The 58th Motorized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2015 during the War in Donbas.
History
The brigade was activated on 17 February 2015 in Sumy and took command of three volunteer territorial defence battalions. The brigade fought for nine months in Eastern Ukraine until it was garrisoned back in Konotop on April 1, 2018.
Inna Derusova, the first woman to be posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2015 and served as a combat medic with the brigade.[3]
Structure
As of 2023 the brigade's structure is as follows:[4]
- 58th Motorized Brigade, Konotop
- Brigade's Headquarters
- 13th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Chernihiv-1"[5]
- 15th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Sumy"[5]
- 16th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Poltava"[5]
- Tank Battalion
- Artillery Battalion
- Headquarters & Target Acquisition Battery
- Howitzer Artillery Battalion (D-20)
- Anti-tank Artillery Battalion (MT-12 Rapira)
- Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion
- Reconnaissance Company
- Engineer Battalion
- Logistic Battalion
- Maintenance Battalion
- Signal Company
- Radar Company
- Medical Company
- Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear Protection Company
References
- ^ David Axe (25 October 2022). "A Fierce Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade Is Routing Russian Mercenaries In One Symbolic Eastern Town". Forbes.
- ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/12/22/bakhmut-is-soaked-in-blood-as-eight-of-ukraines-best-brigades-battle-40000-former-russian-prisoners/?sh=40fd56d96f23
- ^ ОХРИМЕНКО, Ольга (13 March 2022). "Вперше звання Героя України посмертно присвоєно жінці" [For the first time, the title of Hero of Ukraine was posthumously awarded to a woman]. Fakty i Kommentarii (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "58th Motorized Brigade". Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Сухопутні війська". Retrieved 9 April 2023.