143rd Joint Training Center

143rd Joint Training Center (2024present) Demining Center(20012020) uk 143-й Об'єднаний навчальний центр 143 ОНТЦ к.svg 150 2020 Ukraine 25px Support Forces Training of military engineers 25px Military engineering 25px Support Forces Command Colonel Volodymyr Rodikov Brigade Podillia Russo-Ukrainian War Full scale invasion Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast Official Facbook site The 143rd Joint Training Center Podillia (A2641) is a training institution of the Ukrainian Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, training new personal for engineering, logistical and support services.https://militaryland.net/ukraine/support-forces/143rd-joint-training-center/ 143rd Joint Training Center MilitaryLand 16 January 2026 15 March 2026 History The 143rd Center is mainly based on the Demining Center. In 2001, the Demining Center was established as a structural unit of the Military Engineering Institute to train specialists for humanitarian demining both in Ukraine and abroad, in particular in Southern Lebanon. Its main task was to train personnel in accordance with international standards. In 2007, the it was reorganized into a separate military unit, which was an important step in the development of the training of sappers and engineering specialists for the Armed Forces. Over the following years, the Center accumulated experience and strengthened its capabilities, preparing specialists for participation in peacekeeping missions and internal operations. In the fall of 2020 the Demining Center merged with the 201st Training Center of the Support Forces Command, resulting in the formation of the 143rd Joint Training Center.https://podolyanin.com.ua/news/46467/ ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЯ ЦЕНТРУ РОЗМІНУВАННЯ Podolyanin 28 August 2020 15 March 2026 uk On 6 December 2021 a battle flag was presented to the unit by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Serhiy Shaptala.https://www.president.gov.ua/news/u-den-zsu-glava-derzhavi-vzyav-uchast-u-peredachi-novogo-ozb-71901 У День ЗСУ Глава держави взяв участь у передачі нового озброєння та техніки військовим підрозділам President of Ukraine 6 December 2021 15 March 2026 uk Russo-Ukrainian war Russo-Ukrainian war The Center's team took part in the defense of Ukraine in 2022 from the first hours on. In particular, the combined demining detachment, preventing the loss of personnel during the first air and missile strikes on the areas of concentration and defense of Ukrainian troops, prepared a number of key military infrastructure facilities for destruction (by the method of controlled explosion) on the morning of February 24. Subsequently, the main efforts of the demining groups in the area of operations was the support of ground and airborne assault forces practically along the Izium, Lyman, Sievierodonetsk, and Popasna directions. thumb|200px|left|Honoary title ribbon added to the battle flag During the first days of the enemy offensive from the north, the combined units of the Center set out to conduct preparations for the defense of Kyiv. The sappers were assigned tasks of engineering reconnaissance, the laying of minefields and the destruction of critical infrastructure. Also, servicemen of the unit performed tasks as assigned in the Zaporizhia, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Izyum directions. At the same time, sappers were involved in demining areas and objects in the deoccupied territories, in particular, in the Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts. On 29 September 2023 the unit was awarded the honorary title Podillia.https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/6092023-48313 УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №609/2023 President of Ukraine 29 September 2023 15 March 2026 uk Commanders Colonel Volodymyr Rodikov (since 2020) References Category:Engineering units and formations of Ukraine Category:2020 establishments in Ukraine Category:Military units and formations established in 2020