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The '''93rd Mechanized Brigade''' is a formation of the [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]]. The full name of the Brigade is the 93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade.
The '''93rd Mechanized Brigade''' is a formation of the [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]]. The full name of the Brigade is the 93rd Independent Mechanized Brigade Kholodnyi Yar.


==History==
==History==
93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade Kholodnyi Yar<ref>{{Citation|title=Холодний Яр|date=2021-03-17|url=https://uk.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%AF%D1%80&oldid=31014747|work=Вікіпедія|language=uk|access-date=2021-04-06}}</ref> (93 OMBr, unit A1302, PP B2830) - the formation of mechanized troops in the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Formed on the basis of the 93rd Mechanized Division<ref>{{Citation|title=93-тя окрема механізована бригада «Холодний Яр»|date=2021-03-23|url=https://uk.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=93-%D1%82%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%AF%D1%80%C2%BB&oldid=31061833|work=Вікіпедія|language=uk|access-date=2021-04-06}}</ref>. Location - Cherkassky willage<ref>{{Citation|title=Черкаське (Новомосковський район)|date=2021-01-12|url=https://uk.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_(%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD)&oldid=30521919|work=Вікіпедія|language=uk|access-date=2021-04-06}}</ref> (Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region). The 93rd Brigade has defended Ukraine's state sovereignty and territorial integrity since the beginning of the war in eastern Ukraine with Russia<ref>{{Citation|title=Російсько-українська війна (з 2014)|date=2021-03-26|url=https://uk.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%B7_2014)&oldid=31081825|work=Вікіпедія|language=uk|access-date=2021-04-06}}</ref>. Brigade units took part in the fiercest battles of the war, including the battles near Ilovaisk, at the Donetsk airport and Pisky, at the Butivka mine. The brigade suffered the greatest losses among the military units of Ukraine: as of the end of 2017, 272 servicemen were killed in the fighting. As of the beginning of 2018, more than 1,000 servicemen of the brigade were awarded state awards, three of them received the title of Hero of Ukraine and the Order of the Golden Star. Since 2018, the brigade has been honored with the name Kholodnyi Yar - in honor of the historic site of Dnieper Ukraine, famous for its insurgents.
The Brigade traces its history back to the 93rd Guards Rifle Division of the [[Soviet Union]]'s [[Red Army]], formed at Valuki in April 1943 from 13th Guards and 92nd Rifle Brigades. The Division fought at [[Kursk]], [[Kharkiv]], [[Budapest]], and [[Prague]], and was serving with the 53rd Army of the [[2nd Ukrainian Front]] in May 1945.<ref>Poirer and Connor, Red Army Order of Battle</ref> After a period as a 35th Guards Mechanized Division, and then 35th Guards Motor Rifle Division 1957-65, the Division was redesignated as the 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1965. It served with the [[Southern Group of Forces]] in [[Hungary]] during the last years of the [[Cold War]],<ref>Michael Holm/V.I.Feskov et al., [http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/93gvmsd.htm 93rd Guards Motorised Rifle Division], 2015.</ref> and after the fall of the Berlin Wall was withdrawn to [[Ukraine]] from October 1990 to January 1991.

There it became part of the [[Ukrainian Armed Forces]]. In Decree 925/96(?), Colonel Anatoly Savatiovich Pushnyakov, Commander of the 93rd Mechanised Division of the [[6th Army Corps (Ukraine)|6th Army Corps]], [[Operational Command South|Southern Operational Command]], [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]], was promoted to General-Major.

The division appears to have been redesignated a brigade after 1996 and after 1999.

Throughout 1999, the '93rd Motor Rifle Division' conducted a series of small unit and staff officer exchanges with the [[40th Infantry Division (United States)|40th Infantry Division]] of the [[California Army National Guard]].<ref>Globalsecurity.org, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/ng.htm Ukrainian National Guard]</ref>

On December 10, 2007 the Brigade received its [[Military colours, standards and guidons|Colour]] by the order of the [[President of Ukraine]].

The brigade fought in the [[War in Donbass]], defending [[Donetsk International Airport]] during the [[Second Battle of Donetsk Airport]] alongside the [[95th Airmobile Brigade (Ukraine)|95th Airmobile Brigade]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Полоненого "кіборга" побили "мирні" жителі Донецька|url = http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1429065-polonenogo-kiborga-pobili-mirni-zhiteli-donetska|website = Ukrainian National Information Agency News (UNN). All online daily news in Ukraine today - fresh, recent, major.|access-date = 2016-01-09|trans-title = Cyborg brigades beat "peaceful" Donetsk inhabitants}}</ref>

