96th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade (Ukraine)

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96th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade
96-та зенітна ракетна бригада
96th Anti-Aircraft Brigade emblem 2022 01.png
Insignia of the Ukrainian 96th 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 Air Command Center
Garrison/HQDanylivka
Nickname(s)Kyivska Brigade
Motto(s)"Sanctified by fire"
AnniversariesApril 25
Equipment S-300PS and Patriot
Engagements Russo-Ukrainian war
Decorations For Courage and Bravery
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Yaremenko Serhii Volodymyrovych
Insignia
Collar Insignia Emblema zenitnikh raketnikh viis'k (2007).png

The 96th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade "Kyivska" is a brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations throughout Kyiv Oblast and Chernobyl NPP. It operates S-300PS and Patriot [1] missile defense systems. It is headquartered at Danylivka in Kyiv Oblast.

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History

In 1992, the 96th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade of the Soviet Army came under the jurisdiction of Ukraine, becoming a part of the.Ukrainian Air Force.

On 4 December 1998, the brigade was given the honorary name of "Kyivska". [2]

The 96th Brigade is normally stationed on the territory of Kyiv Oblast and are tasked with the air defense of Kyiv, the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant, and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. [3]

The brigade's equipment and personnel normally take part in the military parade on the Independence Day of Ukraine. [4]

On the afternoon of 2 February 2016, while patrolling the territory near Spirne, the personnel of the Brigade noticed movement several hundred meters away, they searched but found no one, while returning they blew up a landmine killing two soldiers of the brigade (Samus Gennadiy Vasyliovych [5] and Leonid Eduardovych Kozoroz [6] ) and wounding four other soldiers of the brigade.

The brigade engaged Russian troops since 24 February 2022, the day of the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a soldier of the brigade (Viktor Vyacheslavovych Kuzmin) being killed near Svatove on the day one of the invasion. [7] [8] On 15 June 2022, the brigade was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery". [9]

On 27 June 2023, the brigade's commander Serhii Volodymyrovych Yaremenko was awarded the "Hero of Ukraine", the highest military award for Ukrainian personnel, [10] [11] for the brigade's shooting down of 13 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. [12]

Structure

The structure of the brigade is as follows: [13]

Commanders

Sources

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References

  1. ↑ Yanchenko, Volodymyr. "Зеленський присвоїв звання Героя України Сергію Яременку - командиру 96-ї бригади ППО, яка збила 13 "Кинджалів" (in Ukrainian)". Censor.net. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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  3. ↑ "Військовослужбовці 96 зенітної ракетної Київської бригади охороняють небо над столицею". 20 February 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "У Києві пройшов військовий парад". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Книга пам'яті
  6. ↑ Книга пам'яті Archived 27 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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