| Unit Name: | 88th Mechanized Brigade |
| Native Name: | Ukrainian: 88 окрема механізована бригада |
| Dates: | February 15, 2023 - Present |
| Country: |  |
| Role: | Mechanized Infantry |
| Battles: | Russo-Ukrainian War |
| Website: | Official Telegram Account |
The 88th Mechanized Brigade is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces allegedly formed in 2023.[1] The brigade posted a page on Facebook in February 2023, and was identified as one of three new brigades formed at that time. In October 2024, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially confirmed that this brigade does not actually exist.[2]
The creation of the brigade was announced in February 2023. As of March 2023, the brigade is in possession of Humvees.[3]
In March 2023, the brigade was first mentioned in an official source when the Varash District State Administration reported that the 88th Mechanized Brigade, along with the 13th Jager Brigade, had joined Tactical Group Volyn, bolstering Ukrainian defenses near the Belarusian border.
The formation of these two brigades quickly raised suspicion, as their unit numbers did not align with standard Ukrainian military numbering conventions. Moreover, no volunteers ever requested donations for them, nor were there reports of missing relatives from their ranks or any publicly available information regarding their military unit number. The 88th Brigade, in particular, dismissed fundraising for the brigade as fraudulent and stated on their Facebook page that they're fully equipped with necessary ammunition, making it the first Ukrainian Army unit to claim complete provisioning.
As of 2023 the brigade's structure is as follows: