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Also, as part of updating the brigade symbols, it was decided to change the anthem of the military unit. The words for the new song were written by a soldier of the press service of the 93rd OMBr, junior sergeant Vlad "Zmiy" Sord, and Serhii Vasylyuk, the frontman of the Ukrainian band "Shadow of the Sun", wrote the music and set Stafiychuk's poem to it.
Also, as part of updating the brigade symbols, it was decided to change the anthem of the military unit. The words for the new song were written by a soldier of the press service of the 93rd OMBr, junior sergeant Vlad "Zmiy" Sord, and Serhii Vasylyuk, the frontman of the Ukrainian band "Shadow of the Sun", wrote the music and set Stafiychuk's poem to it.

On May 10, 2018, at the celebrations for the day of the military unit, the brigade was presented with and consecrated an honorary banner to the new honorary name "Kholodny Yar". This is the second case in the history of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after the 24th mechanized brigade, when the brigade receives an honorary (motivational) flag in addition to the official battle flag.


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Revision as of 19:46, 3 August 2022

93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade
93-тя окрема механізована бригада «Холодний Яр»
Patch of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade
Active1943 – present
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
TypeMechanized infantry
Part ofOperational Command East
Garrison/HQCherkaske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[1] Ukraine
Motto(s)Nunquam Retrorsum
(Never Backward)
ColoursBanner of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade
EngagementsWar in Donbas
Second Battle of Donetsk Airport
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner (2) (revoked)

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

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

Kholodnyi Yar[nb 1]
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Vladislav Klochkov
Notable
commanders		Oleh Mikats

The 93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade (Template:Lang-uk) is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

History

File:93rd Mechanized Brigade Kholodnyi Yar trophy tanks May 2022 3.jpg
93rd Mechanized Brigade operate captured Russian T-80BV tanks during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

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.[2] 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,[3] 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, 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 of the California Army National Guard.[4]

On December 10, 2007, the Brigade received its Colour by the order of the President of Ukraine.

The brigade fought in the war in Donbas, defending Donetsk International Airport during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport alongside the 95th Airmobile Brigade.[5]

The brigade is currently based in Pokrovsk.[6] 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,[7] 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.[8]

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.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] A new colour was also received by the brigade command which differs from the maroon colour it received in 2007.

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.

War in Donbas

The brigade was deployed in the War in Donbas against the Russian army and its proxy forces. The unit fought on the frontlines from 2014 to 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.[16] The brigade was involved in the battle of Ilovaisk, Avdiivka, the defence of Donetsk airport, the defence of Marinka, and the defence of Pisky.[17] A documentary 93: Battle for Ukraine has been made by Ukrainian director Lidia Guzhva about the brigade's role in the war, constructed primarily from videos made by members of the brigade themselves, as well as interviews with members of the brigade.[18]

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

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."[20]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Brigade destroyed the elite 4th Guards Tank Division of the Russian Federation in the Battle of Trostianets after it had been overextended and undersupplied due to partisan resistance in its area of operations.

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[21]
  • Military Band

2007

  • 1st Mechanized Battalion[22]
  • 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

Traditions

Anniversaries

Until 2018 inclusive, the brigade celebrated the anniversaries on May 10. This day was previously considered the day of creation of the part.

Since 2018, August 22 is considered the anniversary, the day when the brigade was awarded the honorary name "Kholodny Yar" by Presidential Decree No. 232/2018 and a new battle flag was presented.

Symbolics

On January 22, 2018, Roman Donik announced his intention to give the brigade the honorary name "Kholodny Yar", in honor of the glorious historical area with a long military history.

Also, as part of updating the brigade symbols, it was decided to change the anthem of the military unit. The words for the new song were written by a soldier of the press service of the 93rd OMBr, junior sergeant Vlad "Zmiy" Sord, and Serhii Vasylyuk, the frontman of the Ukrainian band "Shadow of the Sun", wrote the music and set Stafiychuk's poem to it.

On May 10, 2018, at the celebrations for the day of the military unit, the brigade was presented with and consecrated an honorary banner to the new honorary name "Kholodny Yar". This is the second case in the history of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after the 24th mechanized brigade, when the brigade receives an honorary (motivational) flag in addition to the official battle flag.

Notes

  1. ^ Kholodnyi Yar was not the place of a battle but a Ukrainian insurgent protostate which existed from 1919 to 1922.

References

  1. ^ "Новини Управління Прес-служби МО".
  2. ^ Poirer and Connor, Red Army Order of Battle
  3. ^ Michael Holm/V.I.Feskov et al., 93rd Guards Motorised Rifle Division, 2015.
  4. ^ Globalsecurity.org, Ukrainian National Guard
  5. ^ "Полоненого "кіборга" побили "мирні" жителі Донецька" [Cyborg brigades beat "peaceful" Donetsk inhabitants]. Ukrainian National Information Agency News (UNN). All online daily news in Ukraine today - fresh, recent, major. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  6. ^ Barnes, Julian E. "Kiev's Calls for Restraint Frustrate Ukraine's Front-Line Fighters". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  7. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №646/2015" [Ukaz President of Ukraine No. 646/2015] (in Ukrainian). President of Ukraine. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  8. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №344/2016" [Ukaz of the President of Ukraine No. 344/2016] (in Ukrainian). President of Ukraine. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  9. ^ "93-я окрема механізована бригада ЗС України отримає почесне ім'я "Холодний Яр"". www.ukrmilitary.com/. Ukrainian Military Pages. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  10. ^ "93-тя окрема механізована бригада ЗСУ отримає почесне найменування "Холодний Яр"". procherk.info/. Прочерк. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  11. ^ ""Холодний Яр": почесна назва 93 бригади". mil.in.ua. Український мілітарний портал. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  12. ^ "93-тя бригада ЗСУ отримає почесне найменування "Холодний Яр", нові нарукавні знаки та бойове знамено". tsn.ua/. ТСН. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  13. ^ 93 ОМБр ЗСУ стане Холодноярською. ФОТО // Військовий навігатор України
  14. ^ "Королівська піхота і танковий кулак: як змінюють символи армії України". www.bbc.com/. BBC. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Почесні стяги поруч з бойовими. ССО і бригада короля Данила отримали "брендову" символіку". novynarnia.com. Новинарня. 2017-10-15. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Ukrainian infantry brigade returns home after nearly two years on the frontline". Ukraine Today. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  17. ^ Nathan, Adam (13 June 2015). "The 93rd brigade: Part of the Red Army in WWII, it now fights against Russian-backed separatists". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  18. ^ Sokolynska, Olena (3 April 2018). "Soldiers Tell About Ukrainian-Russian War". Kharkiv Observer. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Donbas death toll rises: Ukraine reports 7 KIA, 14 WIA in 24 hours". UNIAN. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  20. ^ Ukrainian combat units advance near frontline town of Krymske, Kyiv Post (2 June 2017)
  21. ^ "Новини Управління Прес-служби МО". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
  22. ^ "Новини Управління Прес-служби МО".
  23. ^ "President.Gov.Ua>". Archived from the original on August 22, 2014.
  24. ^ "Новини Управління Прес-служби МО".
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