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It was part of the creation of four other brigades to expand the Ukrainian Ground Forces in response to the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine and is expected to participate in a potential Ukrainian counteroffensive in 2024. The unit was officially announced on 1 November 2023, being designated a commander, and its military commander. [3]
Some fighters and analysts in Ukraine believe it was a mistake for Kyiv to make brand-new brigades such as the 155th instead of replenishing older, more-experienced units that were already fighting.
A Ukrainian drone operator from the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade testing new military equipment including FPV drones on a training area in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Getty Images
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]
Additionally, the 152nd Jaeger brigade was sent to storm enemy frontline positions. As a result, about 500 soldiers were reported to have been missing in action in 3 days. The brigade is later sent to the Pokrovsk offensive, aiding other Ukrainian units defend their positions. Thus, the 152nd Jaeger brigade suffered significant casualties due ...
[1] [3] Later in the month, Forbes reported that these 10 new brigades would consist of 2,000 people and some of them would be infantry rather than mechanized brigades. [4] On 16 July 2024, the Chernihiv Regional State Administration publicized a video calling for individuals to join the brigade.
Ukraine has prepared an array of new military units for its long-anticipated counteroffensive this summer, while its established brigades weathered Russia's winter offensive in the east. The first ...
The 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade (Ukrainian: 43 окрема механізована бригада) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2023 on the basis of a mechanized battalion from 93rd Mechanized Brigade. The brigade is currently equipped with T-64BVs, BMP-1s, M113s and 2S1 Gvozdikas.