14th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

14th Mechanized Brigade
Active 2014-present
Country  Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
Part of Operation Command West
Garrison/HQ Volodymyr-Volynskyi
Engagements War in Donbass
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel Oleksandr Zhakun

The 14th Mechanized Brigade is a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was formed in December 2014 from elements of the disbanded 51st Mechanized Brigade and newly mobilized units. It is part of Operation Command West and based in Volodymyr-Volynskyi.

History

The brigade was formed on 1 December 2014 in Volodymyr Volynskyi,[1] part of Operation Command West. It was led by Colonel Oleksandr Zhakun, former commander of the 13th Territorial Defence Battalion "Chernihiv-1". [2] The brigade was formed from the remnants of the 51st Mechanized Brigade, which had been disbanded earlier. It also included personnel from newly mobilized units. The brigade included 120 officers from the 51st. The 51st Brigade's reactive artillery battalion, tank battalion, antitank battery and repair battalion were transferred as whole units. The tank battalion was equipped with new tanks from the Lviv Tank Factory.[3] The 1st Territorial Defence Battalion "Volyn" joined the brigade was the 99th Separate Mechanized Infantry Battalion.[4]

In June 2015, the brigade was sent to the Donbass and is currently defending Krasnohorivka and Marinka.[5] Reports from February 2016 indicate that there are frequent separatist mortar attacks in the brigade area of operations.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "На місці дислокації нової 14 ОМБ вітали воїнів-захисників". Волинські новини. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  2. ↑ "Нову 14-ту бригаду очолив бойовий офіцер. ФОТО". Волинські новини. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  3. ↑ "14-та механізована бригада «прийме» тербатальйон «Волинь»". Волинські новини. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  4. ↑ "14 бригада за чисельністю буде ще більшою, ніж колишня 51-а". Волинські новини. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  5. ↑ "Мешканці Львівщини підтримали волинян на сході". Волинські новини. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  6. ↑ "Dispatch from Krasnohorivka: 'It's dangerous to walk here, a Russian sniper can reach us'". uatoday.tv. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
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