225th Separate Assault Regiment (Ukraine)


The 225th Separate Assault Regiment is an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the unit was first formed as the 225th battalion of the 127th [Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)|127th Territorial Defense Brigade], established in Kharkiv. It was initially deployed in the Kharkiv region and, later, in Bakhmut. After engaging in the battles of Bakhmut in the winter/spring of 2022-2023, the unit was converted into a separate assault battalion. It then fought in the battles of Avdiivka and Chasiv Yar, from autum 2023 till summer 2024. In August 2024, it was transferred to Sumy oblast, and acted as a breakthrough assault unit during the Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region. The unit was again reorganized into the 225th assault regiment in February 2025.

History

The 225th battalion was formed on March 8th, 2022, as part of the newly established 127th Territorial Defense Brigade of Kharkiv.
After the success of the 2022 [Kharkiv counteroffensive|Kharkiv counteroffensive], part of the brigade, including the 225th, moved to Donetsk Oblast and went on to fight near the town of Bakhmut.
Having fought in Bakhmut for several months, the unit was transferred from Territorial Defense to the Ukrainian Ground Forces in the form of an assault battalion. Most of its service members came from different districts of Kharkiv and its Oblast.
In February 2024, the battalion was defending Lastochkyne. It fought to hold down the "road of life" during the battles for Avdiivka.
In May 2024, the battalion captured the Russian modern tank Т-90 "Breakthrough".
On July 9th 2024, information surfaced that the servicemen of the 225th separate assault battalion and the 223rd military infantry brigade broke out of the 70-day encirclement on their way to Chasiv Yar.
The battalion's personnel was expanded in July 2024.
In the beginning of August 2024, news arose that the battalion is participating in the Kursk offensive, having entered the Oblast on August 6th, 2024. As announced by Oleksandr Kovalenko, subunits of the battalion have been responsible for breakthroughs in the Russian line of defense and in entering as far as possible into the Kursk Oblast of Russia since the first days of their operation.
In the first days of the offensive, the battalion took control of the village Darino.
On August 11th, the battalion captured a group of roughly 8 prisoners, possibly from the control point of the 18th guards motor rifle brigade of the 28th separate motor rifle brigade under the 144th motor rifle division.
On August 13th, the subdivision of the battalion "Black Swan" took control of the батальйону взяв під контроль населений пункт Lyubimivka locality of Kursk Oblast and broke up a subdivision of "Kadyrov" forces.
On August 15th, the battalion claimed that the Kursk Offensive is being continued and published a video containing the capture of Russian combatants. On the 17th, the battalion posted a video with a captured company commander, who was requesting to be exchanged for captured Mariupol' defenders of the Azov brigade.
On August 27th, the battalion took into captivity a Kadyrov soldier and a black grenade launcher operator commander.
On September 9th, the battalion published another video with a Kursk Oblast captive.
On September 25th, Russian television propagandists called the battalion elite and "equipped with the best Western tech".
Oleksandr Kovalenko evaluated the 225th battalion to be one of the leading breakthrough subdivisions of the Kursk operation.
The 225th Assault Battalion was reformed into the 225th Assault Regiment on February 4, 2025.
In December 2025, a heavy quadcopter drone from the Regiment was used to drop a Volokushi elastic stretcher to help an assault group from the 3rd Battalion successfully evacuate a wounded comrade.

Weaponry

Losses

  • — Rybny Vladyslav Gennadiyovych. 31 years old, Obukhiv city. Died around the locale Lastochkyne in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast.
  • — Huliy Lyubomyr, junior sergeant, assault squad commander. Died near the Novy Put' village in the Kursk Oblast.
  • — Minayev Dmytro. 11.09.1996, Lviv city.
  • — Pelyh Pavlo. 8.07.1979, Lviv city.
  • — Lov'yan Serhiy Stepanovych. 31.07.1982, Kachyn village. Died near the village Novoivanivka in the Kursk Oblast.
  • — Pavlyshe Nazar. 20.04.1992, Dublyani city.

Links

  • https://225.army/ — website
Category:Ukrainian military organizations
Category:Military units and formations established in 2022