• Source: 58th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine)
    • The 58th Motorized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2015 during the war in Donbas.


      History


      The brigade was activated on 17 February 2015 in Sumy and took command of three volunteer territorial defence battalions. The brigade fought for nine months in Eastern Ukraine until it was garrisoned back in Konotop on April 1, 2018.
      Inna Derusova, the first woman to be posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2015 and served as a combat medic with the brigade.


      Structure


      As of 2023 the brigade's structure is as follows:

      58th Motorized Brigade, Konotop
      Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company
      13th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Chernihiv-1"
      15th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Sumy"
      16th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Poltava"
      Tank Battalion
      Artillery Regiment
      Headquarters & Target Acquisition Battery
      Howitzer Artillery Battalion (D-20)
      Anti-tank Artillery Battalion (MT-12 Rapira)
      Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion
      Reconnaissance Company
      Engineer Battalion
      Logistic Battalion
      Maintenance Battalion
      Signal Company
      Radar Company
      Medical Company
      Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear Protection Company
      Brigade Band


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