301st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade

In 1992, following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the personnel of the 269th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade of the Soviet Army took an oath of loyalty to Ukraine.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002, the 269th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade became the 301st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment.

In September 2010, during the military exercise "Interaction-2010" at Chauda, one of the divisions of the 301st Regiment destroyed all targets and received an "excellent" rating.^[1]

On 31 December 2013, the 301st regiment was transferred to the 138th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade (Ukraine) in Kharkiv but in 2014 it again became a separate Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment.

In October 2015, the regiment celebrated its 50th anniversary.^[2]

In 2021, the regiment was deployed to Donetsk Oblast to take part in the War in Donbass.^[3]

On February 24, 2022, at the Start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at 5 A.M. the regiment's positions in Donetsk Oblast were struck by Russian warplanes followed by a second aerial assault at 9 A.M, the airstrikes led to the death of a soldier of the regiment (Oleg Yaskovets).^[3] The regiment participated and saw air defense and monitoring operations during the Siege of Mariupol during which equipment of the regiment Including radars was destroyed by Russian strikes.^[4] On 24 August 2022, the regiment was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".^[5]

On 3 March 2023, the regiment shot down a Su-34 about 20 km from the front line near Yenakievo.^[6][7] One pilot was killed and the other severely wounded.^[8] On 5 August 2023, the regiment was awarded the honorary name "Nikopol" by decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.^[9]

• Management & HQ
• 3011th Anti-aircraft Missile Division (S-300PS)
• 3012th Anti-aircraft Missile Division (S-300PS)
• 3013th Anti-aircraft Missile Division (S-300PT)
• Logistics Company
• Repair and Maintenance Company
• Medical Center
• Command Post
• Technical Support Unit

• Colonel Sergey Dmytrovych Uryupov (2002–2004)
• Colonel Serhiy Voznesenskyi (2004–2006)
• Colonel Volodymyr Pavlovich Karpenko (2006–2013)
• Colonel Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Reznichenko (2013–2015)^[10]
• Colonel Andriy Mogilatenko (2015-)^[2]

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