19th Convoy Battalion (Ukraine)

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19th Convoy Protection Battalion
19-й окремий батальйон НГ (Ukrainian)
Founded1992 (1992)
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Allegiance Prapor MVS Ukrayini (avers).png Ministry of Internal Affairs
BranchEnsign of the National Guard of Ukraine.svg National Guard of Ukraine
Type Battalion
RoleTransport
Part ofEnsign of the National Guard of Ukraine.svg National Guard of Ukraine
Garrison/HQ Zaporizhzhia
Anniversaries22 February
Engagements Russo-Ukrainian war
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant Colonel Serhiy Shcherbyna

The 19th Separate Convoy Battalion is a battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine tasked with transport and escort. It was established in 1992 and is garrisoned in Zaporizhzhia. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its tasks expanded to the protection of Ukrainian territorial integrity and has this seen combat during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.

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History

It was established in 1992 following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union as a part of the National Guard of Ukraine and was then transferred to Internal Troops of Ukraine, it was again transferred back to the National Guard of Ukraine in 2014 following its reestablishment.

On 22 February 2017, the battalion celebrated the 60th anniversary of its establishment. [1] On 28 August 2017, the Battalion was presented with a Combat Flag. [2] It also received 323 thousand hyrvnias in aid in 2017 to strengthen the Battalion. [3]

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the battalion saw combat mostly in Zaporizhzhia Oblast seeing action during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive. On 2 February 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Bohdan Solyanyk) was killed as a result of a mortar strike while serving near Mala Tokmachka. [4] In 2024, a spy working for Russian federation and a member of the Ukrainian Communist Party provided classified information about the battalion but was apprehended and sentenced to 15 years in prison. [5]

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