Putin awarded the title of “Guards” to the 8th Artillery Regiment

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the rank of “Guards” to the 8th Artillery Regiment. Decree to this effect, signed by the head of state, published on the portal of legal information.

“Assign the 8th Artillery Regiment the honorary name ‘Guards’ and continue to call it the 8th Guards Artillery Regiment,” the document says.

Such a title was awarded to the regiment “for mass heroism and courage, fortitude and courage shown by the personnel of the regiment in combat operations to protect the Fatherland and state interests in armed conflicts,” the decree says.

The document comes into force from the date of its signing – June 30.

The day before, June 29, the President of the Russian Federation signed Decree on conferring the honorary title “Guards Torunsky” to the 237th Air Assault Regiment. Putin noted “skillful and decisive actions of the regiment’s personnel” during the Russian special operation in Ukraine.