116th Mechanized Brigade

116th Mechanized Brigade is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, formed officially on February 15, 2023, on the basis of the 4th Rifle Battalion and 10th Rifle Battalion, established alongside the 117th and 118th Mechanized Brigades under the 10th Army Corps.

Elements of the brigade underwent training in Poland, while tank and rear units were trained in Ukraine. The brigade’s artillery component was formed with personnel and equipment assigned from the 49th Artillery Brigade.

The brigade initially was deployed on april in the Sumy oblast, to guard the state border recently liberated.

From may, the brigade operated on the Robotyne axis in Zaporizhzhia oblast during the summer offensive, where it sustained heavy casualties.
Reports indicate that some companies were rendered combat ineffective within minutes during intense engagements.

In late 2023, the brigade was redeployed to the Avdiivka sector of the front, and to the Marinka area up to the following March.

From April 2024 the brigade took part in the offensive operation in the Kursk region, and in June 2024, some units partecipated in the defence of Vovchansk, in Kharkiv oblast.

Despite earlier losses, part of the brigade was subsequently deployed to reinforce Ukrainian positions in Kursk in 2025, and then settled in the newly established area of operation controlled by the reformed 10th Army Corps, in the eastern flanks of Kupyansk, in Kharkiv oblast.