Euromaidan

In 2014, the Vinnytsia Jaguars were involved in the protection of law and order during the Maidan in Kyiv.^[5] Unarmed policemen were on duty on Hrushevsky Street in Kyiv.^[6] During the confrontation, 73 Jaguar servicemen were wounded.^[7]

Jaguar activity gained particular resonance after the statement of People's Deputy of Ukraine Oleh Liashko about the involvement of the unit's employees, whom he gave by name, in bullying Euromaidan self-defense Cossack Mykhailo Havryliuk during the 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots in Kyiv in January 2014.^[8] Previously, the lieutenant general of the police, the former head of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv, People's Deputy of Ukraine Vitaly Yarema stated that Havrylyuk was abused by the employees of the special purpose unit "Omega".^[9] The group of public relations and mass media of the Western Territorial Command of the Armed Forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine denied information about the named names.^[10]

Release of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration

On the morning of 8 April 2014, Jaguar servicemen liberated the building of the Kharkiv regional administration, in which pro-Russian separatists barricaded themselves.^[7] 70 violators were detained without a single shot or casualties.

Participation in the ATO

According to Major Serhii Didyk, in 2005–2011, the Jaguars made almost thirty trips to different parts of the country. Every summer the Jaguars go to Odesa, where they protect the peace of vacationers during the holiday season. However, there is enough urgent work for special forces in other regions as well. Thus, in 2005, in addition to the already mentioned Black Sea coast, Jaguar servicemen took part in operational and preventive exercises in Donetsk Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, and in Kyiv. In 2006, special forces had to protect public order in Kharkiv, Lviv, and on the territory of Chernivtsi Oblast. In 2007, in addition to Odesa, the Jaguars visited Chernivtsi, Kyiv and Zhytomyr. In 2008, the Special Forces of the Armed Forces met in Donetsk Oblast, Zakarpattia, Odesa Oblast, in 2009 - again in Donetsk and South Palmyra. Jaguar servicemen visited Kyiv twice, and during June–August they again guarded public order in the resorts of Odesa Oblast.^[11]

With the reestablishment of the National Guard of Ukraine, the special unit was reorganized into the 8th Regiment of Operational Assignment of the NSU.