The brigade is currently based in [[Krasnoarmiisk]].<ref>{{Cite news|title = Kiev’s Calls for Restraint Frustrate Ukraine’s Front-Line Fighters|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/kievs-calls-for-restraint-frustrate-ukraines-front-line-fighters-1456159904|newspaper = Wall Street Journal|access-date = 2016-02-24|issn = 0099-9660|first = Julian E.|last = Barnes|archive-date = 22 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160222180554/http://www.wsj.com/articles/kievs-calls-for-restraint-frustrate-ukraines-front-line-fighters-1456159904}}</ref> On 18 November 2015 its honorifics "Twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov" were removed as part of an Armed Forces-wide removal of Soviet awards and honorifics, but not its Kharkiv battle honor,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/6462015-19568|title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №646/2015|date=21 November 2015|publisher=President of Ukraine|language=uk|trans-title=Ukaz President of Ukraine No. 646/2015|access-date=14 August 2016}}</ref> given as a result of its participation in the 1943 [[Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation]]. On 22 August 2016, its Guards title was also removed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/3442016-20457|title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №344/2016|date=22 August 2016|access-date=17 February 2017|publisher=President of Ukraine|language=uk|trans-title=Ukaz of the President of Ukraine No. 344/2016}}</ref>

In honor of the centennial year of the [[Ukrainian War of Independence]] the brigade received its second honorific title, [[Kholodnyi Yar]] (Kholodnyi Yar was a pro-Ukrainian partisan self-proclaimed state that existed from 1919 to 1922), in 2018, and thus its Kharkiv battle honour was officially removed from the full title of the unit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2018/01/honory-names-of-93rd-brigade.html |title=93-я окрема механізована бригада ЗС України отримає почесне ім'я "Холодний Яр" |date=2018-01-22 |website=www.ukrmilitary.com/ |publisher=[[Ukrainian Military Pages]] |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://procherk.info/news/7-cherkassy/59835-93-a-okrema-mehanizovana-brigada-zsu-otrimae-pochesne-najmenuvannja-holodnij-jar |title=93-тя окрема механізована бригада ЗСУ отримає почесне найменування "Холодний Яр" |date=2018-01-22 |website=procherk.info/ |publisher=[[Прочерк (видання)|Прочерк]] |access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mil.in.ua/holodnyy-yar-pochesna-nazva-93-bryhady/ |title="Холодний Яр": почесна назва 93 бригади |date=2018-01-22 |website=mil.in.ua |publisher=[[Український мілітарний портал]] |access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tsn.ua/ukrayina/93-a-brigada-zsu-otrimaye-pochesne-naymenuvannya-holodniy-yar-novi-shevroni-ta-boyoviy-prapor-1092280.html?g=article&m=400342745 |title=93-тя бригада ЗСУ отримає почесне найменування "Холодний Яр", нові нарукавні знаки та бойове знамено |date=2018-01-22 |website=tsn.ua/ |publisher=[[ТСН]] |access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://milnavigator.com.ua/93-омбр-зсу-стане-холодноярською-фото/ 93 ОМБр ЗСУ стане Холодноярською. ФОТО] // ''[[Військовий навігатор України]]''</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-41973466 |title=Королівська піхота і танковий кулак: як змінюють символи армії України |date=2017-11-14 |website=www.bbc.com/ |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://novynarnia.com/2017/10/15/pochesni-styagi-poruch-z-boyovimi-sso-i-brigada-korolya-danila-otrimali-brendovu-simvoliku/ |title=Почесні стяги поруч з бойовими. ССО і бригада короля Данила отримали "брендову" символіку |date=2017-10-15 |website=novynarnia.com|publisher=[[Новинарня]] |access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref> A new colour was also received by the brigade command which differs from the maroon colour it received in 2007.


==Participation in peacekeeping missions==
==Participation in peacekeeping missions==

Revision as of 12:02, 6 April 2021

93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade
Patch of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade
Active1943–present
CountryUkraine
BranchUkrainian Ground Forces
TypeMechanized Brigade
Part ofOperational Command East
Garrison/HQCherkaske Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[1] Ukraine
Motto(s)Nunquam Retrorsum
Never Forgotten)
ColoursBanner of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade
EngagementsWar in Donbass
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner (2) (removed)

Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Order of Suvorov (removed)

Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Order of Kutuzov (removed)
Battle honoursKharkiv (removed)

Kholodnyy Yar[nb 1]
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Dmytro Brizhinsky
Notable
commanders		Oleh Mikats

The 93rd Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the Brigade is the 93rd Independent Mechanized Brigade Kholodnyi Yar.

History

93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade Kholodnyi Yar[2] (93 OMBr, unit A1302, PP B2830) - the formation of mechanized troops in the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Formed on the basis of the 93rd Mechanized Division[3]. Location - Cherkassky willage[4] (Novomoskovsk district, Dnipropetrovsk region). The 93rd Brigade has defended Ukraine's state sovereignty and territorial integrity since the beginning of the war in eastern Ukraine with Russia[5]. Brigade units took part in the fiercest battles of the war, including the battles near Ilovaisk, at the Donetsk airport and Pisky, at the Butivka mine. The brigade suffered the greatest losses among the military units of Ukraine: as of the end of 2017, 272 servicemen were killed in the fighting. As of the beginning of 2018, more than 1,000 servicemen of the brigade were awarded state awards, three of them received the title of Hero of Ukraine and the Order of the Golden Star. Since 2018, the brigade has been honored with the name Kholodnyi Yar - in honor of the historic site of Dnieper Ukraine, famous for its insurgents.

Participation in peacekeeping missions

In the recent history of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 93rd Division became the first basic unit to train the first units of the peacekeeping forces. The 108th peacekeeping training center was established on the basis of the 112th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the division. Here were formed 15 rotations of the 240th battalion, which performed peacekeeping functions in the former Yugoslavia. Also on the basis of the 3rd Mechanized Battalion, the 71st Separate Mechanized Battalion was formed to be included in the 7th Separate Mechanized Brigade, which carried out the peacekeeping mission in Iraq in 2004-2005, but was disbanded at the end of training due to the decision to reduce the contingent, a small part of its personnel was sent to replenish the 73rd Battalion [2]. Soldiers also served in peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Lebanon.

The Donbass War

The brigade was deployed in the War in Donbass against the Russian army and its proxy forces. The unit fought on the frontlines from 2014-2016 before being recalled in March 2016. During this period, 138 soldiers were killed in action, over 1,000 were wounded, and 9 soldiers were held as prisoners of war.[6]

The brigade returned to the frontline. On 19 July 2016 an IFV of the brigade detonated an IED, killing two soldiers.[7]

In June 2017 the brigade moved deeper into the no man's land near the village of Krymske and set up fortifications there "to exert stricter fire control over the enemy, and provides for a better defense."[8]

Brigade Order of Battle

1997

  • Division Command and Staff
  • Guards Company
  • 110th Mechanized Regiment
  • 529th Mechanized Regiment
  • 87th Armoured Regiment
  • Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Company
  • 198th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
  • 446th Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion
  • 1039th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
  • 108th Combat Engineer Battalion
  • 166th Signal Battalion
  • 1119th Logistics Battalion
  • 16th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 35th Electronic Warfare Company
  • 73rd Repair and Recovery Battalion
  • 89th Medical Battalion
  • 133rd Chemical Battalion
  • 16th Training Area[9]
  • Military Band

2007

  • 1st Mechanized Battalion[10]
  • 2nd Mechanized Battalion
  • 3rd Mechanized Battalion
  • Armored Battalion

Current Structure

As of 2017 the brigade's structure is as follows:

  • 93rd Mechanized Brigade, Cherkaske
    • Headquarters & Headquarters Company
    • 1st Mechanized Battalion
    • 2nd Mechanized Battalion
    • 3rd Mechanized Battalion
    • Tank Battalion
    • 20th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Dnipro"
    • Brigade Artillery Group
    • Anti-Aircraft Missile Artillery Battalion
    • Engineer Battalion
    • Maintenance Battalion
    • Logistic Battalion
    • Reconnaissance Company
    • Sniper Company
    • Electronic Warfare Company
    • Signal Company
    • Radar Company
    • CBRN-defense Company
    • Medical Company
    • Military Band

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ Kholodnyi Yar was not the place of a battle but a pro-Ukrainian partisan self-proclaimed state that existed from 1919 to 1922.

References

  1. ^ Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
  2. ^ "Холодний Яр", Вікіпедія (in Ukrainian), 2021-03-17, retrieved 2021-04-06
  3. ^ "93-тя окрема механізована бригада «Холодний Яр»", Вікіпедія (in Ukrainian), 2021-03-23, retrieved 2021-04-06
  4. ^ "Черкаське (Новомосковський район)", Вікіпедія (in Ukrainian), 2021-01-12, retrieved 2021-04-06
  5. ^ "Російсько-українська війна (з 2014)", Вікіпедія (in Ukrainian), 2021-03-26, retrieved 2021-04-06
  6. ^ "Ukrainian infantry brigade returns home after nearly two years on the frontline". Ukraine Today. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  7. ^ "Donbas death toll rises: Ukraine reports 7 KIA, 14 WIA in 24 hours". UNIAN. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  8. ^ Ukrainian combat units advance near frontline town of Krymske, Kyiv Post (2 June 2017)
  9. ^ "Новини Управління Прес-служби МО". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
  10. ^ Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
  11. ^ President.Gov.Ua> Archived August 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
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