{"id":16095,"date":"2022-12-28T21:35:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T20:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?post_type=unit&#038;p=16095"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:04:30","slug":"62nd-mechanized-brigade","status":"publish","type":"unit","link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/62nd-mechanized-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"62-\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>62-\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430<\/strong> \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0456\u043b\u043e\u043c \u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a, 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Following army reforms in 2004, the brigade was disbanded, with its artillery group becoming the foundation for the first battalion of the 26th Artillery Brigade. 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Unlike the other reserve brigades in the 60-series\u2014such as the 60th, 61st, and 63rd\u2014which were reactivated in the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, there was little to no public information about the 62nd Brigade at that time. However, social media posts by volunteers, particularly on Facebook, suggest that the 62nd Mechanized Brigade did exist, at least to some degree, during the autumn and winter of 2022.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first known mention of the 62nd Mechanized Brigade appeared in September 2022, during the intense fighting around Bakhmut. By October, the brigade was reportedly hastily deployed to that front. Throughout November and December 2022, multiple social media posts emerged from individuals searching for relatives serving in the 62nd Brigade, indicating its active presence. However, in December 2022, all public traces of the brigade abruptly vanished, and it has not been mentioned again since.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/rowlayout {\"uniqueID\":\"37736_a73eb6-d4\",\"columnGutter\":\"skinny\",\"customGutter\":[16,\"\",\"\"],\"colLayout\":\"equal\",\"firstColumnWidth\":0,\"secondColumnWidth\":0,\"thirdColumnWidth\":0,\"fourthColumnWidth\":0,\"fifthColumnWidth\":0,\"sixthColumnWidth\":0,\"kbVersion\":2} -->\n<!-- wp:kadence\/column {\"borderWidth\":[\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\"],\"uniqueID\":\"37736_586935-02\",\"kbVersion\":2} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column37736_586935-02\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":59970,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/news_62mech_sc1.webp\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"uniqueID\":\"37736_16093d-0e\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image37736_16093d-0e\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/news_62mech_sc1.webp\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/news_62mech_sc1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-59970\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/column -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/column {\"id\":2,\"borderWidth\":[\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\"],\"uniqueID\":\"37736_045dc3-2d\",\"kbVersion\":2} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column37736_045dc3-2d\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":62042,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/62mech_c.webp\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"uniqueID\":\"37736_9cb9bd-d7\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image37736_9cb9bd-d7\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/62mech_c.webp\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/62mech_c.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-62042\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/column -->\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/rowlayout -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The sudden appearance and disappearance of the 62nd Mechanized Brigade suggest that it was likely not fully formed when deployed to Bakhmut in September 2022. This was not an isolated case\u2014similar instances occurred multiple times, particularly during periods when the Ukrainian Army urgently needed reinforcements. At that time, Ukrainian forces were conducting simultaneous offensives in Kharkiv and Kherson, leaving few available brigades to defend Bakhmut. However, following the liberation of Kherson in November, several brigades were freed up and quickly redeployed to Bakhmut, replacing units already stationed there, including the 62nd Brigade.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to multiple posts, the brigade was deployed near Kurdyumivka, south of Bakhmut. Its positions were later taken over by the 28th Mechanized Brigade, which arrived from Kherson Oblast.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Given that the 62nd Mechanized Brigade never reappeared after December 2022, it is reasonable to assume that the Ukrainian command decided to halt the brigade's formation and reassign its personnel to other units.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/rowlayout {\"uniqueID\":\"37736_45fb1d-10\",\"colLayout\":\"right-golden\",\"firstColumnWidth\":10,\"secondColumnWidth\":90,\"thirdColumnWidth\":0,\"fourthColumnWidth\":0,\"fifthColumnWidth\":0,\"sixthColumnWidth\":0,\"kbVersion\":2} -->\n<!-- wp:kadence\/column {\"borderWidth\":[\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\"],\"uniqueID\":\"37736_e1790b-f3\",\"kbVersion\":2} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column37736_e1790b-f3\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":59243,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"uniqueID\":\"37736_af914e-40\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image37736_af914e-40\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/i_62mech-118x152.