Chervona Kalyna Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard. It was originally formed as the 8th Regiment of Operational Assignment. In 2014, the unit prevented the creation of a pseudo-republic in Kharkiv Oblast, liberating the Kharkiv Regional State Administrative building. The unit also conducted one of the first successful battles of the Ukrainian…

Lyut Assault Brigade is a Special Police Force brigade part of the Ukrainian National Police. The brigade was created on January 13, 2023, on the basis of the Special Purpose Safari Regiment, the Tsunami Regiment, and the Luhansk-1 Battalion and joined the Offensive Guard initiative – a program under the Ministry of Internal Affairs to…

On February 24, the brigade was stationed in the area of Vyshorod and was tasked to protect Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant. In January 2023, the brigade was reformed into an assault brigade under the Offensive Guard program and received the nickname Bureviy. Insignia The brigade’s sleeve insignia featuring the heraldic symbolism of Hetman Petro Doroshenko’s…

Rubizh Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard. The brigade began its formation in October 2015 as the 4th Operational Brigade, where it began to seek recruits to serve a three-year contract as opposed to a single-year contract, to bring professionalism and commitment to its ranks to help the defense of the country…

Spartan Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard. It was initially formed at the beginning of the conflict in eastern Ukraine in June 2014. The staffing of the brigade was fully complete by October of the same year. In the winter of 2015, the brigade began its first combat operation near Debaltseve, Donetsk…

116th Mechanized Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, formed officially on February 15, 2023, on the basis of the 4th Rifle Battalion and 10th Rifle Battalion, established alongside the 117th and 118th Mechanized Brigades under the 10th Army Corps. Elements of the brigade underwent training in Poland, while tank and rear units…

21st Mechanized Brigade is a mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2023. The brigade was trained in Sweden and is equipped with Swedish-donated equipment. Between the end of 2025 and early 2026, the brigade has been commanded by Col. Yaroslav Tarasenko, that was promoted and was replaced by Col. Petro Cherevko. Insignia The…

116th Mechanized Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, formed officially on February 15, 2023, on the basis of the 31st Rifle Battalion and established alongside the 116th and 117th Mechanized Brigades under the 10th Army Corps. At least part of the brigade was trained by NATO forces in Romania. From May 2023, the brigade operated on the Robotyne…