| Unit Name: | 2nd Guards Separate Special Purpose Brigade |
| Native Name: | 2-я отдельная бригада специального назначения |
| Dates: | 1962present |
| Country: | (1962–1991) (1991–present) |
| Branch: | Spetsnaz GRU |
| Type: | Special forces |
| Size: | Brigade |
| Garrison: | Promezhitsy, Pskov Oblast |
| Battles: | First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine (claimed by Ukraine) Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Current Commander: | Konstantin Bushuev |
| Identification Symbol: | Order of Zhukov |
The 2nd Guards Separate Special Purpose Brigade is a Spetsnaz GRU brigade of the Russian Armed Forces based in Promezhitsy, Pskov Oblast.[1]
As part of increases to the GRU's Spetsnaz, on July 19, 1962, General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces Directive No. 140547 was issued, by which the 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade was to be formed in the Leningrad Military District. The creation of the brigade began on September 17, 1962 and ended on March 1, 1963.
Until 2008[2] or 2013, Dmitry Utkin served as lieutenant colonel and brigade commander of a unit of special forces of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the 700th Independent Spetsnaz Detachment of the 2nd Independent Brigade.[3] [4] [5]
The Brigade is reportedly taking part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] On July 11, 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin awarded the unit the honorific unit status Guards for its actions in Ukraine.[7]
The brigade comprises:[8]