{"id":31797,"date":"2024-05-19T20:17:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T19:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?post_type=unit&#038;p=31797"},"modified":"2026-04-19T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:48:46","slug":"159th-mechanized-brigade","status":"publish","type":"unit","link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/159th-mechanized-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"159-\u0442\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id31797_b45491-cb > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id31797_b45491-cb > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id31797_b45491-cb > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id31797_b45491-cb > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id31797_b45491-cb > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id31797_b45491-cb > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id31797_b45491-cb alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column31797_266a05-d9 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column31797_266a05-d9 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column31797_266a05-d9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column31797_266a05-d9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column31797_266a05-d9 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column31797_266a05-d9 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column31797_266a05-d9{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column31797_266a05-d9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column31797_266a05-d9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column31797_266a05-d9\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p><strong>159-\u0442\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430<\/strong> \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0456\u043b \u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a \u0417\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u0438\u043b \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brigade was initially established as the <strong>159th Infantry Brigade<\/strong> in March 2024, on the basis of elements of the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/23rd-reconnaissance-battalion\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"20342\">23rd Rifle Battalion<\/a> as part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Many soldiers of this rifle battalion joined the brigade and helped to form its basis with heavy combat experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early October 2024, following further aid from Western countries, the brigade was reformed as a mechanized formation, becoming the 159th Mechanized Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December 2024, members of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/67th-mechanized-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"16414\">67-\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430<\/a> of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, affiliated with Right Sector and the former <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/ukrainian-volunteer-corps\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"31864\">\u0414\u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0447\u0438\u0439 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u043f\u0443\u0441<\/a>, joined the brigade to help bolster the brigade&#8217;s combat experience and competence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2025, Slovenian M-55S tanks were discovered to be reassigned to the brigade, providing the formation with its first few known tank elements to help elevate it to mechanized status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2025, it was confirmed that, despite alleged rumors online about the brigade disbanding, it was continuing to be formed and raised from the ground up. In July 2025, it was confirmed that the brigade, alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/93rd-mechanized-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"15153\">93-\u0442\u044f \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430<\/a>, had joined the newly formed <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/21st-army-corps\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"49729\">21-\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u043c\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u043f\u0443\u0441<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u0412\u0456\u0434\u0437\u043d\u0430\u043a\u0438<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The insignia consists of a chevron with a deep blue canvas and a strikingly bright yellow border color. 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The legislation introduces several changes, the most notable is lowering the minimum age for conscription from 27 to 25. Furthermore, men previously deemed unfit for military service are required to retake the medical examination and Ukrainian men abroad will not receive consular services without military registration. 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The existence of 157th Infantry Brigade has been revealed by a public organization HO - Komanda ne slovom, a dilom (transl.: A team not in words, but in deed). The 159th Infantry Brigade is being formed in Mykolaiv Oblast, according to a statement by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pervomaisk.mk.ua\/\">Pervomaisk City Council in Mykolaiv Oblast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As per posts on social media, 156th Infantry Brigade received military unit number A5003, and 157th Infantry Brigade military unit number A5006.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No reports currently exist regarding the 158th Infantry Brigade, though its existence is assured.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On May 11, 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/news\/new-infantry-brigade-is-being-formed\/\">we were the  first to report<\/a> about the formation of the 155th Infantry Brigade in Rivne Oblast.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_excerpt":"Ukraine's new mobilization law comes into force.