The regiment was initially formed as the 1st NGU Infantry Regiment in Kyiv, in the 1st Division of the National Guard, by the order of the KNGU from January 2, 1992 on the basis of the personnel of the 290th independent motorized rifle Novorossiysk Red Banner Lenin Komsomol special operational-purpose regiment of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. In 1995, the headquarters of the 1st Regiment of the NGU was transformed into the headquarters of the 24th independent brigade of the NGU. The structure of the brigade was organized into:
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1st Battalion of the NGU in Zhytomyr, formed by the order of the KNGU on January 2, 1992, on the basis of part of the 75th independent convoy battalion of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. The second part of the battalion was used to form the 7th independent battalion of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. In 1995 the battalion was transferred from Zhytomyr to village Vysoka Pich, located on the territory of the military camp of the former missile regiment of the 50th Missile Division of the Strategic Missile Forces. By order of the KNGU of June 10, 1998, the unit was renamed into the 1st special battalion of the special purpose of the NGU;
2nd battalion of the NGU in Kyiv, formed in 1998 on the basis of the linear battalion of the 1st regiment of the NGU; By order of the KNGU on June 10, 1998, he was renamed into the 2nd separate battalion of the special purpose of the NGU;
3rd battalion of the NGU in the village Stare, Kyiv region. Formed in 1998 on the basis of the protection company of the training center of the 24th brigade of the NGU, which previously belonged to the former Kyiv Higher Combined Arms Command School; By order of the KNGU on June 10, 1998, he was renamed into the 3rd separate battalion of the special purpose of the NGU;
17th independent special purpose battalion of the NGU in the village Novi Petrivtsi, Kyiv region. More known as the "White Panther", was founded in 1992 on the basis of the special purpose training group ща 290th independent motorized rifle regime for the operational purpose of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR as a special battalion for the 1st Regiment of the NGU; in 1995 he was separated from the group, transformed into a brigade, into a separate battalion of special purpose;
27th sndependent special purpose battalion of the NGU in Kyiv, established in 1998, by will of the commander of the NGU, Lieutenant-General O. Chapovsky literally in one night From the fire support battalion of the 24th Brigade of the NGU, was formed the last in the 24th Brigade of the NGU.
By order of the KNGU from December 24, 1998, the 24th independent brigade of the NGU was renamed into the 24th special brigade of the special purpose of the NGU. By the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated October 30, 1999, for the merits of personnel in tasks in ensuring public order in the capital of Ukraine, the 24th special brigade of the special purpose of the NGU was awarded the honorary title of "Kyiv". on Maidan Nezalezhnosti during the 2010 Kiev Victory Day Parade. By Decree of the President of Ukraine of December 17, 1999, the 24th separate Kyiv brigade of special purpose NGU was transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. By the law of Ukraine of January 11, 2000, the National Guard was disbanded. The headquarters of the 24th separate Kyiv brigade of special purpose NGU was transformed into the headquarters of the Independent Novorossiysk-Kyiv Order of the Red Banner Special Purpose Regiment of the President of Ukraine. The 2nd and 17th independent battalions of special purpose NGU became linear battalions of special purpose of this formation, and the 3rd separate battalion of special purpose NGU was disbanded. The 27th special battalion of special purpose NGU was transferred to the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and became a linear battalion of the 10th Special Motorized Regiment of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. From 2015, the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 646/2015 changed the name of the regiment to the Independent Kyiv Regiment of the President of Ukraine and removed it of the Order of the Red Banner. On December 15, 2017, the President of Ukraine granted the regiment its honorific "Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky" and handed the regimental battle colours, its full name becoming the Hetman Bogdan Khmelnytsky Independent Presidential Regiment. The date of the ceremony was the centennial anniversary of the ultimatum of the Council of People's Commissars and the People's Secretariat to the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which was the actual announcement of the Soviet war in Ukraine in 1917.
