| Unit Name: | 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment |
| Dates: | 1992 – present |
| Native Name: | 223-й зенітний ракетний полк |
| Type: | Missile |
| Role: | Anti-Aircraft |
| Command Structure: | Air Command West |
| Garrison: | Stryi |
| Nickname: | Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Regiment Terebovlianska Regiment (formerly) |
| Patron: | Ukrainian Sich Riflemen |
| Motto: | "With the fire of zeal" |
| Equipment: | Buk M1 |
| Battles: | Russo-Ukrainian war |
| Decorations: | For Courage and Bravery Order of Alexander Nevsky |
| Current Commander: | Colonel Ivan Velichko |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Former Insignia |
| Identification Symbol 2 Label: | Collar Insignia |
The 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment "Ukrainian Sich Riflemen" formerly the 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment Order of Alexander Nevsky "Terebovlianska" is a regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations. It operates Buk M1 missile systems and is subordinated to the Air Command West. It is headquartered at Stryi.
In January 1992, following the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the personnel of the 223rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the 38th Combined Arms Army took an oath of loyalty to Ukraine.
On March 16, 1998, the 223rd brigade was given the honorary name "Terebovlianska".[1]
The 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment was stationed in Terebovlia, Ternopil Oblast till 2004 when it was relocated to Stryi, Lviv Oblast at the base of the disbanded 25th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade.[2]
The regiment participated in the War in Donbass. The regiment's personnel saw combat near Hranitne and on 10 October 2018, a soldier of the regiment (Roman Volodymyrovych Magas) was killed as a result of a mine detonation.[3] In November 2018, the 223rd regiment's Buk M1 systems took part in a firing competition in Kherson Oblast with two systems securing the 1st and 2nd places in the competition for which they were awarded 150k and 90k hyrvnias respectively and the regiment was considered the best [4]
On 23 August 2021, the regiment was awarded the honorary title "Ukrainian Sich Riflemen" after the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, a unit of the Austro-Hungarian Army that saw combat during the World War I and later the Polish–Ukrainian War as a part of Ukrainian People's Army.[5]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the regiment was deployed for combat operations. On 23 April 2022, the regiment was officially granted a new insignia. The regiment took part in the Eastern Ukraine campaign with a soldier of the regiment (Nazar Shved) being killed near Kamainka on 9 May 2022.[6] On 15 June 2022, the regiment was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".[7]
The regiment took part in the Battle of Sumy during which on 15 August 15, 2024 a soldier of the regiment (Dmytro Orestovych Yatsyshin) was killed in a Russian rocket attack on the city.[8] [9]
The structure of the regiment is as follows:[10]