The Regiment was established in 2003 under the subordination of the
Ukrainian Navy and Serhii Mykhailovych Lysenko, was appointed as its commander. It was tasked with detecting and thwarting informational and psychological threats directed against the
Ukrainian Navy, and providing informational and analytical support to the
Ukrainian Navy. On March 2, 2014, during the
Russian Invasion of Crimea, the regiment resisted the assault of
Russian Armed Forces by using
BTR-80 based sound transmitting station as an
armored combat vehicle, and along with the personnel of the 191st training unit of the
Ukrainian Navy, prevented the capture of the Barracks by the Russian
Spetsnaz. Then they held out for three weeks as the Russians issued two ultimatums for surrender. On March 22, the
Russian Armed Forces drove a
Tigr Armoured Vehicle and special equipment for jamming mobile communications to regiment's holdout as the personnel barricaded themselves inside the building preparing for a battle. But some amongst these personnel switched sides informing the Russians about the building's weak points. The commander of the unit, Vyacheslav Demyanenko, was kidnapped by the "
little green men" and was detained by them for around ten days before being released on 3 April. Fourteen personnel of the regiment defected to Russia after the
occupation of Crimea. On 17 February 2018, following the
Battle of Khasham during the
Syrian civil war, the 72nd Psychological Warfare Center was alleged by the Russian military to have provided psychological warfare support to anti-
Russian forces by dispersion of "propaganda" about the number of casualties. The center is also currently engaged in psychological warfare during the
Russo-Ukrainian war. On 1 March 2022, the Center's infrastructure and operational sites were alleged to have been hit by Russian airstrikes. ==Structure==