Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Ukrainian military counterattacked and an Omega special forces unit was air lifted unto the scene to help local troops drive back the attackers. During the failed assault 63 separatists were captured and three killed. The Omega special forces group was then tasked with protecting Mariupol for the remainder of the First Battle of Mariupol. [34]
The SSO has the roles including various special forces-related duties such as direct action, special reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, sabotage and psychological warfare. They are not the only special forces units in Ukraine. The SSO was created in 2016, after various reforms of the Ukrainian Armed Forces due to failures in the war in Donbas.
73rd Naval Special Operations Center "Chieftain Antin Holovaty" or the Special Operations Center South (Unit А3199) is the naval spetsnaz component of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) that specialized in amphibious reconnaissance to prepare for amphibious warfare operations, clandestine operation, defense against swimmer incursions, direct action against important strategic or ...
By the directive of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine dated 3 June 1998, the 10th OBr SpP was reformed into the 1st Separate Special Purpose Regiment (1 OP SpP 32 AK). According to the results of 1999-2000, the 1st OP SpP was recognized by the commander of the forces of the Southern OK of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as one ...
Special Operations Center "Omega"(Ukrainian: Центр Спеціального Призначення «Омега»), also known as Omega group, is a special forces unit that is part of the National Guard of Ukraine.
Special Group "Alpha" is the only tier one spetsnaz unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU); and a successor of the Soviet Union's Alpha Group. [3] Group Alpha is one of the top divisions of the Special forces of Ukraine .
On 4 June 2024, the 6th Special Purpose Regiment received its Military Unit Number. On June 11, 2024, more than 100 new recruits took an oath of allegiance to the state and joined the newly created Ranger special operations forces regiment in Khmelnytskyi, said the commander of the regiment with the call sign "Beaver". [5]
The 12th Special Operations Brigade "Azov" (Ukrainian: 12-та бригада спеціального призначення «Азов», romanized: 12-ta bryhada spetsialnoho pryznachennya "Azov") [8] is a formation of the National Guard of Ukraine formerly based in Mariupol, in the coastal region of the Sea of Azov, from which it derives its name. [9]