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In February, the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs launched the Offensive Guard project, which aims to establish eight volunteer assault brigades by April 2023. [2] The project has called for volunteers to join the effort, with particular emphasis on active members of the National Police , State Border Guard, and National Guard, as well as ...
Stepan, 38, was a metal worker before he joined the Spartan brigade, which is part of Ukraine's National Guard, and was apprehensive at first. "Their treacherous guided aerial bombs fell almost ...
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.
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.
For all the shelling and automatic rifle fire we see on the brutal front lines in Ukraine, so much of war is a waiting game. Ukraine's 63rd Mechanized Brigade lived in primitive trench hovels, on ...
Ukraine seeks to bolster its defences as Russia aims strikes in cities
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]
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Thursday it was withdrawing troops from some parts of the eastern town of Avdiivka to better positions after months of heavy fighting, and battle-hardened reserve ...