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-59243\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/column -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/column {\"id\":2,\"borderWidth\":[\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\"],\"uniqueID\":\"37736_cc0131-e6\",\"verticalAlignment\":\"middle\",\"kbVersion\":2} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column37736_cc0131-e6\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><!-- wp:kadence\/advancedheading {\"uniqueID\":\"37736_c10e5d-68\",\"markBorder\":\"\",\"markBorderStyles\":[{\"top\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"right\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"bottom\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"left\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"unit\":\"px\"}],\"tabletMarkBorderStyles\":[{\"top\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"right\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"bottom\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"left\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"unit\":\"px\"}],\"mobileMarkBorderStyles\":[{\"top\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"right\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"bottom\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"left\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"unit\":\"px\"}]} -->\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading37736_c10e5d-68 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading37736_c10e5d-68\">About 62nd Mechanized Brigade<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/advancedheading --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/column -->\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/rowlayout -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>62nd Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> was a mechanized unit of the Ground Forces, originally formed in December 2000 from the 119th Training Center in Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast. Following army reforms in 2004, the brigade was disbanded, with its artillery group becoming the foundation for the first battalion of the 26th Artillery Brigade.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In response to the Russian invasion of Donbas in 2014, the 62nd Mechanized Brigade was reestablished and reached full strength by 2015. By July 2017, the unit was nearing completion of its formation. NATO observers present during exercises praised the professionalism and experience of the brigade\u2019s servicemen. However, for unknown reasons, the brigade was later demobilized and existed only on paper.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With the threat of a renewed Russian invasion in January 2022, the brigade was reactivated alongside other 60-series brigades, though its progress lagged behind other reserve units.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> public social media posts from volunteers affiliated with the brigade from September 2022 to December 2022. The data were anonymized to protect the identity of the original posters, as per our <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/editorial-policy\/\">Editorial Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-08-14 20:43:52","post_date_gmt":"2025-08-14 18:43:52","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"short-lived-existence-of-62nd-mechanized-brigade","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-15 23:06:27","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-15 21:06:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=37736","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"8","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15608","comment_post_ID":"37736","comment_author":"FkD","comment_author_email":"mattias_dahlstrom@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2620:149:13c0:200::23b","comment_date":"2025-08-15 23:41:47","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-15 21:41:47","comment_content":"Per statement of the Ukrainian General Staff back then there were no regular Russian army formations in Ukraine\/Donbass back in 2014\/15. Note I say regular army formations in Ukraine, not disputing SOF , \"volonteers\" or artillery firing across the border.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit\/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version\/18.6 Safari\/605.1.15","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15602","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15608"},{"comment_ID":"15606","comment_post_ID":"37736","comment_author":"Andrew","comment_author_email":"brokenwagonpublishing@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2602:feb4:308:7400:2c3b:16c1:ee1f:7cc1","comment_date":"2025-08-15 16:01:51","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-15 14:01:51","comment_content":"Yes, if a group of locals are gathering for an sponsored demonstration, the majority of *those gathering* will tend to be both locals and people who claim to support the cause, whatever it may be. lol.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:141.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/141.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15604","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15606"},{"comment_ID":"15605","comment_post_ID":"37736","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"81.19.4.40","comment_date":"2025-08-15 15:12:06","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-15 13:12:06","comment_content":"Yes, they did. On the brink of collapse of these proxy forces, regular Russian army units crossed the border. If this didn't happen, the war would be over by the end 2014.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:141.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/141.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15597","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"15605"},{"comment_ID":"15604","comment_post_ID":"37736","comment_author":"Patrick","comment_author_email":"patrickrobert1389@aol.