ЗРАДн «Страж»
Full name: Anti-Aircraft Missile Artillery Battalion “Strazh”
September 2025 – Today
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Battalion (251 - 500 servicemen)
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Air Defense Forces
Strazh Battalion is a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard.
The unit began forming in September 2025 under the subordination of the 1st Azov Corps, by the initiative of Major Vitaliy Ivanov, an experienced soldier who has been serving since the onset of the full-scale invasion, and also formerly served as an infantryman in the Azov Brigade.
In September 2025, he began forming the battalion under his experience, and soon began to deliver results on the battlefield in the Dobropillia direction in late 2025. It carries out air defense missions, providing cover for the corps’ area of responsibility, including unmanned systems interceptor units, anti-aircraft artillery, radar stations, mobile fire groups, medical support, as well as engineering and technical workshops and other support units.
Major
Known by the callsign “Chezet”, he graduated from the National Aviation University with a degree in Aircraft Maintenance. Until 2022, he was engaged in managerial activities. In February 2022, he joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where he commanded a separate Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Platoon. He participated in operations to cover Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson Oblasts. In the spring of 2023, he joined the ranks of the Azov Brigade, of the Ukrainian National Guard, where he went from a…
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Here you can find the last known structure of the unit, including their insignia if available.
It includes the headquarters, management and commandant platoon.
This page was created on June 8, 2026, and last edited on June 8, 2026.
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