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-05-19 21:03:45","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-19 20:03:45","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-army-forms-additional-infantry-brigades","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:45:29","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:45:29","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=31815","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"16","comments":[{"comment_ID":"14526","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"UNSC_Marines","comment_author_email":"pogrebitskiy.valera@mail.ru","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"188.233.36.211","comment_date":"2024-05-24 16:51:26","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-24 15:51:26","comment_content":"Because this will make chain of command bloated. There's a reason why US military does not have more than 3 line battalions per brigade - to keep the cognitive load on Brigade commander as low as possible. 6 battalions per Brigade means CO has to keep in touch with his superior, with his chief of staff, and 6 subordinates - be mindful of the status of each battalion and its capabilities, etc.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/123.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 OPR\/109.0.0.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14513","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14526"},{"comment_ID":"14521","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Michael","comment_author_email":"Jgidlewski@icloud.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2600:387:5:80d::84","comment_date":"2024-05-21 22:00:25","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-21 21:00:25","comment_content":"Yes I know they are running short on bodies but I would assume that these brigades would be mechanized or at least motorized if they had the equipment to make them such.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 16_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit\/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version\/16.2 Mobile\/15E148 Safari\/604.1","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14511","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14521"},{"comment_ID":"14520","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"MilitaryObserver","comment_author_email":"steam199916@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"31.192.58.154","comment_date":"2024-05-21 11:47:56","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-21 10:47:56","comment_content":"I think these infantry brigades in the future, when Ukraine gets enough of armored vehicles, will be reformatted into mechanized brigades like the 100th TRO brigade","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/123.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 OPR\/109.0.0.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"3804","pod_item_id":"14520"},{"comment_ID":"14519","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Kevin","comment_author_email":"brimferg@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2600:1000:b054:193a:7d79:b303:9f8:88f7","comment_date":"2024-05-21 11:47:21","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-21 10:47:21","comment_content":"Infantry suffers the most casualties in Modern War. Infantry is your front line fighting man. People in the rear with the gear don\u2019t suffered losses like a unit on the battle line.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 17_4 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit\/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) GSA\/316.0.632200771 Mobile\/15E148 Safari\/604.1","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14510","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14519"},{"comment_ID":"14518","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"77.240.187.40","comment_date":"2024-05-21 11:08:24","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-21 10:08:24","comment_content":"Most of the new brigades are formed on a basis of already existing units. For example, 43rd Mechanized Brigade was formed on the basis of one battalion from 93rd Mechanized Brigade.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:126.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/126.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14507","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"14518"},{"comment_ID":"14517","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"77.240.187.40","comment_date":"2024-05-21 11:06:58","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-21 10:06:58","comment_content":"The command needs to distribute armored vehicles more carefully, and you don't need mechanized units for a trench defense. Infantry units have their place.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:126.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/126.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14510","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"14517"},{"comment_ID":"14516","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"77.240.187.40","comment_date":"2024-05-21 11:04:29","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-21 10:04:29","comment_content":"Most of the pre-Feb 2022 brigades have 3-4 standard battalions + 2 rifle battalions + some attached separate battalions.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:126.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/126.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14513","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"14516"},{"comment_ID":"14515","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Trung","comment_author_email":"Trung53nguyen@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2a09:bac3:cac2:78::c:2e4","comment_date":"2024-05-21 01:54:53","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-21 00:54:53","comment_content":"Famous and battle-hardened brigades such as the 47th Brigade, the 3rd Ranger Brigade and many other battle-hardened brigades need a few more battalions for each brigade. like the 3rd and 47th brigades. They are people, not steel. They must have time to rest and retrain. Each brigade has 5 or 6 battalions and always has 2 command posts. 1\/2 is in the front, the other 1\/2 is in the back. This is to","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 17_5 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit\/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version\/17.5 Mobile\/15E148 Safari\/604.1","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14509","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14515"},{"comment_ID":"14514","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Trung","comment_author_email":"Trung53nguyen@yahho.