78th Airborne Assault Regiment (Ukraine)

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78th Separate Airborne Assault Regiment (2024-)
78th Special Forces Regiment (2022-2024)
78th Air Assault Regiment SSI.svg
Bataillon Insignia
Active2022-present
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
BranchFlag of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces.svg Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
TypeRegiment
Role Aerial Assault
Part of 7th Air Assault Corps.png 7th Air Assault Corps
Engagements Russo-Ukrainian War
Insignia
Combat Patch 78th Air Assault Regiment SSI (subdued).svg

78th Airborne Assault Regiment "Herts" is a Regiment of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces established in 2022 during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and has seen intensive combat actions, especially in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts and has endured heavy casualties during its operations. It is under the command of the 7th Air Assault Corps.

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History

It was established in 2022 after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and took part in the Defense of Kyiv. [1] Then during the Battle of Enerhodar, the regiment launched an aerial assault to liberate the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant but was unsuccessful in achieving it's objectives. [2]

The regiment's personnel then underwent a five-week long military training course. [3] The regiment saw combat during the Battle of Bakhmut during which a soldier of the regiment (Denys Pryshchep) was killed by a mine explosion. [4] The regiment took part in the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive starting from June 2023. [2] During the counteroffensive it saw combat in the village of Mala Tokmachka with a soldier of the regiment (Oleksandr Petrovych Kapizh) being killed in action on 20 June 2023, [5] the commander of ATGM unit (Samanyuk Yury Yuriyovych) being killed on 25 June 2023 [6] and another soldier (Oleksandr Serhiyevich Bortnik) being killed on 2 July 2023, [7] the fighting continued with two more soldiers (Prokopenko Vadym Sergeyevich and Dmytro Vitalyovich Lysenko) being killed on 8 July 2023. [8] [9] Then, it took part in the battle for Robotyne as a part of the counteroffensive with two soldiers of the regiment (Yaroslav Vyacheslavovych Mamuliev [10] and Andrii Anatoliyovych Lyuts) [11] being killed in combat on 26 July 2023. Then it took part in the offensive towards Verbove [ disambiguation needed ] with four soldiers of the regiment being killed in action (Ihor Shevchuk on 11 October 2023, [12] Serhii Dmytrovych Pavlichenko on 18 November 2023, [13] Ihor Olegovich on 7 December 2023 [14] [15] [16] and Ivanov Volodymyr Petrovych on 11 December 2023 [17] ). Anton Drobovych also joined the regiment in 2023. [18]

With the resumption of hostilities in Robotyne, a soldier of the regiment (Kasiyan Vasyl Vasyliovych) was killed in action on 20 January 2024. [19] [20] Then, the regiment was deployed to Donetsk Oblast and saw heavy combat, two soldiers of the regiment (Oleksandr Kozharko and Ivan Volodymyrovych Shadursky) were killed on 14 March 2024. [21] The regiment took part in engagements near Tonenke and on March 20, 2024, while performing a combat mission an officer of the regiment, a public figure and the commander of AKS Assault Company (Oleksandr Serdyukov Serdyukov) was killed in action while saving his comrades. [22] [23] Them it also saw combat action in Netailove with a soldier (Roman Anatoliyovych Kolisnichenko) being killed in action on 6 April 2024. [24] On 17 April 2024, another soldier (Oleksandr Kuharchuk) was killed in Donetsk Oblast. [25] The battalion also participated in engagements near Kurakhove with two soldiers (Oleksandr Kuharchuk and Dmytro Viktorovych Bozhko) being killed on April 17, 2024. [26] [27] Another soldier (Livach Rostislav) was killed in Donetsk Oblast on 6 June 2024. [28] The battalion was also engaged in the Battle of Bakhmut and on 11 June 2024, a female soldier of the regiment (Ryazantseva Oleksandra Yuriivna) was killed near Bakhmut. [29] [30]

Structure

The regiment is composed of the following subunits.

Commanders

Equipment

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