208th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade (Ukraine)

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208th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade
208-ма зенітна ракетна бригада
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Insignia of the Ukrainian 208th 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 Kherson
Nickname(s) Khersonskaya Brigade
Anniversaries9 December [1] [2]
Equipment S-300PT and S-300PS
Engagements Russo-Ukrainian war
Decorations For Courage and Bravery
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Anatoly Valeriyovych Paleny 
Insignia
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Collar Insignia Emblema zenitnikh raketnikh viis'k (2007).png

The 208th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade "Khersonskaya" is a brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations throughout Kherson Oblast. It operates S-300 missile systems and is subordinated to the Air Command South. It is headquartered at Kherson.

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History

In 1992, following the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the 208th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the 60th Air Defense Corps of the Soviet Army came under the jurisdiction of Ukraine and became part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

On 19 November 2017, near the village of Kamianka, a separatist projectile hit a dugout leading it to catch fire, one soldier of the brigade was saved but two soldiers of the brigade (Oleksandr Serhiyovych Kuzmenko [3] and Vitaly Petrovych Pasichnyk [4] ) along with a paratrooper were killed as a result of Carbon monoxide poisoning.

From the first minutes of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the brigade took part in the defense of Ukraine claiming the neutralization of 5 Russian fixed wing aircraft, 8 helicopters, 28 cruise missiles, and 31 UAVs of various types in 2022. [5] On 19 October 2022, the brigade shot down a Ka-52 helicopter at around 10:30 a.m. [6] The commander of the brigade Anatoly Valeriyovych Paleny was also killed in action on 28 October 2022 whilst serving in Mykolaiv. [5] On 24 October 2022, from 13:00 to 13:30, the brigade shot down one of the two Russian Ka-52 helicopters. [7] On 27 October 2022 at around 8:00 a.m. the brigade shot down a Russian Ka-52 helicopter. [8]

On 23 August 2023, the 208th brigade was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery" by Volodymyr Zelensky. [9]

On 2 August 2024, the brigade was awarded the honorary name of "Khersonskaya". [10]

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