{"id":19877,"date":"2023-04-28T20:01:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T19:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?post_type=unit&#038;p=19877"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:14:16","slug":"42nd-mechanized-brigade","status":"publish","type":"unit","link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/42nd-mechanized-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"42-\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>42-\u0430 \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, established on January 25, 2023. The brigade\u2019s formation was overseen by the Ivano-Frankivsk Recruitment Center and consisted predominantly of mobilized personnel from western Ukraine. A number of officers and non-commissioned officers were transferred from the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, contributing to the unit\u2019s cohesion, motivation, and ability to adapt to changing battlefield conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brigade became the first unit of the Ground Forces \u2014 and the second formation overall \u2014 to receive Stryker armored personnel carriers. However, the equipment was later reassigned to Air Assault units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2023, the brigade was deployed to the Serebryansk Forest area, and in the autumn of the same year to the outskirts of Bakhmut. In May 2024, it was redeployed to the Kharkiv sector to assist the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade in repelling a Russian offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2024, a battalion tactical group formed from elements of the 42nd Mechanized Brigade was attached to the 100th Mechanized Brigade, which was defending Toretsk. The battalion tactical group withdrew in July 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 2025, another battalion tactical group was formed and assigned to the Chervona Kalyna Brigade of the National Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of December 2025, the brigade was assessed to be operating at approximately 20 percent of its strength.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>42nd Mechanized Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, established on January 25, 2023. The brigade\u2019s formation was overseen by the Ivano-Frankivsk Recruitment Center and consisted predominantly of mobilized personnel from western Ukraine. A number of officers and non-commissioned officers were transferred from the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, contributing to the unit\u2019s cohesion,&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81298,"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-19877","unit","type-unit","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/652702335_780982885066440_7823057180098620682_n_2-1024x482.jpg",1024,482,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Jerome Rendall","author_link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/author\/ml_admin\/"},"comment_info":"","related_losses":false,"related_posts":[{"ID":35515,"post_title":"Promotions and honorary titles assigned on the Day of Independence","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the Ukrainian nation celebrates Independence Day today, it presents a great opportunity to honor military units, commanders, and distribute state awards and honorary titles. We've compiled a summary of all units that have received battle flags, honorary names, or awards, as well as the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who have been promoted to higher ranks based on the Presidential's decrees released on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/\">president.gov.ua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/advancedheading {\"uniqueID\":\"35515_a42d35-fd\",\"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-heading35515_a42d35-fd wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading35515_a42d35-fd\">Combat Units<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/advancedheading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>42nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces received its battle flag.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>77th Airmobile Brigade of the Air Assault Forces received the honorary name Naddnipryanska (Dnieper land).<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>82nd Air Assault Brigade of the Air Assault Forces received the honorary name Bukovynska (based on a historical region of Bukovina).<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>148th Artillery Brigade of the Air Assault Forces received the honorary name Zhytomyrska (Zhytomyr Oblast).<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>103rd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces received the honorary name Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi (named after).<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>16th Artillery Brigade of the National Guard received its battle flag.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>17th Brigade of the National Guard received the honorary name Poltavska (Poltava Oblast).<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>35th Regiment of the National Guard received the honorary name Sumsky (Sumy Oblast).<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>40th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Air Force received the honorary name Ghost of Kyiv.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The following units received For Courage and Bravery honorary award for courage and heroism shown during the defense of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>2nd National Guard's Brigade, 3rd Assault Brigade, 58th Motorized Brigade, 77th Airmobile Brigade, 138th Radio Engineering Brigade, 148th Artillery Brigade, 199th Training Center<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/advancedheading {\"uniqueID\":\"35515_e80e6f-f5\",\"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-heading35515_e80e6f-f5 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading35515_e80e6f-f5\">Commanders<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/advancedheading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been promoted to a general.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Maj. Gen. Anatoly Bargylevych, the Chief of General Staff, was promoted to Lieutenant General rank.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Brig. Gen. Andriy Hnatov, the Commander of Joint Operations Forces, was promoted to Major General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Brig. Gen. Volodymyr Horbatyuk, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, was promoted to Major General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Brig. Gen. Volodymyr Karpenk, the Commander of the Logistics Forces, was promoted to Major General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Brig. Gen. Oleksandr Komarenko, the Chief of the Main Operation Department of the General Staff, was promoted to Major General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Brig. Gen. Oleksandr Yakovts, the Head of the Administration of the State Special Transport Service, was promoted to Major Genera.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Col. Oleh Holovash, Chief of the Office of the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, was promoted to Brigadier General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Col. Andriy Zenoviovych, Head of the Main Investigative Department of the Security Service of Ukraine, was promoted to Brigadier General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Col. Oleh Luhovsky, Deputy Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, was promoted to Brigadier General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Col. Ruslan Herasymchuk, Head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, was promoted to Police General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Col. Oleh Hryhorov, Head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Luhansk Oblast, was promoted to Police General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Col. Andrii Danyk, Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations, was promoted to Major General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Col. Vitaliya Hryhorovych, First Deputy Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations, was promoted to Major General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Col. Vitaliy Matsak, Head of the internal and internal security department of the Administration of the State Border Service, was promoted to Brigadier General.