{"id":17789,"date":"2023-02-13T19:50:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T18:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?post_type=unit&p=17789"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:14:45","slug":"23rd-mechanized-brigade","status":"publish","type":"unit","link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/23rd-mechanized-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"23-\u0442\u044f \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430"},"content":{"rendered":"

23-\u0442\u044f \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430<\/strong> is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade was formed in January 2023 as part of the expansion of the Ground Forces. Initially, it was based in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 4, 2023, while the brigade was not yet fully formed, it was deployed to Zaporizhzhia Oblast. As part of Ukraine\u2019s summer counteroffensive, it took part in the liberation of Novodarivka. The 23rd Mechanized Brigade sustained casualties during the operation and lost several vehicles. The battle was later cited as an example of the consequences of insufficient reconnaissance and the challenges posed by evolving battlefield dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brigade was subsequently withdrawn from the front and did not participate further in the offensive. In 2024, elements of the brigade were deployed to reinforce Ukrainian defensive positions north of Avdiivka, and later in the Chasiv Yar sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, as Russian forces advanced toward the vicinity of Pokrovsk, the brigade’s garrison was relocated to the city of Samar in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

23rd Mechanized Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade was formed in January 2023 as part of the expansion of the Ground Forces. Initially, it was based in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast. On June 4, 2023, while the brigade was not yet fully formed, it was deployed to Zaporizhzhia Oblast. As part…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20201,"parent":11750,"menu_order":0,"template":"","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":""},"unit_tag":[],"class_list":["post-17789","unit","type-unit","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/h_23mech-1024x389.jpg",1024,389,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Jerome Rendall","author_link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/author\/ml_admin\/"},"comment_info":"","related_losses":false,"related_posts":[{"ID":17752,"post_title":"New brigades are being formed","post_content":"Ukrainian Army continues to grow and have started forming additional brigades within the Ground Forces. On January 30, we reported<\/a> about five new Ukrainian brigades being formed, today we can reveal five more new brigades.\n\n23rd Mechanized Brigade<\/strong><\/a> - a new brigade of Ukrainian Ground Forces, currently at the stage of formation.\n

\"\"<\/a>insignia of 1st Mechanized Battalion, 23rd Mechanized Brigade<\/em><\/p>\n31st Mechanized Brigade<\/strong><\/a> - another new mechanized brigade. According to the volunteers on social media, the first battalion is already deployed to the front, while the rest of the brigade is still being formed.\n\n32nd Mechanized Brigade<\/strong><\/a> is a completely new mechanized brigade of Ukrainian Ground Forces, currently at the stage of formation.\n

\"\"<\/a>soldiers of 32nd Mechanized Brigade at a firing range<\/em><\/p>\n48th Artillery Brigade<\/strong><\/a> is a new artillery brigade being formed in Poltava Oblast.\n

\"\"<\/a>insignia of 48th Artillery Brigade<\/em><\/p>\n117th Mechanized Brigade<\/strong><\/a> - after the reveal of 116th and 118th Mechanized Brigade, it was only a matter of time when the 117th Mechanized Brigade appears.\n

\"\"<\/a>soldiers of 117th Mechanized Brigade<\/em><\/p>\n118th Mechanized Brigade<\/strong><\/a> - the existence of the unit has been confirmed since our previous report<\/a>, the brigade received a military number A4712.\n\nOur list of Ukrainian Ground Forces<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.","post_excerpt":"Ukrainians are seriously expanding its forces to repel Russian invasion and liberate the occupied land.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2023-02-13 21:39:25","post_date_gmt":"2023-02-13 20:39:25","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-brigades-are-being-formed","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-23 13:49:52","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-23 12:49:52","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=17752","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"6","comments":[{"comment_ID":"7463","comment_post_ID":"17752","comment_author":"INEXORABLE","comment_author_email":"tiberius6@orange.fr","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"172.71.90.22","comment_date":"2023-02-17 09:09:58","comment_date_gmt":"2023-02-17 08:09:58","comment_content":"You still have the uncommunicated shippment of material, like France and Bulgaria which send weapons and supplies without communicating it.... I think there are a massive supply of equipments but who should stay secrete as much as possible... There is no need to divulgate everything","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/109.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"7424","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"7463"},{"comment_ID":"7453","comment_post_ID":"17752","comment_author":"\u6765\u4e16\u613f\u5728\u79cd\u82b1\u5bb6","comment_author_email":"peitian.zhao@qq.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"162.158.166.59","comment_date":"2023-02-16 07:57:03","comment_date_gmt":"2023-02-16 06:57:03","comment_content":"I think Ukraine should hold a srtright back in the south of Bakhmut ,since it seems that Wagner do not have many soldiers at this zone","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/110.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 Edg\/110.0.1587.41","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"7453"},{"comment_ID":"7451","comment_post_ID":"17752","comment_author":"\u7231\u56fd\u79cd\u82b1\u5c0f\u7c89\u7ea2","comment_author_email":"peitian.zhao@qq.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"172.69.22.210","comment_date":"2023-02-16 07:51:16","comment_date_gmt":"2023-02-16 06:51:16","comment_content":"I support Ukranian's fight against Russian invasion ,love from China","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/110.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 Edg\/110.0.1587.41","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"7451"},{"comment_ID":"7424","comment_post_ID":"17752","comment_author":"Tristan","comment_author_email":"tlegall29@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"141.101.68.159","comment_date":"2023-02-15 11:58:52","comment_date_gmt":"2023-02-15 10:58:52","comment_content":"So there are 10 new brigades. January's Rammstein meeting gave enough equipement for maybe 2 or 3 mechanized brigades. Will new brigade be under-equipped or is there something that we don't know yet (such as more Bradley being delivered) ?\r\n\r\nI hope Western country will give enough equipment, and preferably soon.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/109.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"7424"},{"comment_ID":"7423","comment_post_ID":"17752","comment_author":"VPkk","comment_author_email":"corvusfrugilegus@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"162.158.238.210","comment_date":"2023-02-15 10:44:11","comment_date_gmt":"2023-02-15 09:44:11","comment_content":"All mechanized brigades have MBTs. Either tank company or full battalion.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/110.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"7409","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"7423"},{"comment_ID":"7409","comment_post_ID":"17752","comment_author":"quintus","comment_author_email":"dafneo1988@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"172.71.114.108","comment_date":"2023-02-14 21:43:38","comment_date_gmt":"2023-02-14 20:43:38","comment_content":"No armored. uhm...","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/110.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 Edg\/110.0.1587.41","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"7409"}],"_thumbnail_id":["17785","1","2023-02-13 19:35:57","2023-02-13 18:35:57","","news_generic_01","","inherit","open","closed","","news_generic_01","","","2023-02-13 19:35:57","2023-02-13 18:35:57","","17752","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/news_generic_01.jpg","0","attachment","image\/jpeg","0","17785"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1059","object_id":"83787","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":17752},{"ID":24127,"post_title":"Recap Deployment Map changes \u2013 Week 40","post_content":"\n

The weekly recap of the latest unit changes on our Deployment map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A collection of the most significant changes on our Deployment map during the past week. All information based on publicly available sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kupyansk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n