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The 159th Infantry Brigade (Ukrainian: 159 окрема піхотна бригада, romanized: 159 okrema pihotna bryhada) became a mechanized brigade at some point between April and September 2024, the latest being known as the 26 September 2024, most likely due to increased and large aid from Western countries such as the United States. [5]
The brigade was officially announced in France during the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on June 6, 2024. [11] By November 2024, the first wave of 2,000 soldiers had undergone training in eastern France (Camp de Châlons [12]), with plans for the brigade to eventually grow to a strength of 4,500 troops. [2]
According to David Axe, as of October 2024, the 156th Brigade was one of fourteen 2,000-man brigades that had recently been formed by the Ukrainian Ground Forces.Most of these brigades, including the 156th, were formed as infantry brigades, but by October 2024, Ukrainian officials had announced the 156th would be upgraded to a mechanized brigade.
Ukrainian leadership said in May that it wanted 10 new brigades, but Michael Kofman wrote that they'd largely proven to be ineffective in combat. Ukraine's big new strategy to relieve its troop ...
The brigade receiving vehicles as a donation, the brigade emblem is visible. The 153rd Separate Mechanized Brigade (Ukrainian: 153 окрема механізована бригада, romanized: 153 okrema mekhanizovana bryhada) became an infantry brigade on 2 April 2024 due to a shortage of vehicles for the newly created brigades, leading to the Ukrainian command to rethink plans.
The formation of the 160th Mechanized Brigade is part of a larger expansion of the Ukrainian Army that plans to form 10 new brigades with their numerical designation in the 160s. [1] [2] All of these brigades will be formed from freshly mobilized troops. [3] The brigade was reported to be undergoing training in Poland. [4]
The brigade was formed after a Ukrainian mobilization law came into force, seeing the draft age being lowered from 27 to 25 and placing penalties for those avoiding conscription. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] This law also saw prisoners being able to join the armed forces .
In the dusty California desert, U.S. Army trainers are already using lessons learned from Russia's war against Ukraine as they prepare soldiers for future fights against a major adversary such as ...