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3rd Separate Air Assault Battalion "Phoenix" is a battalion of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and is subordinated to the 79th Air Assault Brigade.It was established in 2014 as a volunteer formation.
The Ukrainian Air Assault Forces (Ukrainian: Десантно-штурмові війська України, romanized: Desantno-shturmovi viiska Ukrainy, pronounced [deˌsɑntno ʃtʊrmoˈvʲi ʋʲii̯ˈsʲka ʊkrɐˈjine], abbreviated as DShV [a] or AAFU), known until 2017 as the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces [b] [6] are the airborne forces of Ukraine.
The brigade's core consists of veterans from the 25th Airborne Brigade and the 80th Air Assault Brigade which were trained on the new equipment in the United Kingdom. Forbes has speculated that the 82nd Air Assault Brigade will form part of the spearhead for the anticipated 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive. [4]
Soldiers of Russia's 55th Motorized Rifle Brigade in Avdiivka, February 2024. Ukraine's 3rd Brigade said there were about 15,000 Russian soldiers assaulting the city [190] and that most assault troops were either regular paratroopers or special forces personnel. Some 3rd Brigade personnel later commented that the skill level of Russian troops ...
Ukraine's defence minister ordered on Saturday an investigation into an alleged Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukrainian assault brigade, after reports that more than 20 soldiers were killed ...
Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian Ground Forces. 9th Army Corps - Maj. Gen. Eduard Moskalyov [18]. 3rd Assault Brigade - Andriy Biletsky; 4th Tank Brigade - Oleh Chernov [19] [20]; 47th Mechanised Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Sak (until 16 September); [21] [22] Colonel Oleksandr Pavlii (after 16 September)
The brigade, which comprises assault infantry, said the situation in Avdiivka was "hell" and "threatening and unstable", but that it had conducted a raid against Russian forces in parts of the ...
As the Ukraine war enters its third year, the infantry of 59th Brigade are confronting a bleak reality: they're running out of soldiers and ammunition to resist their Russian invaders. Another ...