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"68.127.191.61","comment_date":"2024-05-21 01:39:59","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-21 00:39:59","comment_content":"If a new brigade encounters the first fierce battle, if they fail, they will become dead chickens forever. From experience as a veteran, I advise the Ukrainian army not to increase the number of units but to increase the number of personnel. Each brigade needs 2 or 3 battalions at the front, 2 or 3 battalions stay behind for rest and training.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 17_5 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit\/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) GSA\/316.0.632200771 Mobile\/15E148 Safari\/604.1","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14513","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14514"},{"comment_ID":"14513","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Trung","comment_author_email":"Trung53nguyen@yahho.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"68.127.191.61","comment_date":"2024-05-21 01:32:53","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-21 00:32:53","comment_content":"A new brigade takes a lot of time to learn on the battlefield. Instead, why not add one or two more battalions to each brigade. Each brigade instead of 3 or 4 battalions will become 5 or 6 battalions.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 17_5 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit\/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) GSA\/316.0.632200771 Mobile\/15E148 Safari\/604.1","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14513"},{"comment_ID":"14512","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Tristan","comment_author_email":"tlegall29@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"109.24.224.159","comment_date":"2024-05-21 00:14:28","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-20 23:14:28","comment_content":"Yes. Ukrainians have to form infantery brigades since western countries don't provide enough equipment. :-(","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/115.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14510","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14512"},{"comment_ID":"14511","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Pat O'Flaherty","comment_author_email":"patrick_oflaherty@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2607:fb90:e916:4e5:59fb:3465:d9fe:e6d7","comment_date":"2024-05-21 00:05:02","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-20 23:05:02","comment_content":"No, they're running short of bodies.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/122.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14510","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14511"},{"comment_ID":"14510","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Michael","comment_author_email":"jgidlewski@icloud.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"71.174.103.90","comment_date":"2024-05-20 18:01:30","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-20 17:01:30","comment_content":"Is the formation of Infantry brigades an indication that the Ukrainians are running low on armored vehicles.","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\/17.0 Safari\/605.1.15","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14510"},{"comment_ID":"14509","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Tristan","comment_author_email":"tlegall29@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"109.24.224.159","comment_date":"2024-05-20 16:02:28","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-20 15:02:28","comment_content":"That's what the Ukrainians are already doing, mostly. They often form new brigades from an existing a veteran batalion or regiment. For example, the 47th mech brigades was formed from the 47th assaut regiment.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/124.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14507","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14509"},{"comment_ID":"14508","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Neko","comment_author_email":"noahguy.am@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2001:fb1:45:d6c6:b458:e8c4:d1f0:7bf1","comment_date":"2024-05-20 15:45:49","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-20 14:45:49","comment_content":"indirect fire on 115th oof","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/125.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14507","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14508"},{"comment_ID":"14507","comment_post_ID":"31815","comment_author":"Kay","comment_author_email":"submain@posteo.de","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"193.32.248.132","comment_date":"2024-05-20 02:21:05","comment_date_gmt":"2024-05-20 01:21:05","comment_content":"It would be more effective to fill the new brigades not only with new recruits, but also half with experienced forces from existing units. And also replenish the existing units with freshly mobilized ones. At least they learn from veterans and are not too helpless due to inexperience when they go to the front.\r\nUnits made up of inexperienced soldiers tend to abandon their positions too quickly.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:125.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/125.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14507"}],"_thumbnail_id":["31873","1","2024-05-19 20:51:56","2024-05-19 19:51:56","141st Infantry Brigade","news_newbrigades","","inherit","open","closed","","news_newbrigades-2","","","2024-05-19 20:52:06","2024-05-19 19:52:06","","31869","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/news_newbrigades.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","31873"],"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":31815},{"ID":31936,"post_title":"159th Infantry Brigade receives its insignia","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 159th Infantry Brigade, currently in the process of formation, has received its own insignia. The emblem was revealed by an infographic of the unit. <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/news\/the-army-forms-additional-infantry-brigades\/\">MilitaryLand reported<\/a> a week ago on the formation of five new infantry brigades, including the 159th Infantry Brigade. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":31967,\"width\":\"576px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/441675690.