58th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine) explained

Unit Name:	58th Motorized Brigade
Native Name:	Ukrainian: 58-та окрема мотопіхотна бригада
Dates:	17 February 2015 present
Type:	Motorized infantry
Size:	Brigade
Command Structure:	Operational Command North
Garrison:	Konotop
Motto:	Simul Ad Victorium Together to Victory
Patron:	Ivan Vyhovsky
Battles:	Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbas Russian invasion of Ukraine Eastern Ukraine campaign Battle of Bakhmut^[1] ^[2]
Current Commander:	Oleksandr Saltytskyi

The 58th Motorized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2015 during the war in Donbas.

History

The brigade was activated on 17 February 2015 in Sumy and took command of three volunteer territorial defence battalions. The brigade fought for nine months in Eastern Ukraine until it was garrisoned back in Konotop on April 1, 2018.

Inna Derusova, the first woman to be posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2015 and served as a combat medic with the brigade.^[3]

Structure

As of 2023 the brigade's structure is as follows:

• 58th Motorized Brigade, Konotop
  • Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  • 13th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Chernihiv-1"^[4]
  • 15th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Sumy"
  • 16th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Poltava"
  • Tank Battalion
  • Artillery Regiment
    • Headquarters & Target Acquisition Battery
    • Howitzer Artillery Battalion (D-20)
    • Anti-tank Artillery Battalion (MT-12 Rapira)
  • Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion
  • Reconnaissance Company
  • Engineer Battalion
  • Logistic Battalion
  • Maintenance Battalion
  • Signal Company
  • Radar Company
  • Medical Company
  • Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear Protection Company
  • Brigade Band

Notes and References

1. News: . A Fierce Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade Is Routing Russian Mercenaries In One Symbolic Eastern Town . October 25, 2022 . Forbes.
2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/12/22/bakhmut-is-soaked-in-blood-as-eight-of-ukraines-best-brigades-battle-40000-former-russian-prisoners/?sh=40fd56d96f23
3. Web site: Вперше звання Героя України посмертно присвоєно жінці . For the first time, the title of Hero of Ukraine was posthumously awarded to a woman . ОХРИМЕНКО . Ольга . 13 March 2022 . 25 April 2022 . . uk.
4. Web site: Сухопутні війська . 2023-04-09.