21st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade | |
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Russian: 21-я отдельная гвардейская Краснознаменная Омско-Новобугская ордена Богдана Хмельницкого мотострелковая бригада | |
![]() 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia | |
Active | 2009–2024 |
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Type | Motorized Infantry |
Size | Brigade |
Part of | 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army, Central Military District |
Garrison/HQ | Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast MUN 12128 |
Engagements | War in Donbass • Battle of Ilovaisk Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Colonel Dmitri Zavyalov (as of 2019) |
The 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade was a formation of the Russian Ground Forces based in Orenburg Oblast. It was formed on 1 June 2009 from the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division as a result of the 2008 Russian military reform.[1]
In 2014, the brigade was involved in the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.[2] In the spring of 2024, the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division was revived and 21st Brigade disbanded.[3]
History
In August 2014 the brigade's units fought in the Battle of Ilovaisk. On 29 August, during a Ukrainian breakthrough attempt from Ilovaisk, a "northern" column of Ukrainian forces took the fight with 21st brigade's troops on a road between Voznesenka and Horbatenko villages.[4] A Ukrainian T-64 tank and several BMP-2s of 51st Mechanized Brigade were able to destroy two T-72BA tanks[5][6][7] and a BMP-2[8] of the 21st Motor Rifle Brigade. Another 21st brigade's T-72BA tank was destroyed near Kumachove village, presumably by a Tochka-U missile strike of the 19th Missile Brigade.[9]
A Ukrainian Headquarters briefing held on 11 March 2015 noted the 21st Motor Rifle Brigade units are operating near Yenakiieve, Ukraine.[10]
Bodies of soldiers, reportedly from the division, which were killed in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine near Rusaniv [uk] were among six that were to be swapped for two captured Ukrainian soldiers in an exchange in March 2022.[11]
2024
Becoming 27th Motor Rifle Division as of April 2024, consisting of: [12]
- 433rd Motor Rifle Regiment,
- 506th Motor Rifle Regiment,
- 589th Motor Rifle Regiment,
- 268th self-propelled artillery regiment,
- 1107th separate anti-tank artillery division,
- 838th separate anti-aircraft missile division,
- 907th separate reconnaissance battalion,
- 1614th separate engineer battalion,
- 834th separate communications battalion,
- 140th separate logistics battalion,
- 341st separate medical battalion
Commanders
- Colonel Andrey Sergeevich TRIFONOV [13]
References
- ^ Holm, Michael. "27th Guards Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ Sutyagin, Igor (March 2015). "RUSI Briefing Paper: Russian Forces in Ukraine" (PDF). Royal United Services Institute. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment," (PDF). ISW. 2024-03-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ "Серпень 2014 року. Іловайськ. Частина ІV. Чому і як виходила з оточення "північна" група генерала Руслана Хомчака - Суспільство - Український тиждень, Тиждень.ua" [August 2014. Ilovaisk. Chapter 4. Why and how the "northern" column led by General Ruslan Khomchak tried to break through]. tyzhden.ua. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ^ "Exclusive: Charred tanks in Ukraine point to Russian involvement". Reuters. 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ "'Orenburg Weather' Destroyed Tanks of the 21st Brigade Near Starobesheve – InformNapalm.org (English)". InformNapalm.org (English). 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ^ "Russian military near Ilovaisk in 2014. 21st Motor Rifle Brigade (MUN 12128) : Askai on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ^ "Destroyed in August 2014, BMP-2 of the Russian 21st Motor Rifle Brigade. White dots on a turret and in front of a hull near right track : Askai on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ^ "Tochka-U, Russian Military Losses, and Other Coincidences Of August 2014 – InformNapalm.org (English)". InformNapalm.org (English). 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ^ "The ATO Headquarters Briefs Foreign Press on Frontline – InformNapalm.org (English)". InformNapalm.org (English). 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ^ Ponomarenko, Ilia (2022-03-21). "How Ukraine swaps living soldiers for dead Russians". Kyiv Independent.
- ^ "Ukraine Control Map". Google My Maps. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ^ "AWAITING SANCTIONS". Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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