• Kulchitskyi Battalion

    Kulchitskyi Battalion was a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard. It was formed on the basis of Maidan Self-Defense Volunteers as the 1st Reserve Battalion within the structure of the Ukrainian National Guard, which had just been restored following the Revolution of Dignity. Their training took place in the base of the Special Forces Unit…

  • Donbas Battalion

    Donbas battalion is a unit founded by Semen Semechenko, originally as national militia in Donetsk region. In April 2014, the unit was renamed to Territorial Battalion of Donbas, but the leadership of Donetsk region did not support Semechenko’s initiative and the volunteer unit was forced to relocate to Dnipropetrovsk region. Nowadays, Donbas Battalion is far…

  • Azov Brigade

    Azov Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard. The unit was formed in the city of Berdyansk on May 5, 2014, and established under the name of the Azov Battalion, a homage to the Sea of Azov in southern Ukraine. It was formed on the basis of the Black Corps Detachment, which was…

  • Artemivsk Battalion

    Battalion Artemivsk was a battalion of Special Purpose Police Forces. The unit was created on May 2, 2014, in Dnipro Oblast. The main of the battalion was to ensure public order and guard checkpoints in the area of anti-terrorist operation in Donetsk Oblast. On October 5, 2015, by the order of the Ministry of Internal…

  • 72nd Mechanized Brigade

    72nd Mechanized Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Its roots can be dated back to the Second World War, where it was part of the Red Army. Following this, the unit underwent a series of name and role designations. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the unit was reformed…

  • 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade

    5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was formed in 2016 as the 5th Tank Brigade as part of the Reserve Corps, later known as the 11th Army Corps. The unit participated in numerous exercises, mainly near the occupied Crimea in southern Ukraine. The unit would later be demobilized…

  • 53rd Mechanized Brigade

    53rd Mechanized Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade was formed in the fall of 2014, following the beginning of hostilities in southern and eastern Ukraine earlier that year, to reinforce the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ combat capabilities. It integrated several territorial defense battalions that were created earlier in the year, alongside…

  • 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade

    4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade is a mechanized unit of Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2017 at the base of 1st Tank Brigade in Honcharivske as 4th Tank Brigade, and part of the Reserve Corps. The unit was later relocated to the city of Cherkasy, and subsequently demobilized. On March 3, 2022, the brigade was officially…

  • 3rd Heavy Mechanized Brigade

    3rd Heavy Mechanized Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Originally established in 2016 as the 3rd Tank Brigade within the Reserve Corps of the Ukrainian Army, it was later demobilized, retaining only its command and key personnel. However, on the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, its command structure was reactivated…

  • 30th Mechanized Brigade

    30th Mechanized Brigade is a mechanized brigade of Armed Forces of Ukraine and successor of 30th Tank Division of Soviet Army. The brigade was one of the five brigades, which were capable of fighting after the annexation of Crimea. 30th Mechanized Brigade was deployed to the border with Crimea and later dispatched to defend Savur…