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31967\" style=\"width:576px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thanks to our contributor davomme for creating the high resolution version of the insignia.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_excerpt":"The brigade from Mykolaiv Oblast is soon to be official.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-05-25 20:33:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-25 19:33:09","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"159th-infantry-brigade-receives-its-insignia","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:45:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:45:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=31936","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["31968","1","2024-05-25 19:57:10","2024-05-25 18:57:10","159th Infantry Brigade, edited by militaryland.net","news_159infantry","","inherit","open","closed","","news_159infantry","","","2024-05-25 20:38:23","2024-05-25 19:38:23","","31936","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/news_159infantry.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","31968"],"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":31936},{"ID":37026,"post_title":"159th Infantry Brigade becomes mechanized","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Ukrainian command has decided to reform the 159th Infantry Brigade into a mechanized unit. While the decision has not yet been publicly announced, it has been confirmed by multiple volunteers closely affiliated with the brigade, as well as by former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko. He recently handed over donated equipment to the brigade and took a photo with its flag, which identifies the brigade as mechanized.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":37133,\"imgMaxWidth\":790,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/461297072.webp\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"uniqueID\":\"37026_55e00e-d7\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image37026_55e00e-d7\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/461297072.webp\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/461297072-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-37133\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A gift certificate issued by the brigade was published by a volunteer on social media, further confirming that the 159th Brigade is now mechanized.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":37125,\"sizeSlug\":\"medium\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/159mech_cert.webp\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"uniqueID\":\"37026_ebaa4b-78\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image37026_ebaa4b-78\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/159mech_cert.webp\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/159mech_cert-400x245.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-37125\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Additionally, the 159th Brigade received an updated insignia featuring a yellow cross in the background, similar to that of the 144th Infantry Brigade. The military unit number of the unit remains unknown.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":37126,\"sizeSlug\":\"medium\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/i_159mech.webp\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"uniqueID\":\"37026_074d7d-7a\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image37026_074d7d-7a\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/i_159mech.webp\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/i_159mech-350x400.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-37126\"\/><\/a><figcaption><em>insignia made by our contributor davomme<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image -->","post_excerpt":"Another Ukrainian infantry brigade has been reformed into a mechanized unit.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-10-03 19:28:24","post_date_gmt":"2024-10-03 18:28:24","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"159th-infantry-brigade-becomes-mechanized","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:45:04","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:45:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=37026","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"14853","comment_post_ID":"37026","comment_author":"Vitali Druzhini","comment_author_email":"vitalidruzhinin1@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.25.186.217","comment_date":"2024-10-05 04:58:28","comment_date_gmt":"2024-10-05 03:58:28","comment_content":"I congratulate you as warriors of Kievan Rus whose ancestors had given me birth on the line of Polish Kingdom Rezc Pospolita.My bloodlines go back to the Earl Count ZAGURSKY family and Ukrainian GOLIK landlord family on my father's genetic line. I commend President elect Zelensky for his staunch position who like a great Israeli IDF SHIN BET warrior Netanyahu is fighting now","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/129.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14853"},{"comment_ID":"14848","comment_post_ID":"37026","comment_author":"philip frm Phil","comment_author_email":"philiplacaron@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"124.105.243.159","comment_date":"2024-10-04 04:35:53","comment_date_gmt":"2024-10-04 03:35:53","comment_content":"Slava 159th Mech Brigade of Ukraine","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/129.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14848"}],"_thumbnail_id":["37124","1","2024-10-03 15:40:32","2024-10-03 14:40:32","Petro Poroshenko","news_159mech","","inherit","open","closed","","news_159mech","","","2024-10-03 15:44:23","2024-10-03 14:44:23","","37026","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/news_159mech.