5th Slovozhansk Brigade (Ukraine) explained

Unit Name:5th Separate Slovozhansk Brigade
Country: Ukraine
Allegiance: Ministry of Internal Affairs
Branch: National Guard of Ukraine
Type:Brigade
Role:Extraction, logistical and combat support, maintainence of the public law and order, protection of citizens' safety, administrative buildings, General Consulates and the Ukrainian territorial integrity
Command Structure: National Guard of Ukraine
Garrison:Kharkiv
Current Commander:Colonel Mykhailo Yakobchuk
Identification Symbol Label:Former Insignia
Nickname:Slovozhansk
Battles:Transnistrian conflict
Russo-Ukrainian war

The 5th Separate Mixed Slovozhansk Brigade is a brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine concerned with multiple roles including the extraction of Ukrainian personnel from the frontlines, logistical and combat support, maintenance of the public law and order, the protection of citizens' safety, administrative buildings and General Consulates amongst other roles. It was established on the basis of the 20th Convoy Brigade in February 1992 as the 5nd Convoy Brigade. It is headquartered in Kharkiv

History

On 2 January 1992, the 5th Separate Convoy Brigade was established on the basis of the 20th Separate Red Banner Convoy Brigade of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union.[1]

The servicemen of the unit, in addition to performing the routine tasks, participated in many rescue and security operations. In 1992, the brigade defended the Ukrainian border in Odessa Oblast during the Transnistrian conflict. In April 1995, it participated in the cleanup operations form Dykaniv sewage treatment plant spillover. In May 1995, it took part in extinguishing forest fires in the Kharkiv Oblast.[2] [3] [4] [5]

It was then transferred to the Internal Troops of Ukraine.

On 21 February 2000, the brigade was given the honorary name "Slobozhan Brigade".[6]

In 2014, it was again transferred to the National Guard of Ukraine after its reestablishment and took part in the War in Donbass since 201r.[7] On 8 September 2014, a checkpoint near Mount Karachun in Yasnohirka, manned by the 5th brigade's personnel was attacked by separatists killing a soldier of the brigade,(Yurii Oleksandrovych Andrienko).[8] [9]

In 2015, the combat support battalion of the brigade was disbanded.[10]

On 4 April 2017, a soldier of the brigade (Vadim Tretyakov) was killed while serving in Zaitseve.[11]

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the brigade is known to have taken part in the Battle of Kharkiv and the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive.[12] [13] On 5 March 2022, the brigade's HQ in Kharkiv were struck by Russian forces killing an officer (Kuguk Evgeny Ivanovich)[14] and a soldier (Denis Yuriyovych Mazhugin) [14] of the brigade. In September 2022, the brigade liberated the cities of Balakleya and Izium, and then operated in the Luhansk Oblast. On 8 July 2023, during a combat mission in Kreminna, the brigade's positions were shelled killing a soldier of the brigade (Gerasikov Evgeny Mykhailovych).[15] [16]

Structure

Commanders

Colonel Serhii Uniyatov (2017–2019)

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: просп. Льва Ландау, 27 - Харків | огороджена територія. https://web.archive.org/web/20181004021503/http://wikimapia.org/21745034/uk/Слобожанська-Окрема-Бригада-Внутрішніх-військ-МВС-України. dead. October 4, 2018. wikimapia.org.
  2. http://photo.ukrinform.ua/ukr/current/photo.php?id=685661 У Харкові відзначили 95-річчя окремої Слобожанської бригади Нацгвардії
  3. Web site: Слобожанська Окрема Бригада Внутрішніх військ МВС України . 17 April 2022 . 4 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181004021503/http://wikimapia.org/21745034/uk/Слобожанська-Окрема-Бригада-Внутрішніх-військ-МВС-України .
  4. News: 5 окрема Слобожанська бригада Нацгвардії України відзначає своє 95-річчя . Стрічка Новин Харкова . 8 November 2016 . 3 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220950/http://uanews.kharkiv.ua/society/2015/03/11/76162.html .
  5. Web site: Окрема Слобожанська бригада Внутрішніх військ МВС України відзначила 90-річний ювілей . 8 November 2016 . 20 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170220174551/https://www.npu.gov.ua/uk/publish/article/308046 .
  6. Web site: Указ Президента України від 21 лютого 2000 р. № 266/2000 Про присвоєння почесного найменування «Слобожанська» 5-й окремій бригаді внутрішніх військ Міністерства внутрішніх справ України . 8 November 2016 . 2 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202071222/http://zakon0.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/266/2000 .
  7. Web site: 5-ая отдельная Слобожанская бригада Нацгвардии празднует 95-летие . 8 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150331182813/http://civilforum.com.ua/infotsentr/2226-5-aya-otdelnaya-slobozhanskaya-brigada-natsgvardii-prazdnuet-95-letie.html . 31 March 2015 .
  8. Web site: Андрієнко Юрій Олександрович - Книга пам'яті загиблих. https://web.archive.org/web/20210908204718/https://memorybook.org.ua/1/andrienkongu.htm. dead. September 8, 2021. memorybook.org.ua.
  9. Web site: Андрієнко Юрій Олександрович солдат - Книга пам′яті загиблих за Україну - Український меморіал. https://web.archive.org/web/20200806211633/https://ukraine-memorial.org/ua/biography/andrienko-yuriy-oleksandrovich/. dead. August 6, 2020. ukraine-memorial.org.
  10. Web site: Біла книга-2015: Національна гвардія України . 21 June 2016. issuu.com . . 10 July 2017 . 23 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161123054919/https://issuu.com/national_guard_of_ukraine/docs/bila_kniga_2015 .
  11. Web site: Книга пам'яті . 20 February 2019 . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180930154715/http://memorybook.org.ua/22/tretyakvadim.htm .
  12. Web site: Псковская спецура сгорела заживо: нацгвардеец рассказал о жестких боях в Харькове. WAR OBOZREVATEL. 2022-12-08. 2022-12-25. ru.
  13. Web site: Четверо військових Нацгвардії загинули внаслідок бомбардування Харкова. 5 March 2022. Public.
  14. Web site: Данные о боевых потерях военнослужащих в/ч 3033, 3005, 3035, 3028 обстоятельства их гибели и места захоронения [по состоянию на…|url=https://telegra.ph/Dannye-o-boevyh-poteryah-voennosluzhashchih-vch-3033-3005-3035-3028-obstoyatelstva-ih-gibeli-i-mesta-zahoroneniya-po-sostoyaniyu-04-23|website=Telegraph|date=2022-04-23|access-date=2023-02-08].
  15. Web site: Позивний Форест: "Пафос зайвий там, де просто треба бути чоловіком" | Новини Харкова та України - АТН. Автор Ксенія. Кайдалова. May 26, 2023.
  16. Web site: З IT- індустрії на передову: історія бійця Національної гвардії. Слобідський край.
  17. Web site: Про гвардію, особисті мотиви та відповідальність перед Батьківщиною: інтерв'ю командира 5 Слобожанської бригади полковника Олега Савича . 21 July 2020 . 21 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200721042322/https://ngu.gov.ua/ua/news/pro-gvardiyu-osobysti-motyvy-ta-vidpovidalnist-pered-batkivshchynoyu-intervyu-komandyra-5 .

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