201st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade (Ukraine)

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201st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade
201-ша зенітна ракетна бригада
201st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade SSI (with tab).svg
Insignia of the Ukrainian 201st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
Active1992 – present
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
AllegianceFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
BranchEnsign of the Ukrainian Air Force.svg  Ukrainian Air Force
Type Missile
Role Anti-Aircraft
Part of Povitriane komanduvannia <<Pivden'>> logo.png Air Command South
Garrison/HQ Pervomaisk
Nickname(s)Hetman Pylyp Orlyk Brigade
Patron Pylyp Orlyk
Equipment S-300 B1 and S-300 PS
Engagements Russo-Ukrainian war
Decorations Za muzhnist' ta vidvagu (2022).svg
For Courage and Bravery
Insignia
Field Patch 201st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade SSI (with tab, subdued).svg
Collar Insignia Emblema zenitnikh raketnikh viis'k (2007).png

The 201st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade "Hetman Pylyp Orlyk" is a brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations throughout Mykolaiv Oblast. It operates S-300B1 and S-300PS missile systems and is subordinated to the Air Command South. It is headquartered at Pervomaisk.

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History

In 1992, after the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the 201st brigade took an oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people.

During the War in Donbass, the brigade was deployed in Donetsk Oblast where on 17 June 2017, a soldier of the Brigade (Stovbovenko Oleh Oleksandrovych) was killed in action near Kostyantynivka. On 4 December 2019, the brigade was awarded the honorary name of Hetman "Pylyp Orlyk". [1] At the beginning of January 2022, the S-300 PS anti-aircraft missile systems of the brigade were redeployed from ATO zone to take over the combat duty to protect the airspace of the southern Ukraine. [2]

On 23 August 2023, the brigade was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery". [3]

Commanders

Structure

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №881/2019 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України". Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "На Півдні України на чергування заступив дивізіон С-300". Ukrainian Military (in Russian). Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  3. ↑ "Про відзначення почесною відзнакою «За мужність та відвагу»". 23 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Урочистості з нагоди відзначення 50-ї річниці формування 201-го Первомайського зенітно-ракетного полку". Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Десятки пусків зенітних ракет, дослідні випробування та грошові сертифікати". Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Зенітно-ракетні війська ПС ЗСУ на http://mil.in.ua/ Archived 30 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine
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