21st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade explained

Unit Name:21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
Native Name:Russian: 21-я отдельная гвардейская Краснознаменная Омско-Новобугская ордена Богдана Хмельницкого мотострелковая бригада
Dates:2009present
Type:Motorized Infantry
Size:Brigade
Command Structure:2nd Combined Arms Army, Central Military District
Garrison:Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast
12128
Battles:War in Donbass
• Battle of Ilovaisk
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Current Commander:Colonel Dmitri Zavyalov (as of 2019)

The 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade is a formation of the Russian Ground Forces based in Orenburg Oblast. It was formed on 1 June 2009 from the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division as a result of the 2008 Russian military reform.[1]

In 2014, the brigade was involved in the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.[2]

History

In August 2014 the brigade's units fought in the Battle of Ilovaisk. On 29 August, during a Ukrainian breakthrough attempt from Ilovaisk, a "northern" column of Ukrainian forces took the fight with 21st brigade's troops on a road between Voznesenka and Horbatenko villages.[3] A Ukrainian T-64 tank and several BMP-2s of 51st Mechanized Brigade were able to destroy two T-72BA tanks[4] [5] [6] and a BMP-2[7] of the 21st Motor Rifle Brigade. Another 21st brigade's T-72BA tank was destroyed near Kumachove village, presumably by a Tochka-U missile strike of the 19th Missile Brigade.[8]

A Ukrainian Headquarters briefing held on 11 March 2015 noted the 21st Motor Rifle Brigade units are operating near Yenakiieve, Ukraine.[9]

Bodies of soldiers, reportedly from the division, which were killed in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine near were among six that were to be swapped for two captured Ukrainian soldiers in an exchange in March 2022.[10]

2024

Becoming 27th Motor Rifle Division as of April 2024, consisting of: [11]

Commanders

References

  1. Web site: 27th Guards Motorised Rifle Division. Holm. Michael. www.ww2.dk. 2016-08-12.
  2. Web site: Sutyagin. Igor. March 2015. RUSI Briefing Paper: Russian Forces in Ukraine. Royal United Services Institute. 3. 3 November 2016. 11 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111112810/https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Серпень 2014 року. Іловайськ. Частина ІV. Чому і як виходила з оточення "північна" група генерала Руслана Хомчака - Суспільство - Український тиждень, Тиждень.ua. tyzhden.ua. 3 September 2015 . August 2014. Ilovaisk. Chapter 4. Why and how the "northern" column led by General Ruslan Khomchak tried to break through. 2016-11-03.
  4. News: Exclusive: Charred tanks in Ukraine point to Russian involvement. 2016-10-23. Reuters. 2016-12-04.
  5. News: 'Orenburg Weather' Destroyed Tanks of the 21st Brigade Near Starobesheve – InformNapalm.org (English). 2015-08-31. InformNapalm.org (English). en-US. 2016-11-03.
  6. Web site: Russian military near Ilovaisk in 2014. 21st Motor Rifle Brigade (MUN 12128) : Askai on Twitter. 2016-11-03.
  7. Web site: Destroyed in August 2014, BMP-2 of the Russian 21st Motor Rifle Brigade. White dots on a turret and in front of a hull near right track : Askai on Twitter. 2016-11-03.
  8. News: Tochka-U, Russian Military Losses, and Other Coincidences Of August 2014 – InformNapalm.org (English). 2016-08-05. InformNapalm.org (English). en-US. 2016-11-03.
  9. News: The ATO Headquarters Briefs Foreign Press on Frontline – InformNapalm.org (English). 2015-03-15. InformNapalm.org (English). en-US. 2016-11-03.
  10. Web site: Ponomarenko . Ilia . 2022-03-21 . How Ukraine swaps living soldiers for dead Russians . Kyiv Independent.
  11. Web site: Ukraine Control Map . 2024-04-04 . Google My Maps.
  12. Web site: AWAITING SANCTIONS . 24 October 2023.

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