56th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine)

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56th Motorized Brigade
Ukrainian: 56-та окрема мотопіхотна бригада
56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade SSI.svg
56th Motorized Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active23 February 2015 – present
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Branch Ground Forces
Type Motorized infantry
Size Brigade
Part of Operational Command South
Garrison/HQ Mariupol
Engagements Russo-Ukrainian War
Decorations Za muzhnist' ta vidvagu (2022).svg
For Courage and Bravery
Commanders
Current
commander
Col. Serhii Sirchenko

The 56th Motorized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade was activated on 23 February 2015 in the city of Dnipro in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and took command of three volunteer territorial defence battalions. The brigade fought in the Russo-Ukrainian War and has functioned as a motorized brigade.

In June 2019, it was announced the 56th Motorized Brigade would be transferred to the Ukrainian Naval Infantry and remain based in Mariupol as part of the effort to increase the size of Ukrainian Marine Corps to 4 brigades. [3]

As of December 2023, the brigade was holding an 18-kilometer front line near Kramatorsk with around 7 000 men. Its commander, 38-year old Yan Iatsychen, complained of lack of artillery and ammunition. [4]

Structure

As of 2024, the brigade's structure is as follows:

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References

  1. "In Mariupol, a war of images to prove who controls the city". The Observers - France 24. 30 March 2022.
  2. Axe, David. "The Russians Want Pisky. The Ukrainians Want Pisky. Neither Army Has Enough Troops For A Quick Victory". Forbes.
  3. "56-у мотопіхотну бригаду передадуть морській піхоті". 10 June 2019.
  4. "Dans le Donbass, les soldats ukrainiens en panne de munitions". Le Monde.fr (in French). 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.