{"id":48675,"date":"2025-05-16T21:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T19:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=48675"},"modified":"2025-08-09T22:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:43:38","slug":"portuguese-company-formed-in-the-3rd-assault-brigade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/news\/portuguese-company-formed-in-the-3rd-assault-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0443\u0433\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u0440\u043e\u0442\u0430, \u0441\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0443 \u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0456 3-\u0457 \u0448\u0442\u0443\u0440\u043c\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0457 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0438"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On March 9, 2025, we reported on new international units forming within the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/3rd-assault-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"16214\">3rd Assault Brigade<\/a> &#8211; including the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/3rd-assault-brigade\/spanish-storm-battalion\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"43416\">Spanish Storm Battalion<\/a> and a rumoured <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/3rd-assault-brigade\/international-battalion\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"43578\">International Battalion<\/a>. While the latter&#8217;s existence remains uncertain, it has been confirmed by members of the brigade on foreign recruiting sources that two units, one English and one Portuguese Company, are being formed within the brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some sources allude to the fact that an International Rifle Battalion has been formed, as previously reported and mentioned; however, the brigade itself has not officially confirmed its existence, only pointing to the formation of two foreign companies. It is possible that the battalion does not exist, but rather on paper, and that these companies will be subordinated to existing battalions. We will continue to keep you updated in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading48675_cb3bc2-fb, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading48675_cb3bc2-fb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading48675_cb3bc2-fb\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading48675_cb3bc2-fb mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading48675_cb3bc2-fb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading48675_cb3bc2-fb\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading48675_cb3bc2-fb wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading48675_cb3bc2-fb\">Serpent Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Portuguese unit has recently been revealed. The unit first appeared on an Instagram post on February 4, 2025, recruiting Brazilian and Portuguese-speaking volunteers. They again appeared more recently in May 2025 as part of a revamp of the International Legionnaire website &#8211; an initiative meant to help foreigners easily join units within the Ukrainian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the aforementioned sources, the unit is called the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/3rd-assault-brigade\/serpent-company\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"48659\">Companhia Serpente<\/a><\/strong>, translated in English as <strong>Serpent Company<\/strong> and is the only Portuguese-speaking company in Ukraine. This unit consists of Brazilian fighters with international military experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unit was seen to have also received its own unique insignia, which now appears for the first time exclusively here on MilitaryLand, redrawn by Davomme.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image48675_e15774-74 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image48675_e15774-74\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/i_Compania_Serpente-216x400.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-48660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/i_Compania_Serpente-216x400.webp 216w, https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/i_Compania_Serpente-82x152.webp 82w, https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/i_Compania_Serpente-768x1422.webp 768w, https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/i_Compania_Serpente-553x1024.webp 553w, https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/i_Compania_Serpente-829x1536.webp 829w, https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/i_Compania_Serpente-1106x2048.webp 1106w, https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/i_Compania_Serpente-6x12.webp 6w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><figcaption><em>Insignia of the Portuguese Serpent Company, redrawn by Davomme.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The insignia retains the traditional Azov style black and grey pointed chevron, typically seen within the brigade and other units such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/national-guard\/azov-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"11913\">Azov Brigade.<\/a> The central theme of the insignia depicts a fierce-looking serpent with a hissing tongue in white. The body of the snake is divided into three sections, representing the designation of the brigade itself. The insignia is also an echo to the Brazilian Expeditionary Force during the Second World War, which fought alongside Allied soldiers from 1942 &#8211; 1945. This was indicated by the unit commander&#8217;s background and individuals recruiting within the company who recognized the forces&#8217; effort during the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several sources, according to Instagram, pointed to <strong>Anna Grechishkina<\/strong> possibly being the commander of the company. This would therefore make her the first known female commander in the brigade. She joined the 3rd Assault Brigade in March 2025, according to her Instagram. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, she returned to Ukraine and joined a volunteer battalion. In June 2023, she joined a group of Brazilians known s &#8220;Group Brazilian&#8221;. Between then and her joining the brigade, it is unknown as to what unit she was part of, but she made several references to Brazilian volunteers in her posts.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image48675_023a80-1c .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image48675_023a80-1c\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium_large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SnapInsta.to_482920635_18490786303002371_599594572616359932_n.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SnapInsta.to_482920635_18490786303002371_599594572616359932_n-768x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-48687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SnapInsta.to_482920635_18490786303002371_599594572616359932_n-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SnapInsta.to_482920635_18490786303002371_599594572616359932_n-400x281.jpg 400w, https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SnapInsta.to_482920635_18490786303002371_599594572616359932_n-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SnapInsta.to_482920635_18490786303002371_599594572616359932_n-152x107.jpg 152w, https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SnapInsta.to_482920635_18490786303002371_599594572616359932_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Commander of the newly formed Portuguese-speaking Serpent Company of the 3rd Assault Brigade &#8211; Anna Grechishkina.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is expected that the English-speaking company of the brigade will be revealed soon, and possibly even more foreign units will be formed within the brigade as Ukrainian units continue to appeal to foreigners in hopes of bolstering their ranks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0412\u0438\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0443\u0433\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0443 \u0440\u043e\u0442\u0443 \u0443 \u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0456 3-\u0457 \u0448\u0442\u0443\u0440\u043c\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0457 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0438, \u044f\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0431\u0456\u0440. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":3620,"featured_media":48775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[1142],"class_list":["post-48675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-units","tag-army"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":3,"label":"News"},{"value":4,"label":"Units"}],"post_tag":[{"value":1142,"label":"Army"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/h_Serpent_Company_3rd_Assault_Brigade-1024x478.webp",1024,478,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"David Pipe","author_link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/author\/davomme\/"},"comment_info":16,"category_info":[{"term_id":3,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1091,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1091,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0},{"term_id":4,"name":"Units","slug":"units","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":412,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":4,"category_count":412,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Units","category_nicename":"units","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":1142,"name":"Army","slug":"army","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1142,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":308,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}