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","37124"],"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":37026},{"ID":39504,"post_title":"Right Sector fighters join the 159th Mechanized Brigade","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">In late November 2024,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/news\/67th-mechanized-brigade-completes-restructuring\/\" target=\"_blank\">we reported<\/a>\u00a0on the completion of the restructuring of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/67th-mechanized-brigade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">67th Mechanized Brigade<\/a><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">. This saw the Ukrainian leadership eliminate all influence of Right Sector  from the brigade due to several controversies and scandals\u00a0<\/span>throughout the year. Before that, in late October, <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/news\/battalion-of-67th-mechanized-brigade-joins-national-guard\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/news\/battalion-of-67th-mechanized-brigade-joins-national-guard\/\">we also reported<\/a> on a battalion of the 67th Mechanized Brigade leaving the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to join the National Guard.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The battalion, on its social media platform; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vpduk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vpduk\/\">Facebook<\/a>, changed its name from <strong>1st Rifle Battalion<\/strong> to the <strong>1st Mechanized Battalion<\/strong> - indicating that it had completed transferring elsewhere. However, a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1DPodjrqqV\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1DPodjrqqV\/\">Facebook post<\/a> from the battalion indicates that the unit remains part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, now being part of one of the newly formed brigades - the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/159th-mechanized-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"31797\">159th Mechanized Brigade<\/a>. The brigade now appears to act as the first linear mechanized battalion in the brigade, providing the experience and qualities needed to help step up the training of fresh mobilized recruits in the newly created brigades.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":39541,\"sizeSlug\":\"medium_large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"uniqueID\":\"39504_058e68-f0\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image39504_058e68-f0\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium_large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/453314525_809660281256806_8055149150098061338_n-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-39541\" \/><figcaption><em>Fighters of the original battalion at the beginning of its formation in March 2022.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is currently unknown why or when the battalion joined the 159th Mechanized Brigade, and why they transferred away from the National Guard. The 159th Mechanized Brigade is one of the newly created brigades, formed in early to mid-2024 due to legislation lowering the conscription age. The brigade was originally designated as an infantry brigade but became one of the first mechanized units in the 150-series of brigades in the Ground Forces. It is expected to be fully combat operation by the first half of 2025.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_excerpt":"A battalion, composed of Ukrainian Volunteer Corps fighters, joins the 159th Mechanized Brigade.","post_author":"3620","post_date":"2024-12-10 22:34:08","post_date_gmt":"2024-12-10 21:34:08","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"right-sector-fighters-join-the-159th-mechanized-brigade","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:44:42","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:44:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=39504","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["39505","3620","2024-12-07 10:52:04","2024-12-07 09:52:04","","duk 159th mech brigade bat","","inherit","open","closed","","duk-159th-mech-brigade-bat","","","2024-12-07 10:52:04","2024-12-07 09:52:04","","39504","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/duk-159th-mech-brigade-bat.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","39505"],"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":39504},{"ID":42024,"post_title":"M-55S tanks have found a new home","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Slovenian M-55S tanks, donated to Ukraine from Slovenian stocks by Germany in 2022, have struggled to find a permanent role since their delivery. Initially assigned to the 47th Mechanized Brigade, they were withdrawn before the brigade's deployment in 2023. Reassigned to another unit shortly after, they were again pulled back a few months later. In March 2024, the tanks <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Militarylandnet\/status\/1765754643273949441\">were integrated<\/a> into the 5th Tank Brigade, only to vanish from service following the brigade\u2019s reformation into a heavy mechanized unit in December 2024.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":42028,\"imgMaxWidth\":738,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/474265340.jpg\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"uniqueID\":\"42024_deed86-a0\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image42024_deed86-a0\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/474265340.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/474265340.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-42028\"\/><\/a><figcaption><em>Soldiers of 159th Brigade in front of M-55S tank<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The M-55S tanks have resurfaced, this time in the service of the newly formed 159th Mechanized Brigade, specifically in its tank battalion. The presence of the M-55S tanks was confirmed by the brigade commander, Colonel Oleksandr Demchuk, who congratulated the tank crews on Ukraine\u2019s Day of Unity, celebrated on January 22.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/rowlayout {\"uniqueID\":\"42024_87023c-9b\",\"colLayout\":\"equal\",\"firstColumnWidth\":0,\"secondColumnWidth\":0,\"thirdColumnWidth\":0,\"fourthColumnWidth\":0,\"fifthColumnWidth\":0,\"sixthColumnWidth\":0,\"kbVersion\":2} -->\n<!