UKRAINE - Independent Presidential Regiment (Ukraine) Mariupol formed in 1998 on the

formed in 1998 on the basis of the linear battalion of the 1st regiment of the NGU

That makes the Krakens something like a kid brother to the older Azov unit

Special Purpose Police Regiment named after Hero of Russia A

the President of Ukraine granted the regiment its honorific "Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky" and handed the regimental battle colours

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UKRAINE - Independent Presidential Regiment (Ukraine) Mariupol formed in 1998 on theIndependent Presidential Regiment (Ukraine) The regiment was initially formed as the 1st NGU Infantry Regiment (military unit 4101) in Kyiv, in the 1st (Kyiv) Division of the National Guard (military unit 2210), by the order of the KNGU from January 2, 1992 on the basis of the personnel of the 290th independent motorized rifle Novorossiysk Red Banner Lenin Komsomol special operational purpose regiment of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal