special military unit of Ukraine and its Armed Forces which is mandated to defend the President of Ukraine in his duty as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, his First Family, and the presidential residences and facilities assigned to the presidential office.

History
The regiment was initially formed as the 1st regiment of the NGU (military unit 4101) in Kyiv, in the 1st (Kyiv) Division of the National Guard (military unit 2210), by the order of the KNGU from January 2, 1992 on the basis of the personnel of the 290th independent motorized rifle Novorossiysk Red Banner Lenin Komsomol special operational-purpose regiment of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (military unit 3217).

In 1995, the headquarters of the 1st Regiment of the NGU was transformed into the headquarters of the 24th independent brigade of the NGU. The structure of the brigade includes the following parts:


 * Brigade HQ
 * 1st Battalion of the NGU (MU 1411) in Zhytomyr, formed by the order of the KNGU on January 2, 1992, on the basis of part of the 75th independent convoy battalion of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. The second part of the battalion was used to form the 7th independent battalion of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (military unit 3047). In 1995 the battalion was transferred from Zhytomyr to village Vysoka Pich, locaed on the territory of the military camp of the former missile regiment of the 50th Missile Division of the Strategic Missile Forces. By order of the KNGU of June 10, 1998, the unit was renamed into the 1st special battalion of the special purpose of the NGU;
 * 2nd separate battalion of the NGU (military unit 2212) in Kyiv, formed in 1998 on the basis of the linear battalion of the 1st regiment of the NGU; By order of the KNGU on June 10, 1998, he was renamed into the 2nd separate battalion of the special purpose of the NGU;
 * 3rd separate battalion of the NGU (military unit 2213) in the village Stare, Kyiv region. Formated in 1998 on the basis of the protection company of the training center of the 24th brigade of the NGU, which previously belonged to the former Kyiv Higher Combined Arms Command School; By order of the KNGU on June 10, 1998, he was renamed into the 3rd separate battalion of the special purpose of the NGU;
 * 17th separate battalion of special purpose of the NGU (military unit 2215) in the village Novi Petrivtsi, Kyiv region. More known as the "White Panther", was founded in 1992 on the basis of the special purpose training group ща 290th independent motorized rifle regime for the operational purpose of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR as a special battalion for the 1st Regiment of the NGU; in 1995 he was separated from the group, transformed into a brigade, into a separate battalion of special purpose;
 * 27th separate battalion of special purpose NGU (military unit 2208) in Kyiv, established in 1998, by will of the commander of the NGU, Lieutenant-General O. Chapovsky literally in one night (!) From the fire support battalion of the 24th Brigade of the NGU, was formed the last in the 24th Brigade of the NGU.

By order of the KNGU from December 24, 1998, the 24th independent brigade of the NGU was renamed into the 24th special brigade of the special purpose of the NGU.

By the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated October 30, 1999, for the merits of personnel in tasks in ensuring public order in the capital of Ukraine, the 24th special brigade of the special purpose of the NGU was awarded the honorary title of "Kyiv".

By Decree of the President of Ukraine of December 17, 1999, the 24th separate Kyiv brigade of special purpose NGU was transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. By the law of Ukraine of January 11, 2000, National Guard was disbanded.

The headquarters of the 24th separate Kyiv brigade of special purpose NGU was transformed into the headquarters of the Independent Novorossiysk-Kyiv Order of the Red Banner Special Purpose Regiment of the President of Ukraine (MU A0222). The 2nd and 17th independent battalions of special purpose NGU became linear battalions of special purpose of this formation, and the 3rd separate battalions of special purpose NGU were turned to their completion.

The 27th special battalion of special purpose NGU was transferred to the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and became a linear battalion of the 10th Special Motorized Regiment of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

From 2015, the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 646/2015 changed the name of the regiment to the Independent Kyiv Regiment of the President of Ukraine and removed it of the Order of the Red Banner.

On December 15, 2017, the President of Ukraine granted the regiment its honorfic "Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky" and handed the regimental battle colours. The date of the ceremony was confined to the ultimatum of the People's Commissariat, which was the actual announcement of the Soviet war in the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1917 (Ukrainian–Soviet War).

Structure

 * Regiment HQ
 * 1st guards battalion (special mechanized)
 * 2nd guards battalion (special mechanized)
 * special purpose company
 * Military Band
 * Honor Guard Battalion
 * Battalion HQ
 * 1st Honor Guard Company
 * 2nd Honor Guard Company
 * 3rd Honor Guard Company
 * Military Band of the Guard of Honor Battalion
 * Support company
 * MP company