78th Airborne Assault Regiment "Herts" is a Regiment of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces established in 2022 during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and has seen intensive combat actions, especially in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts and has endured heavy casualties during its operations.

[1] Then during the Battle of Enerhodar, the regiment launched an aerial assault to liberate the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant but was unsuccessful in achieving it's objectives.

[18] With the resumption of hostilities in Robotyne, a soldier of the regiment (Kasiyan Vasyl Vasyliovych) was killed in action on 20 January 2024.

[21] The regiment took part in engagements near Tonenke and on March 20, 2024, while performing a combat mission an officer of the regiment, a public figure and the commander of AKS Assault Company (Oleksandr Serdyukov Serdyukov) was killed in action while saving his comrades.

[25] The battalion also participated in engagements near Kurakhove with two soldiers (Oleksandr Kuharchuk and Dmytro Viktorovych Bozhko) being killed on April 17, 2024.