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66th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
Ukrainian Ground Forces unit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Mstislav the Brave (Ukrainian: 66-та окрема механізована бригада імені князя Мстислава Хороброго) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022.
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History
After the Russian invasion in February 2022, the brigade was mobilized and transferred to the Ground Forces combat composition.[1] Units of the brigade took part in the recapture of Lyman, losing 25 soldiers.[2] The brigade's units were in the battles for Bakhmut from October 2022 until May 2023.[3]
As of June 2023, units of the brigade were operating in the Luhansk Oblast near the villages of Makiivka and Ploshchanka.[4]
On 28 July 2023, the brigade was awarded the honorary title "named after Prince Mstislav the Brave" by decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[5] The brigade was fighting on the Lyman front as of April 2025.[6]
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Structure
As of 2024, the brigade's structure is as follows:[7]
- 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade,
- Brigade Headquarters and HQ Company
- 1st Mechanized Battalion
- 2nd Mechanized Battalion
- 3rd Mechanized Battalion
- 69th Separate Rifle Battalion (69 OSB A4612)
- Tank Battalion
- Field Artillery Regiment
- Headquarters and Target Acquisition Battery
- 2x Self-propelled Artillery Battalions
- Anti-tank Artillery Battalion
- MLRS Artillery Battalion
- Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion
- Sniper Platoon
- Reconnaissance Company
- Attack Drone Company "Birds"
- Combat Engineer Battalion
- Logistic Battalion
- Signal Company
- Maintenance Battalion
- Radar Company
- Medical Company
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Company
- Military police Platoon
- Brigade Band
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References
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