121st Territorial Defense Brigade

Full name: 121st Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces

Garrison:

Kirovohrad Oblast

Size:

Brigade (1501 - 3000 servicemen)

Unit Role:

Infantry

Facebook

About Unit

121st Territorial Defense Brigade is a unit of Territorial Defense Forces from Kirovohrad Oblast, part of Regional Administration South of the Territorial Defense Forces.

Colonel Serhii Zadorozhny took the lead (initially as vice commander) of the brigade in february 2022, just prior to the russian full scale invasion of Ukraine, and guided it for four years. Under his command, 121st Brigade units defended the Luhansk region and the Donetsk region, participated in the liberation of the right coast of the Kherson region, fought for Krynki, operated in the Kherson oblast and now fight in the Zaporizhzhia front.

On the 19th of April 2026, Major Alexei Volkova took over the command of the brigade.

Maj. Alexei Volkova

Unit Commander

Recent News

Current Structure

Here you can find the last known structure of the unit, including their insignia if available.

Unit Headquarters

It includes the headquarters, management and commandant platoon.

Unit's Page

175th Territorial Defense Battalion

А7341 | Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast

Unit structurally subordinated to the command of this formation.

Unit's Page

177th Territorial Defense Battalion

А7343 | Bobrynets, Kirovohrad Oblast

Unit structurally subordinated to the command of this formation.

Unit's Page

178th Territorial Defense Battalion

А7344 | Novoukrainka, Kirovohrad Oblast

Unit structurally subordinated to the command of this formation.

Unit's Page

179th Territorial Defense Battalion

А7345 | Svitlovodsk, Kirovohrad Oblast

Unit structurally subordinated to the command of this formation.

1st Territorial Defense Battalion

The first linear battalion of the brigade, it was formed on the basis of the 174th Territorial Defense Battalion in 2025.

Show Subordinated Units

3rd Territorial Defense Battalion

The third linear battalion of the brigade, it was formed on the basis of the 176th Territorial Defense Battalion in 2025.

Show Subordinated Units

Former Units

Unit's Page

174th Territorial Defense Battalion

А7340 | Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast

Unit structurally subordinated to the command of this formation.

Unit's Page

176th Territorial Defense Battalion

А7342 | Holovanivs'k, Kirovohrad Oblast

Unit structurally subordinated to the command of this formation.

Equipment

Here, you can view the complete list of the unit’s equipment. All images of the vehicles and weapons below are sourced from the official social pages.

BRDM-2

Light Armored Vehicle

D-30

Towed Artillery

L-70 Bofors

Anti-Aircraft

S-60

Anti-Aircraft

ZPU-2

Anti-Aircraft

We currently don’t have information about the unit’s insignia history. Please check back later.

This page was created on February 1, 2024, and last edited on April 20, 2026.

Check out more units |

415th Rifle Battalion

A4884

415 ОСБ

Medical Forces

???

МСл ЗСУ

9th Army Corps

A4655

9 АК