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| patchcaption = Patch of the National Police
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| sizearea = 603,629 km
| sizepopulation = 44 million (approx.)
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| headquarters = 10, Academician Bohomolets <br /> str., [[Kyiv]], {{UKR}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact Information |url=https://www.npu.gov.ua/en/publish/article/340690 |url-status= |website=National Police of Ukraine}}{{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref>
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On 14 February 2022, the National Police was transferred to combat alert, as a response to the [[Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian military buildup and threat of the invasion]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Police transferred to combat alert in Ukraine |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/798297.html |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Interfax-Ukraine |language=en}}</ref> The National Police and its [[Special police|tactical unit]] [[Rapid Operational Response Unit]] directly participated in hostilities against the invading [[Russian Armed Forces]] at the [[Kyiv offensive (2022)|Kyiv offensive]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rapid Operational Response Unit destroys Russian tanks in the Kyiv region's Brovary district |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/6/7328963/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Ukrayinska Pravda |language=en}}</ref> As the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] progressed, the National Police helped in the war effort by maintaining law and order in Ukrainian-controlled areas, escorting prisoners, operating [[Security checkpoint|checkpoints]], capturing infiltrators and detaining [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rada gives National Police additional powers under martial law |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/813882.html |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Interfax-Ukraine |language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Since start of Russia's invasion 17 Ukrainian policemen killed, 50 injured – National Police of Ukraine |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/804863.html |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Interfax-Ukraine |language=en}}</ref> By 1 March, 17 policemen were killed, 50 injured and 2 [[missing in action]].<ref name="auto"/>
In February 2023, the MIA ordered the raising of 8 new assault brigades to support the Ukrainian war effort, one of those new brigades, the [[Liut Brigade]], is the only one so far made up of officers, NCOs and constables of the NPU's Special Police. In 2024, three additional brigades were added as directly reporting under NPU Headquarters.
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| [[File:Mariupol gerb.png|50px]] [[Mariupol]] || [[File:Patch of Mariupol Patrol Police.png|50px]] Mariupol Patrol Police || 30 May 2016<ref>{{Cite web |title=Патрульная полиция Мариуполя присягнула на верность украинскому народу (ФОТО, ДОБАВЛЕНО ВИДЕО) |url=http://www.npu.gov.ua/ru/publish/article/1924205 |url-status= |website=Министерство внутренних дел Украины}}{{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref>
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