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->","post_excerpt":"Ukraine celebrates the 33rd anniversary of its independence and honors military units and commanders.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-08-24 19:16:45","post_date_gmt":"2024-08-24 18:16:45","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"promotions-and-honorary-titles-assigned-on-the-day-of-independence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:45:13","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:45:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=35515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["35527","1","2024-08-24 15:31:00","2024-08-24 14:31:00","","news_2024independence","","inherit","open","closed","","news_2024independence","","","2024-08-24 15:31:00","2024-08-24 14:31:00","","35515","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/news_2024independence.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","35527"],"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":"1063","object_id":"85345","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"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":"391","object_id":"85393","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":"85345","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"}],"post_format":false,"id":35515},{"ID":53069,"post_title":"All you need to know about Kharkiv's Army Corps","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MilitaryLand has obtained new information about the recently established 16th Army Corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The corps is now confirmed to be headquartered in Kharkiv, a major city in eastern Ukraine. It has been assigned the motto \u201cAdvance, Not Retreat\u201d and designated with the military unit number A5147. The 16th Army Corps is expected to take over the responsibilities previously handled by <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/tactical-group-kharkiv\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"33078\">Tactical Group Kharkiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/advancedheading {\"uniqueID\":\"53069_5e6b9b-eb\",\"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-heading53069_5e6b9b-eb wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading53069_5e6b9b-eb\">The structure<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/advancedheading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to sources, the 16th Army Corps now commands six brigades. As previously reported, the corps is centered around the battle-hardened 92nd Assault Brigade. It also comprises the 57th and 58th Motorized Brigades, along with one tank brigade, one mechanized brigade, and reinforced by one territorial defense brigade.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<div class=\"list-units-pods\">[pods name=\"unit\" orderby=\"ukrainian_short_name.meta_value_num\" where=\" ID IN ('19877','15636','14167','14256','26926','11900')\" template=\"Units List News post\" limit=\"100\"][\/pods]<\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:html -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sources indicate that the 41st Mechanized Brigade is also expected to be part of the 16th Army Corps. However, as <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/news\/41st-brigade-joins-12th-army-corps\/\">previously reported on June 4<\/a>, the 41st Mechanized Brigade had joined the 12th Army Corps. It is possible that the brigade has since been reassigned from the 12th to the 16th Army Corps, but this has not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 3rd Tank Brigade is departing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/11th-army-corps\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"22606\">11th Army Corps<\/a>, making the 16th Army Corps the first newly formed corps to include a dedicated tank brigade.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/advancedheading {\"uniqueID\":\"53069_e47cdc-5a\",\"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-heading53069_e47cdc-5a wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading53069_e47cdc-5a\">Still to be finalized<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/advancedheading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our sources report that the organization of all army corps in the Ground Forces remains a work in progress. The core units for each corps have been set, but some brigades are still being redistributed among various corps. For example, the 22nd Mechanized Brigade and the 154th Mechanized Brigade were originally intended to join the 16th Army Corps, but this is reportedly no longer the case.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-06-22 22:07:22","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-22 20:07:22","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"all-you-need-to-know-about-kharkivs-army-corps","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:43:19","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:43:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=53069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["53868","1","2025-06-22 20:48:25","2025-06-22 18:48:25","","news_16corps_structure","","inherit","open","closed","","news_16corps_structure","","","2025-06-22 20:48:25","2025-06-22 18:48:25","","53069","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/news_16corps_structure.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","53868"],"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":"1063","object_id":"85345","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"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":"391","object_id":"85393","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":"85345","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"}],"post_format":false,"id":53069},{"ID":71623,"post_title":"Promotions and honorary titles assigned on the Day of Armed Forces","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the Ukrainian nation celebrates the Day of the Armed Forces today, it presents a great opportunity to honor military units, commanders, and distribute state awards and honorary titles. We\u2019ve compiled a summary of all units that have received battle flags, honorary names, or awards, as well as the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who have been promoted to higher ranks based on the Presidential\u2019s decrees released on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/\">president.gov.ua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/advancedheading {\"uniqueID\":\"71623_1079bb-31\",\"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-heading71623_1079bb-31 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading71623_1079bb-31\">Combat Units<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/advancedheading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>141st Mechanized Brigade received its battle flag.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>414st Unmanned Systems Brigade received its battle flag.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>225th Assault Regiment received its battle flag.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>425th Assault Regiment received its battle flag.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>108th Assault Battalion received its battle flag.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>42nd Mechanized Brigade received the honorary title the Hero of Ukraine Valeriy Hudzyas (named after).<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>48th Artillery Brigade received the honorary Colonel of the UNR Army Hryhoriy Chyzhevsky (named after).<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade received the honorary Kharkivska.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>152nd Jaeger Brigade received the honorary Symon Petliura (named after).<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The following units received For Courage and Bravery honorary award for courage and heroism shown during the defense of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>33rd Mechanized Brigade, 32nd Artillery Brigade, 67th Mechanized Brigade, 117th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, 11th Army Aviation Brigade, 12th Army Aviation Brigade, 65th Coastal Missile Battalion<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/advancedheading 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