The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Special Operations Department is the special forces and special operations wing of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, the chief Anti-corruption governmental body of Ukraine. It is tasked with special operations, raids, counterinsurgency operations and other related tasks. During wartime, the department has also taken part in hostilities being involved in both the War in Donbass and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
History In October 2014, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine was established as an Anti-corruption governmental body and with its establishment, a Special Operations Department was formed within its structure, tasked with special operations, raids, countering urgency operations and even direct combat during war.Національне антикорупційне бюро України оприлюднило звіт про
On 30 September 2015, NABU Special Operations Department held physical fitness tests for its personnel including physical exercises, hand-to-hand combat and sparring techniques.Кандидати до НАБУ виконали тести з фізичної підготовки. Фото/відео On 28 October 2015, during a joint Ukraine-NATO working group meeting, the chief of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Artem Sytynk asked NATO to equip and train the NABU Special Operations Department including the provision of non-lethal equipment including helmets, body armor, uniforms and other equipment,«Антикорупційний спецназ» України спорядить НАТО to which NATO agreed to provide assistance.Країни НАТО готові допомагати спецпідрозділу НАБУ – Ситник In May 2016, it was trained by the personnel from FBI.American FBI to train staff of NABU special operations departmentФБР тренуватиме Управління спецоперацій НАБУ As of June 2016, the NABU Special Operations Department had conducted more than 150 successful anti-corruption special operations including one 29 in March 2016, when a judge of the Malinovsky District Court of Odessa, opened fire on them during an attempted detainment for him taking a bribe of 500,000 hryvnias, he fled but was later captured.НАБУ: застосування зброї при затриманні одеського судді було законним In October 2016, it received clearance operations training from FBI SWAT teams.Агенти ФБР і спецназ НАБУ відпрацювали зачистку приміщень During the 2016 Dynamo marksmen competition, NABU Special Operations Department's personnel individually won the 1st and 2nd prizes while the team as a whole won the 2nd place.Спецпризначенці НАБУ посіли призові місця на чемпіонаті зі стрільби
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it saw combat. During the first hundred days of the war, NABU Special Operations Department personnel conducted demining operations in Horkyi and Sarzhyn Yar parks in Kharkiv.100 days of anti-corruption during the war On 8 September 2022, Major Ivan Gvozdev, an officer of the NABU Special Operations Department was killed in action in Mykolaiv Oblast during the 2022 Kherson counteroffensive.На Миколаївщині під час бойових дій загинув співробітник НАБУУ бою на Миколаївщині загинув майор УСО НАБУ Іван Гвоздєв On 24 October 2022, Major Taras Pona, an officer of the NABU Special Operations Department was killed in combat during the Battle of Bakhmut.На Донеччині загинув Тарас Пона — майор Управління спеціальних операцій НАБУ As of November 2024, it was seeing combat during the 2024 Kursk offensive.Кабмін схвалив додаткові виплати за операцію в Курській області
Equipment ModelImageOriginTypeNumberNotes Vehicles BMP-3Infantry Fighting Vehicle3У НАБУ з'явилася рота спецназу з БТРамиFord Transit CustomMid-sized, front wheel drive van2 Ford Custom Tourneo LWB Trend, 1 Ford Custom Tourneo SWB TitaniumНАБУ закупило автівки для потреб оперативно-технічного управління та управління спецоперацій Ford KugaCompact crossover SUV3 Ford Kuga Ambients Ford MondeoMid-size/large car2 Ford Mondeo Trends
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