Command of the Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Command of the Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a body of military management of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of operational level, subordinated to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and designed to manage directly subordinated military units and certain groups of troops. The Command of the Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was established in October 2012 on the funds of the Command of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the basis of the Airmobile Troops Command. Since March 2014, the personnel of the Airborne Assault Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been involved in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

25 separate airborne brigade

In 1992, as a result of the division of the USSR 217th Guards Parachute Landing Svirsky Order of Kutuzov III degree regiment in the 98th Division of the USSR Armed Forces was transferred to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. By December 1, 1993, according to the order of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the 1st Airborne Division of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was formed in Bolgrad on the basis of the 98th Division, 25 opdbr. The division of 98 divisions and 217 regiments between Ukraine and Russia took place. On April 24, 1993, the 217th Regiment of the 98th Division departed for Ivanovo, Russia. 55% of material resources, the battle flag and the Order of Kutuzov III - degree transferred to the 217th Regiment. On May 7, 1993, the formation of the brigade began.

On June 5, 1993, the 1st Airborne Division took an oath of allegiance to the people of Ukraine. On December 1, 1993, the formation of the 25th Airborne Brigade as part of the 1st Airborne Division was completed. From May 2002 to May 2004, the brigade conducted 8 (eight) BTUs, three of the landing of personnel (including 1 with military equipment). The paratroopers of our unit constantly take part in peacekeeping missions, demining, liquidation of consequences of accidents and catastrophes. Personnel are constantly involved in events at both the local and state levels. On July 16, 2002, the President of Ukraine Kuchma LD the battle flag of the brigade was handed over and the name of the Separate Dnipropetrovsk Airborne Brigade was given.

A POLISH-UKRAINIAN BATTALION was formed on the basis of the brigade to carry out peacekeeping tasks in the Republic of Kosovo, which was trained from May to September 2008. From October 1, 2008 to April 15, 2009, 25 officers, 9 ensigns and 113 contract servicemen of the POLISH-UKRAINIAN BATTALION performed peacekeeping missions in the Republic of Kosovo.

Since 2014 and until now, the brigade has been successfully performing tasks in the combat zone.

79 separate assault brigade

The history of military unit A0224 begins with the directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. The unit was formed in the period from September to November 1979 by the headquarters of the Red Banner Odessa Military District. The basis for the formation of the brigade were officers, ensigns, sergeants and soldiers of various units and units of the airborne troops. The Battle Flag was awarded on September 7, 1981.

In 1992, during the process of disintegration of the USSR and the development of Ukraine's own Armed Forces, the 40th ODShBr was reorganized into the 40th UAEMBR and re-subordinated to the Commander of the Odessa Military District. At that time, the organization of the brigade consisted of 2 heavy and 1 light airborne battalions and support units. In 1999, according to the directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of January 13, 1999, the 40th Separate Airmobile Brigade was renamed the 79th Separate Airmobile Regiment.

Paratroopers of the 79th Separate Airborne Regiment took part in a number of peacekeeping operations in the countries of the former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro), Sierra Leone, Iraq and Liberia. In 2007, the regiment was experimentally merged with the Army Aviation Regiment into a single 79th Airmobile Brigade with direct subordination to the Command of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The heroic path of the 79th separate airmobile brigade in the fighting in eastern Ukraine began, as for other airborne units, with the defense of the Crimea; later the Nikolaev paratroopers began to defend the eastern border, took part in the operation to liberate Slovyansk, then - Savur-grave, Zelenopillya, Mariupol, Debaltseve, Airport. During these battles the Nikolaev paratroopers gained fame on both parties from a front line.

On the 3rd of September and until the beginning of December 2014, a combined detachment of units of the 79th separate airmobile brigade performed a combat mission to defend the Sergei Prokofiev Donetsk International Airport. 242 days of heroic defense of the Donetsk airport under the blows of Russian special forces are forever inscribed in golden letters in the history of the Supreme Court, and its defenders were called "cyborgs" by the people of Ukraine. Since October 2017, brigade units have been performing combat missions in the anti-terrorist operation zone.

80 separate assault brigade

The 80th Separate Assault Brigade (originally called the 80th Parachute Regiment) was formed in March 1955. The first place of deployment of the regiment - Gaijunai. In 1960 the regiment was redeployed to Baku and included in the 104th Airborne Division. On December 19, 1979, the military unit was redeployed to the town of Khyriv in the Lviv region. December 19 is the Day of the unit for the brigade personnel.

In January 1980, the 1st Assault Airborne Battalion of the Brigade with full staff departed for combat operations in the Republic of Afghanistan. About 150 officers, ensigns, soldiers and sergeants of the brigade were awarded military orders and medals for exemplary combat missions in the Republic of Afghanistan. In 1986, officers and ensigns of the brigade took part in the liquidation of the Chernobyl accident.

On May 3, 1992, the unit took the Military Oath of Allegiance to the Ukrainian people. On November 1, 1995, 224 the Training Center was reorganized into 6 separate airmobile brigades. In December 1999, the brigade was reorganized into the 80th Separate Airmobile Regiment. In April 2003, the regiment was redeployed to the city of Lviv. Many troops have served in Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

The most outstanding in the history of the brigade were 2014-2015, when the whole of Ukraine once again learned about the legendary Lviv paratroopers - invincible representatives of the Highly Mobile Airborne Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the anti-terrorist operation zone, the brigade took part in the liberation of Sloviansk, performing tasks in the area of the settlements of Georgiyivka, Khryashchuvate, Novosvitlivka, Krasne, Kruglyk, and Peremozhne.