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"193.239.221.230","comment_date":"2025-08-15 12:02:44","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-15 10:02:44","comment_content":"<span>I was in Donetsk in March\/April 2014 and witnessed the pro-Russian demonstrations first-hand. While it's likely they were supported by Russia, the vast majority of those participating were clearly local residents.<\/span>","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/138.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15597","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15604"},{"comment_ID":"15603","comment_post_ID":"37736","comment_author":"David Pipe","comment_author_email":"msmithr206@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2001:41d0:800:250a::","comment_date":"2025-08-15 11:25:49","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-15 09:25:49","comment_content":"There are many occasions of official Russian Armed Forces being captured or spotted by Ukrainian soldiers in Donbas. Including Donetsk Airport, Ilovaisk, Marinka, or on the border between Russia and Ukraine in the Mariupol area, and numerous others. This has been spotted countless times, but did the international community listen? Let's get the facts, though, right?","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/138.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15597","user_id":"3620","pod_item_id":"15603"},{"comment_ID":"15602","comment_post_ID":"37736","comment_author":"Miles_Ignigena","comment_author_email":"Miles_Ignigena@web.de","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2a04:4540:6b29:9d00:fc53:3d5f:2656:daaf","comment_date":"2025-08-15 09:26:02","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-15 07:26:02","comment_content":"The presence of regular russian forces, posing as pro-russian separatists, is documented by videos, pictures and accounts of POW made by the ukranians. Here is e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GO6OUTELkjo&amp;list=PLwb1pjLd3hpLexZZs2scwkon5jmLsok70&amp;index=10\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">a video talking about the 200th (Arctic) Motor Rifle Brigade<\/a>. Skip to 0:40. Yes Mitch, lets get those facts right.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:141.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/141.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15597","user_id":"3040","pod_item_id":"15602"},{"comment_ID":"15601","comment_post_ID":"37736","comment_author":"Tristan","comment_author_email":"tlegall29@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2a01:cb08:9970:ff00:6a6c:afdd:bf3b:956d","comment_date":"2025-08-15 08:44:30","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-15 06:44:30","comment_content":"You mean, rebels like <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220223204015\/https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2014\/11\/21\/russias-igor-strelkov-i-am-responsible-for-war-in-eastern-ukraine-a41598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Igor Strelkov who claimed to be responsable for the war<\/a> ? He was the first defense minister of the DPR, and ordered to shoot down the plane MH17. His real name is Igor Girkin, he is not Ukrainian, but Russian. Most of the \"separatists\" were simply Russian soldiers pretending to be Ukrainians. <strong>It was an invasion<\/strong>.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/138.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15597","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15601"},{"comment_ID":"15597","comment_post_ID":"37736","comment_author":"mitch","comment_author_email":"mr.anderson8228@outlook.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"8.24.102.170","comment_date":"2025-08-15 03:41:22","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-15 01:41:22","comment_content":"Russia did not invade the Donbas in 2014. They had proxy forces in the form of rebels and they supplied them and trained them but that's not an invasion. Let's get facts right.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15597"}],"_thumbnail_id":["61657","1","2025-08-13 12:57:55","2025-08-13 10:57:55","","news_62mech","62nd Mechanized Brigade, March 2018","inherit","open","closed","","news_62mech","","","2025-08-14 22:30:17","2025-08-14 20:30:17","","37736","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/news_62mech.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","61657"],"category":[{"term_id":"698","name":"\u041f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0456\u043a\u0430\u0446\u0456\u044f","slug":"article","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"698","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"52","object_id":"85393","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"698"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"392","object_id":"86507","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"298","object_id":"85879","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"},{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"63","object_id":"85879","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1146","name":"\u041c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0439","slug":"mechanized","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1146","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"8","object_id":"76620","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1146"}],"post_format":false,"id":37736}],"unit_equipment_previous":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/16095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/unit"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/16095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84179,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/16095\/revisions\/84179"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/11750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"unit_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit_tag?post=16095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}