65th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

Ukrainian Ground Forces unit

65th Mechanized Brigade
65-та окрема механізована бригада
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	April 16, 2022 - Today
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Role	Mechanized Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Starychi, Lviv Oblast
Engagements	2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Website	https://www.facebook.com/people/65-окрема-механізована-бригада-ЗСУ/100085694807468/
Commanders
Current commander	A. Kravets
Insignia
Older insignia Apr 2022- July 2024

Military unit

The 65th Mechanized Brigade (Ukrainian: 65-та окрема механізована бригада) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022.^[1]

History

The brigade took part in battles in the Zaporizhzhia direction in December 2022.^[2]

On August 15, 2023 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class to the deputy commander of the 3rd battalion Major Taras Mykhalchuk "The Spaniard", who directly planned and carried out the successful assault tasks of passing through the first and second Russian defense lines at Orikhiv-Robotyne direction during the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Zaporizhzhia.^[3]

Its Brigade Colour was presented on May 6, 2024.

Structure

As of 2024, the brigade's structure is as follows:^[4]

65th Mechanized Brigade, Starychi, Lviv Oblast
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- 1st Mechanized Battalion. Commander Igor Korol
  - 2nd Company. Deputy Commander Serhiy Korniychuk
    - 1st Platoon. Commander Jr Sergeant Oleg Fedorenko
    - 2nd Platoon.
    - 3rd Platoon. Commander Sergeant Mykola Ivanishchuk †
  - Assault Reconnaissance Group
  - Reconnaissance Platoon.
- 2nd Mechanized Battalion
  - Mechanized Company. Commander Roman Vorobel
  - 3rd Company. Deputy Commander Snr. Lt. Leonid Kuklitsky
  - 5th Company. Commander Lt. Vadim Olshevsky
- 3rd Mechanized Battalion. Deputy Commander Major Taras Mykhalchuk
  - 7th Company. Deputy Commander Andrii Kruk
  - 9th Company. Commander Major Dmytro Tkachuk
  - Technical Supply platoon. Commander Mykola Emanuilov
  - "Kuzi" Unmanned aerial vehicle Company
  - "Dingo" Unmanned aerial vehicle Company
- 3rd Rifle Battalion
- Tank Battalion
  - 1st Tank Company "Sunflower". Commander Anatoly Tsysyk
  - 2nd Tank Company. Commander Viktor Ratushko
  - "Iskra" Platoon. Commander Bohdan Iskra
- Field Artillery Regiment
  - Headquarters & Target Acquisition Battery "Sky Hunters"
  - 1st Artillery Battery. Commander Snr. Lt. Serhii Karmen
  - 2nd Artillery Battery. Commander Oleksandr Zubak
  - 3rd Self-Propelled Artillery Battery. Commander Cpt. Oleksandr Stelmakh
- Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion
- Reconnaissance Company. Commander Jr. Lt. Igor Pavlyak
- Attack Drone Company "Ronins"^[5]
- Combat Engineer Battalion
- Logistic Battalion
- Signal Company
- Maintenance Battalion
- Radar Company
- Medical Company
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Company

References

^ Axe, David. "Ukrainian Troops May Be Massing For Their Fourth Counteroffensive. Russian Artillery Is Already Trying To Stop Them". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
^ "Ukrainian soldiers come to Minnesota for prosthetics — and then return to the fight". FOX 9. 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
^ "«ІСПАНЕЦЬ» ПРО НАСТУП: 65 БРИГАДА ПЕРШОЮ ПРОРВАЛА 2 ЛІНІЇ ОБОРОНИ РАШИСТІВ НА ЗАПОРІЖЖІ ЗАВДЯКИ НЕ ТЕХНІЦІ, А ЛЮДЯМ". Facebook. 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
^ "Russo-Ukraine War - 06 September 2022". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
^ "РУБАК 65 ОМБР – РУБАК 65 ОМБР ЗСУ" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-02-11.

Ukrainian Ground Forces

Armoured
Mechanized Infantry
Mountain Infantry
Rocket Forces and Field Artillery
Anti-aircraft Missile Defense Artillery
Army Aviation
Military Intelligence
Electronic Warfare
Communications and Cyber Security
Corps of Engineers
CBRN Protection

Corps

Strategic Groups

Pivnich: (Sumy, Chernihiv, Kiyv, Volyn)
Khortytsia: (Kharkiv, Lyman, Soledar, Chasiv Yar)
Tavria: (Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Kryvyi Rih)
Odesa: (Kherson, Dunay, Vinnitsia)
Aleksandriya: (Kakhovka, Primorye)

Brigades

Army Aviation

Infantry¹

Presidential
3rd Assault
5th Assault
10th Mountain Assault
11th Motorized
13th Jaeger
14
15
21
22
23
24
28
30
31
32
33
41
42
43
44
47
53
54
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
65
66
67
68th Jaeger
72
88
92nd Assault
93
100
110
115
116
117
118
128th Mountain Assault
141st Infantry
142nd Infantry
143rd Infantry
144th Infantry
150
151
152
153
154
155 Infantry
156 Infantry
157 Infantry
158 Infantry
159 Infantry

Artillery

26
38
40
43
44
45
47
48
49
55
Reconnaissance
- 15
Missile
- 19
Rocket
- 27
- 107

Tank

Engineering

47th
48th
49th Assault Engineering
704th CBRN Protection

Regiments

Tank	300th Training
Mechanized	354 Training 355 Training
Anti-Aircraft Missile	38 39 1039 1121 1129
Artillery	356 Training
Engineering	Operational Support 12 16 70 91 703 Maintenance 31 50 145 146 532 Pontoon bridge 210 808
Signal	5 7 55 121

Battalions

Motorized Infantry	1st Assault 1 2 3 3rd Mechanized 4 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24th Assault 25 25th Assault 33rd Assault 34 40 42 43rd Territorial Defense 46th Assault 48th Assault 49th Assault 97th Mechanized 108th Assault 117th Assault 214th OPFOR 225th Assault 425th Assault
Tank	12
Mountain	8 15 108 109
Reconnaissance	54 74 120 129 130 131 143
Rifle	1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 46 48 50 51 52 (Airmobile) 53 54 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 65 66 67 68 70 210th Special Purpose 211th Special Purpose 403 405 407 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 451 Infantry 452 Infantry 453 Infantry 454 Infantry 455 Infantry 456 Infantry 457 Infantry 459 460 468
Engineering	308 309 310 311 321 507 534 Pontoon bridge 11
Electronic Warfare	20 520
Others	78 181 182 183 224 225 226 227 307 718