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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.
On December 29, 2019, four Ukrainian special forces were released from Russian captivity as a result of the prisoner exchange. Maj. Serhii Ivanchuk and Sgt. Ivan Deev from the 8th Separate Special Purpose Regiment had been in captivity since 2017; Sgt. Serhii Glondar and Jr.Sgt. Oleksandr Korinkov from the 3rd since 2015. During the same ...
Used by special forces. [12] H&K SFP9 Germany: SFP9 SF SFP9 TR 9×19mm Parabellum [4] Beretta M9 United States: 9×19mm Parabellum [13] Kimber R7 Mako United States: 9×19mm Parabellum [14] Machine pistols; APS [4] Soviet Union: 9×18mm Makarov Used by special forces. [15] Škorpion Czechoslovakia: vz. 61 .32 ACP [11] Submachine guns; Fort-224 ...
The Kraken Regiment (Ukrainian: Спецпідрозділ "Kraken", romanized: Spetspidrozdil "Kraken") is a Ukrainian military volunteer unit, part of the spetsnaz units of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR) [3] formed in 2022 as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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.
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 .
8th Separate Special Operations Regiment or the Special Operations Center "West" ("Prince Izyaslav Mstislavych"), unit number A0553, is a regiment of the Special Operations Forces. It is headquartered in the city of Khmelnytskyi and a part of the Joint Rapid Reaction Forces.