On August 24, on parade on the occasion of the Independence Day in Kiev, military units and formations which demonstrated courage and heroism and proved themselves in military operations in eastern Ukraine, were conferred with honorary titles and awarded with Colours. One of 30 Colours the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine, Lieutenant-General Yuriy Allerov, handed to the commander of the military unit 3041, securing and protecting strategically important facility - Chornobyl NPP. It should be noted that among all the military units, securing nuclear power plants in Ukraine, the honor of receiving the Colour was awarded only to our unit (3041).

The Colours of the military unit is an honorary symbol, demonstrating specificity of its military mission, history and merits and testifies about the identity of the military unit to the Defence Establishment of Ukraine.

The ceremony in honor of the Colours arrival was held on August 28, on the parade ground of the military unit 3041 in Slavutych.

The ceremony was attended by the head of the unit, Colonel Andriy Frolov, Mayor of Slavutich Yuriy Fomichev, ChNPP Deputy Director General for Personnel and Physical protection Yevgen Katunin, head of the Slavutych Police Department, Prior of St. Iliya Church and others.

In the complimentary speech devoted to the historical achievement of the military unit soldiers – receiving of the Colours, the Military Unit commander expressed confidence that in future our military personnel would not dishonor the Colours and would faithfully defend the interests of the Ukrainian people, fulfill with honor their military duty, to be patriots of their country, protecting its freedom and independence, be in compliance with the oath and adhering the Colours.

At the end of the event, the complement marched in review in front of the Colours.