28th Guards Mechanised Brigade
| 180th Rifle Division (I Formation) (1930s-42) 28th Guards Rifle Division (1942-57) 28th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957-2001) 28th Mechanised Brigade (c.2001-present) | |
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| Active | 2001-present |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Branch | Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Type | Mechanized Brigade |
| Part of | 6th Army Corps (Ukraine) |
| Garrison/HQ | Chornomorske Odessa Oblast[1] Ukraine |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Ihor Oliynuk[2] |
The 28th Guards Mechanised Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the Brigade is the 28th Separate Guards Mechanised Brigade.[3] (Ukrainian: 28 окрема гвардійська механізована бригада, 28 okrema hvardiyska mekhanizovana bryhada)
The original 28th Guards Rifle Division was formed during the Second World War from the 180th Rifle Division in May 1942. The division fought at Kharkov and Iași. It was with the 37th Army in Bulgaria in May 1945. During the 1980s, the then 28th Guards Motor Rifle Division was part of the 14th Guards Army headquartered at Kishinev, in the Moldovian SSR (Odessa Military District). After the fall of the Soviet Union it became part of the reorganised Ukrainian 6th Army Corps.
The brigade fought in the War in Donbass.[4]
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References
- ↑ Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
- ↑ Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
- ↑ President.Gov.Ua
- ↑ "Heavy fighting resumes in Ukraine". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
