223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment (Ukraine)

223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment
223-й зенітний ракетний полк
Unit insignia
Active	1992 – present
Country	Ukraine
Allegiance	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Air Force
Type	Missile
Role	Anti-Aircraft
Part of	Air Command West
Garrison/HQ	Stryi
Nickname(s)	Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Regiment Terebovlianska Regiment (formerly)
Patron	Ukrainian Sich Riflemen
Motto(s)	"With the fire of zeal"
Equipment	Buk M1
Engagements	Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbas Russian invasion of Ukraine
Decorations	For Courage and Bravery Order of Alexander Nevsky
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Ivan Velichko
Insignia
Collar Insignia

The 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment "Ukrainian Sich Riflemen" formerly the 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment Order of Alexander Nevsky "Terebovlianska" is a regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations. It operates Buk M1 missile systems and is subordinated to the Air Command West. It is headquartered at Stryi.

History

In January 1992, following the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the personnel of the 223rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the 38th Combined Arms Army took an oath of loyalty to Ukraine.^{[ citation needed ]}

On March 16, 1998, the 223rd brigade was given the honorary name "Terebovlianska". ^[1]

The 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment was stationed in Terebovlia, Ternopil Oblast till 2004 when it was relocated to Stryi, Lviv Oblast at the base of the disbanded 25th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade. ^[2]

The regiment participated in the War in Donbass. The regiment's personnel saw combat near Hranitne and on 10 October 2018, a soldier of the regiment (Roman Volodymyrovych Magas) was killed as a result of a mine detonation. ^[3] In November 2018, the 223rd regiment's Buk M1 systems took part in a firing competition in Kherson Oblast with two systems securing the 1st and 2nd places in the competition for which they were awarded 150k and 90k hyrvnias respectively and the regiment was considered the best ^[4]

On 23 August 2021, the regiment was awarded the honorary title "Ukrainian Sich Riflemen" after the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, a unit of the Austro-Hungarian Army that saw combat during the World War I and later the Polish–Ukrainian War as a part of Ukrainian People's Army. ^[5]

Insignia of the 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the regiment was deployed for combat operations. On 23 April 2022, the regiment was officially granted a new insignia. The regiment took part in the Eastern Ukraine campaign with a soldier of the regiment (Nazar Shved) being killed near Kamainka on 9 May 2022. ^[6] On 15 June 2022, the regiment was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery". ^[7]

The regiment took part in the Battle of Sumy during which on 15 August 15, 2024 a soldier of the regiment (Dmytro Orestovych Yatsyshin) was killed in a Russian rocket attack on the city. ^{[8] [9]}

Structure

The structure of the regiment is as follows: ^[10]

• 553rd Separate Anti-aircraft Missile Division
• 554th Separate Anti-aircraft Missile Division
• 556th Separate Anti-aircraft Missile Division

Commanders

• Colonel Serhii Butrymovych (2008–2014)
• Colonel Oleksiy Tsukanov (2014–2018)
• Colonel Velichko Ivan Mykhailovych (2018-) ^[11]

Sources

• Військова частина Львівщини вважає, що «ордена Олександра Невського» — це почесно Archived 18 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Військові Стрийського зенітного ракетного полку відзначили 75-річчя з дня формування частини Archived 21 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Військові частини Повітряних Сил за родами військ Archived 19 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

References

1. "Указ Президента України № 195/98 від 16 березня 1998 року «Про присвоєння почесного найменування "Теребовлянська" ордена Олександра Невського 223 зенітній ракетній бригаді 28 корпусу протиповітряної оборони Сил Протиповітряної оборони України»". zakon3.rada.gov.ua/. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 1998-03-16. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
2. "У Теребовлі відновлено військове містечко для розміщення підрозділів артилерійської бригади". 2018-03-12. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
3. Магас Роман Володимирович Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Десятки пусків зенітних ракет, дослідні випробування та грошові сертифікати". 2018-11-06. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
5. "Указ Президента України №416/2021". Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
6. «На фронт пішли батько з сином. На жаль, Назара зустрінемо в труні»: загинув Герой із Сколівської громади
7. "Про відзначення почесною відзнакою "За мужність та відвагу"". 15 June 2022.
8. "Біля Сум загинув Герой зі Львівщини Дмитро Яцишин".
9. "На Львівщині 20 серпня попрощаються із десятьма військовими".
10. 223 ЗРП на сайті http://ontology.inhost.com.ua
11. "Славна дата. Урочистості з нагоди Дня частини". fortuna-gazeta.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2023-01-17.