Separate Presidential Brigade

Presidential Brigade
Окремий президентський бригади
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the brigade
ActiveJanuary 2, 1992 - Today
Country Ukraine
AllegianceArmed Forces of Ukraine
RoleInfantry
Size1 Brigade (5 battalions)
Garrison/HQKyiv, Kyiv Oblast
PatronBohdan Khmelnytsky
Motto(s)Order, Discipline, Organization
Anniversaries2 January
Engagements
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/Prezydentska.Bryhada
Commanders
Current
commander
Pavlo Hora

The Presidential Brigade "Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi" (Ukrainian: Окрема президентська бригада імені гетьмана Богдана Хмельницького, romanizedOkrema prezydentska bryhada imeni hetmana Bohdana Khmelnytskoho) is a special military unit of Ukraine and its Armed Forces which is mandated to defend the president of Ukraine in his duty as Supreme Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, the First Family, and the presidential residences and facilities assigned to the presidential office.[1]

  1. ^ Axe, David (25 Nov 2022). "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Personal Brigade Is Fighting One Of the Ukraine War's Hardest Battles". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-01-23.