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302nd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment (Ukraine)
The 301st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment "Kharkiv" is a regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations throughout Kharkiv Oblast. It operates S-300PS and S-300PT Missile defense systems and is subordinated to the Air Command East. It is headquartered at Kharkiv. HistoryIn January 1992, following the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the 148th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade of the Soviet Army took an oath of loyalty to Ukraine and became the 302nd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment in December 2002.[citation needed] In January 2014, the 3020th group of anti-aircraft missile divisions was created on the basis of the 302nd and 301st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment[1] and became a part of the 138th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade (Ukraine)[2] During the War in Donbass, the 301st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment came out of subordination of the 138th Brigade, becoming a separate military formation within the Air Command East and was deployed from 2015 to 2017 in Donbass.[3][4] On 23 August 2021, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence, the regiment was given the honorary name "Kharkiv".[5] On 24 February 2022, at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the regiment's positions were shelled by Russian forces killing a soldier of the regiment (Vergulenko Ihor Serhiyevich).[6] On 27 February 2022, during the Battle of Kharkiv, Russian Ministry of Defence spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed that Russian forces had secured the surrender of the Ukrainian 302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment and captured 471 Ukrainian soldiers, a claim that was disputed by Ukrainian officials.[7][8] In April 2022, a soldier of the brigade (Andriy Myroslavovych Osinskyi) was killed in a battle with Russians at an undisclosed location.[9] The regiment participated in the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive and on 15 September 2022, a soldier of the regiment (Oleksiy Gennadiyovych Venchenko)[10] was killed in a battle with Russians near Hurakove. On 5 October 2022, the 302nd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment "Kharkiv" shot down three Iranian-made HESA Shahed 136 Kamikaze UAVs.[11] On 16 May 2024 two soldiers of the regiment [a] (Zhitnikov Kyrylo Vyacheslavovich and Mizyak Tamila Ivanivna) were killed as result of Russian shelling on the regiment's positions.[12][13] Structure3022nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division (S-300PT) (Rohan)
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