In January 1992, following the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the personnel of the 1st Radio Engineering Brigade of the 68th Air Defense Corps took the oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people.

It was assigned the tasks of conducting radar reconnaissance to ensure timely detection of an enemy air attack, provide information, monitor the flights of civilian aircraft and take measures in case of non-compliance with the rules of Ukrainian airspace in the airspace of Western Ukraine.

[2] The Brigade actively performed security tasks during the "Euro 2012" football championship in Ukraine.

[3] As of 2017, about 740 servicemen of the brigade had taken part in the War in Donbas of which 545 had received some kinds of awards.

[6] On 27 February 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a wave of missile coming from Belarusian airspace struck Volodymyr, Volyn Oblast killing a soldier of the 1st Radio Brigade (Grebeniuk Serhiy Vasyliovych) along with two others.