115th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

The brigade was created at the beginning of March 2022 during the first weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the village of Blahodatne in Cherkasy Oblast. On April 3, its first deployment for a combat mission started in Kreminna, then from May to July the brigade fought in Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, Siversk, Marinka and Avdiivka.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-20 |title=115 отдельная механизированная бригада (А4053, 115 ОМехБр) |url=https://wartears.org/en/record/178481 |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=wartears.org |language=uk}}{{Cite web |last1=Kesaieva|first1=Julia|last2=Lister|first2=Tim|last3=Tarasova|first3=Darya|last4=Haq|first4=Sana Noor|date=2022-07-17 |title=Bloody battle for control rages in eastern Ukraine as Russia struggles to gain ground in Donetsk |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/17/europe/russia-ukraine-donetsk-battle-for-control-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=CNN |language=en}}

During the Ukrainian counter-offensive in September 2022, the 115th Brigade was garrisoned in Severodonetsk, and engaged in urban warfare fighting block by block.{{Cite web |title=Battle for Sievierodonetsk. How Ukraine is defending the city and whether it will be able to hold onto it |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2022/06/15/7352535/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=en}} There were questions about Brigades readiness and ability to hold positions in Sievierodonetsk.{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=Ukraine Needs Every Brigade It Can Get. So Where Is The 115th Mechanized? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/08/18/ukraine-needs-every-brigade-it-can-get-so-where-is-the-115th-mechanized/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

During the Battle of Karkhiv, the 115th Mechanised Brigade was noted for their role as a successful ground unit used during combined arms attacks.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Seth |date=2022-09-22 |title=Mapping Ukraine’s Military Advances |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/mapping-ukraines-military-advances |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Center for Strategic and International Studies}}

Debate arose about the efficacy of the Brigade in the Battle of Ocheretyne in April 2024.{{Cite web |title=Ukraine’s 115th Mechanised Brigade reveals how it defended Ocheretyne from intense Russian advance |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/05/2/7453992/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=en}} The 115th Mechanised Brigade had arrived at the small town of Ocheretyne to secure the village despite numerical superiority of Russian troops. According to Mykola Melnyk, a 47th Mechanized Brigade company commander, soldiers from the 115th left their positions without permission, which led to a breakthrough by the Russians within 48 hours.{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=A Ukrainian Brigade Disappeared, And A Russian Brigade Almost Broke Through: How The Battle For Ocheretyne Upended The War In Ukraine This Weekend |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/04/23/a-ukrainian-brigade-disappeared-and-a-russian-brigade-almost-broke-through-how-the-battle-for-ocheretyne-upended-the-war-in-ukraine-this-weekend/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Forbes |language=en}} The story was then picked up and amplified by Russian state media.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-02 |title=The 115th brigade denies its responsibility for the collapse of the defense of Ocheretyne |url=https://babel.ua/en/news/106711-the-115th-brigade-denies-its-responsibility-for-the-collapse-of-the-defense-of-ocheretyne |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=babel.ua |language=en}}

Ukrainian media reported on 23 April 2024 that the army leadership in Kyiv had launched an investigation into the Battle of Ocheretyne.{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian brigade denies responsibility for the fall of Ocheretyne |url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukrainian-brigade-denies-responsibility-for-the-fall-of-ocheretyne-50415196.html |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=New Voice |language=en}} On 2 May 2024, the brigade denied responsibility for the defeat at the Battle of Ocheretyne with the press service of the brigade going onto say that: "The accusations made by Roman Pohorily (the founder of DeepStateMap.Live) are false. Who is guilty or not guilty is determined exclusively by the commission based on the results of the investigation."{{Cite web|url=https://babel.ua/en/news/106711-the-115th-brigade-denies-its-responsibility-for-the-collapse-of-the-defense-of-ocheretyne|title=The 115th brigade denies its responsibility for the collapse of the defense of Ocheretyne|date=May 2, 2024|website=babel.ua}} The brigade later claimed that it had killed "a huge number of Russian troops" and "firmly stated" that "no regular unit of the 115th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine abandoned their positions and fled, as claimed by Russian media, but heroically held the defence."{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/05/2/7453992/|title=Ukraine’s 115th Mechanised Brigade reveals how it defended Ocheretyne from intense Russian advance|website=Ukrainska Pravda}} The brigade also accused Deepstate and its founder Roman Pohorily, of "defaming the honor and dignity of the 115th Mechanized Brigade, as well as devaluing the lives of fallen soldiers."{{Cite web|url=https://babel.ua/en/news/106733-the-collapse-of-the-defense-of-ocheretyne-the-deepstate-project-responded-to-the-accusations-of-the-command-of-the-115th-brigade|title=The collapse of the defense of Ocheretyne: the DeepState project responded to the accusations of the command of the 115th brigade|date=May 3, 2024|website=babel.ua}}

As of 2024 the brigade's structure is as follows:

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• 115th Mechanized Brigade, Cherkasy Oblast
• Headquarters & Headquarters Company
• 1st Mechanized Battalion
• 2nd Mechanized Battalion
• 3rd Mechanized Battalion
• 20px 20th Separate Rifle Battalion (A7104){{cite web|title=20th Rifle Battalion |url=https://militaryland.net/ukraine/armed-forces/20th-rifle-battalion/}}
• 20px {{ill|44th Separate Rifle Battalion|uk|44-й окремий стрілецький батальйон (Україна)}} (A4049){{cite web|title=44th Rifle Battalion |url=https://militaryland.net/ukraine/armed-forces/44th-rifle-battalion/}}{{Cite news|language=uk|author=Natalia Balyukh|url=https://suspilne.media/kyiv/680220-klicko-peredav-partiu-droniv-vijskovim-44-go-okremogo-strileckogo-bataljonu-zsu/|title=Кличко передав партію дронів військовим 44-го Окремого стрілецького батальйону ЗСУ|trans-title=Klitschko handed over a batch of drones to the soldiers of the 44th Separate Rifle Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ucraine|date=8 February 2024}}
• Tank Battalion
• Anti-Tank Guided Missiles Artillery Battery
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery
• Anti-Tank Artillery Battery
• Artillery Division
• Sniper Platoon
• Reconnaissance Company
• 37th Reserve Company
• Engineer Battalion
• Logistic Battalion
• Signal Company
• Maintenance Battalion
• Radar Company
• Medical Company
• CBRN Protection Company

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