-- wp:kadence\/column {\"borderWidth\":[\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\"],\"uniqueID\":\"42024_03069e-97\",\"kbVersion\":2} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column42024_03069e-97\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":42030,\"sizeSlug\":\"medium_large\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/474587218.jpg\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"uniqueID\":\"42024_7c0630-15\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image 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Firstly, the social media accounts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/158ombr\">158th<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572215861744\">159th Brigades<\/a> remained active. Secondly, volunteers closely connected to these brigades continued to collect donations for soldiers and equipment. Additionally, some volunteers expressed opposition to the disbandment of these brigades, citing their better condition and organization compared to previously formed brigades. The key difference\u2014particularly regarding the 158th and 159th Mechanized Brigades\u2014is their combat core. Unlike the 155th and 157th Brigades, these units were built around battle-hardened soldiers, providing a stronger foundation for their formation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For instance, the 159th Mechanized Brigade is commanded by Col. Oleksandr Demchuk, who completed an internship at the Fort Knox military base in the USA. Since February 26, 2022, he had led the 23rd Rifle Battalion. The brigade's core consists of fighters from the 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, the 67th Mechanized Brigade, and the 23rd Rifle Battalion.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":44154,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/48415949.jpg\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"uniqueID\":\"44152_cdd7e3-32\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image44152_cdd7e3-32\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/48415949.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/48415949-1024x839.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-44154\"\/><\/a><figcaption><em>Col. Demchuk in March 2025<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are multiple mentions on social media of the 160th Mechanized Brigade, suggesting it is still active in Poland. In contrast, there have been no public updates on the 161st Mechanized Brigade since its reveal in 2024, indicating that its formation may have been suspended. Meanwhile, the recruiting platform <a href=\"https:\/\/lobbyx.army\/brigades\/162-okrema-mekhanizovana-bryhada\/\">LobbyX continues<\/a> to advertise positions for the 162nd Mechanized Brigade, suggesting it remains active and in the process of formation. Additionally, the brigade has several ongoing tenders for equipment.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_excerpt":"Four out of the five brigades remain active and continue the formation process.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-03-20 21:01:28","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 20:01:28","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"newly-forming-mechanized-brigades-remain-active","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:44:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:44:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=44152","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15313","comment_post_ID":"44152","comment_author":"Dobbsie","comment_author_email":"Dobbsie1960@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2607:fb91:7910:1835:d925:22c3:ecb6:a26b","comment_date":"2025-03-21 18:06:28","comment_date_gmt":"2025-03-21 17:06:28","comment_content":"Also Jerome, do you have enough info yet to give us a table of organization of the Corps level?\r\nThanks","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/134.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 Edg\/134.0.0.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15313"},{"comment_ID":"15312","comment_post_ID":"44152","comment_author":"Dobbsie","comment_author_email":"Dobbsie1960@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2607:fb91:7910:1835:d925:22c3:ecb6:a26b","comment_date":"2025-03-21 18:05:20","comment_date_gmt":"2025-03-21 17:05:20","comment_content":"Thank you for this instructive post Jerome. A nice companion article would be some analysis as to whether initiatives to boost the veteran brigades back to something resembling their paper establishment have moved in the right direction. Brigades with 6-8 fully operational battalions would be quite formidable.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/134.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 Edg\/134.0.0.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15312"}],"_thumbnail_id":["38496","1","2024-11-08 21:01:49","2024-11-08 20:01:49","93rd Mechanized Brigade","news_octobersummary","","inherit","open","closed","","news_octobersummary","","","2024-11-08 21:31:56","2024-11-08 20:31:56","","38299","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/news_octobersummary.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","38496"],"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":44152},{"ID":58658,"post_title":"Legendary 93rd Brigade joins an army corps","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/93rd-mechanized-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"15153\">93rd Mechanized Brigade<\/a>\u2014widely regarded as one of the top combat units within Ukraine's Ground Forces\u2014has officially joined the newly established 21st Army Corps, according to announcements from Operational Command North's official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kommander.nord\">social media<\/a> channels. According to MilitaryLand sources, the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/159th-mechanized-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"31797\">159th Mechanized Brigade<\/a>, one of the newly formed mechanized units, has also been integrated into this corps.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/armed-forces\/21st-army-corps\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"49729\">21st Army Corps<\/a> is led by Colonel Valeriy Kurach, who previously commanded Tactical Group Vuhledar in 2024. 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Colonel Oleksandr Demchuk, the brigade\u2019s first commander who played a key role in its formation, has been dismissed from his position. Demchuk continues to serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a different role.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1794842134518912\">succeeded by Colonel Serhiy Smolyak<\/a>. Smolyak is a graduate of the National Army Academy of the Ground Forces and has participated in the war in Donbas since 2014, serving with the 25th Airborne Brigade.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2019, he commanded a consolidated company tactical group of the brigade during the multinational exercise Saber Guardian. 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