It is a part of the Ukrainian Offensive Guard and was established as the 9th Special Purpose Regiment in 1994 at the village of Shiroky in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The brigade was initially created as the 9th Special Purpose Regiment on 1 June 1994 at the village of Shiroky in Zaporizhzhia Oblast to protect public order as a part of the Internal Troops of Ukraine.

[11] An officer (Ivan Ivanovich Yakushyn) was killed the next day on 17 July 2014 as a result of the wounds sustained in the previous engagement.

[12] On 1 August 2014, after the restoration of the National Guard of Ukraine, the 9th Special Purpose Regiment of the Internal Troops "Cheetah", numbering around 1800 personnel was officially reorganized into the 9th Operational Regiment of the Southern Operational Territorial Unit of the National Guard of Ukraine.

[13] On 28 October, a checkpoint of MG near Mariupol was attacked by separatists, so an officer of the regiment (Ihor Mykolayovych Yukhymets) coordinated the withdrawal of all troops to safety but was himself killed by a Utyos tank machine gun.

[14] On 19 February 2016, the regiment along with ten other units received permanent official assistance from the Zaporizhzhia Oblast administration.

[20] On 21 September 2020, a memorial plaque to the Hero of Ukraine Bohdan Zavada and a new church in honor of John the Warrior were inaugurated.

On 24 February 2022, the regiment participated in the defense of the settlements of Melitopol, Molochansk, Tokmak, Kamianske, and Mala Tokmachka and stopped Russian forces in the directions of Vasylivka-Zaporizhzhia and Tokmak-Orihiv.

The Anti-aircraft units of the brigade destroyed 4 Su-25s, 2 Ka-52s, 2 UAVs, 1 missile, in addition to ground armored vehicles.

[38] During the counteroffensive a soldier (Tarasov Ivan Oleksandrovych) was killed on 4 August between the villages of Verbove and Robotyne and another soldier (Roman Viktorovych Nepomyachchi) being killed on 7 August near the village of Mala Tokmachka, followed by one more (Serhii Fedorovych Svynarchuk) on 23 October and another (Prostyakov Radyslav Yakovych) on 26 October 2023.