But the most famous feat of the brigade is the defense of Luhansk airport, where our servicemen heroically defended for almost 5 months with the overwhelming forces of the enemy - the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and illegal armed groups. A separate page in the history of the 80th Brigade is the defense of the Donetsk airport by soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, who showed mass heroism in carrying out the combat mission.

81 separate airmobile brigade

On October 7, 2014, a joint directive of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine and the Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to establish 81 separate airmobile brigades.

The team includes:

• management, main divisions and support divisions;
• 5th Battalion Tactical Group;
• 90 separate airmobile battalion named after the Hero of Ukraine, senior lieutenant I. Zubkov;
• 122 separate airmobile battalion.

The battle flag was presented to the brigade by the President of Ukraine on August 24, 2015.

Since the beginning of formation 81 oaembr is deployed directly in the anti-terrorist operation zone, in Donetsk region. Today the brigade management, main divisions and support divisions are located in Kramatorsk, 5 btgr in Svyatogorsk, 90 oaembr them. Hero of Ukraine Senior Lieutenant I. Zubkov in Kostiantynivka, 122 aaemb in Druzhkivka.

The battle route of 81 separate airmobile brigades began in November 2014 with the battles for the Donetsk airport named after S. Prokofiev and continued with the defense of n.p. Experimental and Water until March 2016. In addition, in January 2016, brigade units performed combat missions near n.p. Zaytseve, near Horlivka, after which there was a defense of n.p. Novgorod, 8 months of continuous fighting with pro-Russian militants in the industrial zone of Avdiivka, and in December 2016 - the defense of Ukrainian land on the Svetlodar Arc.

From March to July 2017, servicemen of the 90th separate airmobile battalion named after the Hero of Ukraine, senior lieutenant I. Zubkov, held a defense near the village. Taramchuk, Mariinsky district of Donetsk region.

The irreversible loss of 81 oaembr since 2014 is 98 people. Since the beginning of its existence, 308 servicemen have been awarded state awards in 81 separate airmobile brigades, including 3 Heroes of Ukraine: senior lieutenant Ivan Zubkov, junior sergeant Ihor Zinych and soldier Ihor Branovytskyi posthumously. 844 servicemen were awarded departmental awards.

95 separate assault brigade

On the basis of the Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of December 12, 1992, the formation of the 95th Training Center for Junior Specialists of the Airmobile Troops in Sumy began. According to the order of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine of February 1, 1993, it was decided to move the formation of the 95th Training Center in Zhytomyr to 4,606 bases for storage of weapons and air defense equipment. The training center was staffed by paratrooper officers who returned to their homeland after Ukraine's independence, as well as the best servicemen of other branches of the army who expressed a desire to serve in the elite forces of the Armed Forces and were fit for health. The formation of the first units ended in July 1993. Since then, the unit has fully started training servicemen according to the plan of combat training of Airmobile Troops.

Since March 2014, the 95th Army has defended the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine from external enemy intervention. In April 2014, 95 Oaembr marched in the direction of the territory of the anti-terrorist operation to counter the terrorist threat in the eastern regions of Ukraine. Personnel took part in the liberation of the cities of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Lysychansk and other settlements of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

In early August 2014, during the fighting in eastern Ukraine, the 95th Brigade conducted the longest raid in the military history of the world. They broke through the separatist line of defense, marched to Mariupol, returned along the border, destroyed several Russian artillery battalions already on the Ukrainian side of the border, confiscated their weapons and inheritance, Russian tanks and drove through. Luhansk and returned to Slovyansk.

On the territory of the occupied districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the "winged infantry" are still there, they are performing new combat missions every minute to maintain peace, protect state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. More than 150 servicemen of the unit are knights of the Order of Courage and more than 50 knights of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. More than 70 servicemen were awarded the Defender of the Fatherland medal.

45 separate assault brigade

The 45 separate airborne assault brigade was formed in October 2016 on the basis of 88 separate airmobile battalion 79 separate airmobile brigade with a permanent location in the city of Bolgrad. Since November 2016, the brigade's units have been involved in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

46 separate assault brigade

The 46 separate assault brigade was formed in December 2016 with a permanent location in the city of Poltava. The 46th Infantry Division included units prepared on the basis of other airborne brigades. Since January 2017, the brigade's units have been involved in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

148 separate howitzer self-propelled artillery division

148 separate howitzer self-propelled artillery division DShV is stationed in Zhytomyr. On June 2019, two new barracks for the 148th Artillery Division of the Assault Troops were put into operation. 250 contractors will live in the barracks.

199 training center

On the basis of a joint directive of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zhytomyr on May 21, 2015 on the basis of the military town #80 "Korbutivka" was formed 199 training center of Highly Mobile Airborne Troops. The entire teaching staff of the training center took part in the fighting in eastern Ukraine, for which 33 servicemen were awarded state awards, and another 75 servicemen were awarded departmental awards of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

135 separate battalion management

According to the joint directive of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of March 29, 2015 ? D-322/1/9 DSK, the reform of 3 separate field communication nodes into 135 separate battalions of the Highly Mobile Airborne Troops began. On May 29, 2015, 135 separate management battalions were formed. Since July 2015, the battalion's servicemen have been actively participating in the anti-terrorist operation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as part of company, platoon and tactical groups for the protection of military facilities.