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Originally established in 2024 as the 7th Special Purpose Brigade, it consolidated separate assault companies from the service&#8217;s engineering brigades. These assault units comprised rear-echelon personnel who volunteered for frontline combat and fought during the defense of Bakhmut. 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While this may seem unusual at first, it\u2019s a logical progression: each DSST brigade has maintained a separate assault company, some of which engaged in direct combat, including deployments to Bakhmut in 2022 and 2023. These assault units were formed from rear-echelon personnel who volunteered for direct combat roles. The new brigade likely consolidates these assault companies under a unified command, though this is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The unit received a military unit number T0960 and motto \"Discover and Destroy\". The commander of the brigade is Vladimir Paraschuk.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":38326,\"imgMaxWidth\":431,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/t0960_b.jpg\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"uniqueID\":\"38265_3e3f56-45\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image38265_3e3f56-45\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/t0960_b.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/t0960_b-758x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-38326\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 7th Special Purpose Brigade is the mysterious unit that the Head of Kyiv City State Administration, Vitali Klitschko, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Vitaliy.Klychko\/posts\/pfbid0mpm7AXP1XH52nV2JUwYmXuWyUDpR6Z34jsirnqr8d8pzZRSMhAw4cBCr5T5yJfJxl\">presented<\/a> cars back in June 2024.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_excerpt":"The unit was formed by the State Transport Special Service.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-10-31 20:16:36","post_date_gmt":"2024-10-31 19:16:36","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-special-purpose-brigade-appeared-in-the-army","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-31 20:18:58","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-31 19:18:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=38265","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["38328","1","2024-10-31 19:55:19","2024-10-31 18:55:19","","news_dsst_7brigade","","inherit","open","closed","","news_dsst_7brigade","","","2024-10-31 19:55:19","2024-10-31 18:55:19","","38265","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/news_dsst_7brigade.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","38328"],"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":"1053","object_id":"82596","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":38265},{"ID":76277,"post_title":"7th Special Purpose Brigade Reorganized as Unmanned Systems Center","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 7th Special Purpose Brigade of Ukraine's State Transport Special Service, <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/news\/new-special-purpose-brigade-appeared-in-the-army\/\">first discovered and reported<\/a> by MilitaryLand in October 2024, has been reorganized as the 7th Center of Unmanned Systems. This was revealed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/7uavcenter\/\">offical Instagram account<\/a> of the unit.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Formed in 2024 from separate assault companies within State Transport Special Service units, the brigade drew its personnel from rear-echelon troops who volunteered for frontline combat. These forces saw action in Bakhmut during 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The redesignated center continues to operate under military unit number T0960 with the motto \"Discover and Destroy.\" A gift certificate recently obtained by MilitaryLand from the unit confirms Colonel Volodymyr Paraschuk remains in command, a position he has held since 2024.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":76280,\"sizeSlug\":\"medium_large\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cert_7center.webp\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"uniqueID\":\"76277_6bd45a-ad\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image76277_6bd45a-ad\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium_large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cert_7center.webp\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cert_7center-768x557.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-76280\"\/><\/a><figcaption><em>Gift certificate issued by 7th Center, December 2025<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image -->","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2026-01-08 20:58:00","post_date_gmt":"2026-01-08 19:58:00","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"7th-special-purpose-brigade-becomes-drone-center","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-08 20:59:06","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-08 19:59:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=76277","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["76279","1","2026-01-08 20:45:37","2026-01-08 19:45:37","","news_7center","","inherit","open","closed","","news_7center","","","2026-01-08 20:45:37","2026-01-08 19:45:37","","76277","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/news_7center.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","76279"],"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":"1053","object_id":"82596","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":"381","object_id":"82264","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":"295","object_id":"81971","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"},{"term_id":"1219","name":"\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0431\u0430","slug":"state-transport-service","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1219","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1","object_id":"76277","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1219"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"81971","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":76277}],"unit_equipment_previous":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/38209","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/38209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76292,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/38209\/revisions\/76292"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/21733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"unit_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit_tag?post=38209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}