I honestly have no idea what will happen in Kiev, whether the regime will fracture and crumble, whether the protests will subside, whether martial law has been declared: I am not a Ukrainian politics specialist and in any case, this is one of those situations in which I feel all bets are off and the only real question is who is the most plausible and lucky guessers amongst the assembled ranks of pundits. However, in a depressive moment, togo with my previous note on Berkut, I thought I’d quickly throw together a list of — to my knowledge, at least — the security forces available either in Kiev or close by. Of course, treat this with some caution, not least as it would be easy for the government quickly to bring in reinforcements from other police, Interior Troop and army commands. Still, I hope this list remains of no more than academic interest.
MVS Police
Central MVS assets
‘Sokil’ (Falcon) police commando unit
Kiev City Berkut Regiment – c. 450
Kiev City Berkut Regiment – c. 450
Kiev Region Berkut Regiment – c. 350?
Kiev City Police (especially its Public Order Directorate) – total force c. 11,000 cops
Cadets from the Kiev MVS Police Academy
MVS Interior Troops (VV)
Unit 3027 Bars (‘Snow Leopard’) MVS VV Special Purpose Brigade
Omega counter-terrorist company
22nd MVS VV Special Purpose Brigade
25th MVS VV Special Motorized Police Brigade
3rd MVS VV Brigade
Cadets from the MVS VV Academy
State Guard Directorate (UDO)
Some 2900 armed officers, mainly in Kiev
Titan special security unit
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)
Security Directorate
Alfa counter-terrorist unit
Army
72nd Guards Mechanized Brigade: some 3,000 troops at Bila Tserkva, 80 km south of Kiev
Силы безопасности в и близко в Киев: предварительной оценки
Brittius
/ December 1, 2013Reblogged this on Brittius.com.