18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
| image = Great emblem of the 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.svg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Great emblem of the 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
| dates = 2008{{endash}}2016
| country = {{Flag|Russia}}
| allegiance =
| branch = {{Army|Russia}}
| type = Motorized Infantry
| role =
| size = Brigade
| command_structure = 58th Army
| garrison = Khankala
{{MUN}}27777
| march =
| mascot =
| battles = Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
War in Donbas
| decorations = {{OrderRedBanner}}
| battle_honours = Yevpatoria
| battle_honours_label = Honorifics
| native_name = {{langx|ru|18-я отдельная гвардейская Евпаторийская Краснознаменная мотострелковая бригада}}
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The 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Military Unit Number 27777) was a formation of the Russian Ground Forces. The brigade was formed in late 2008 from the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division and stationed in two bases near Grozny. The brigade was involved in the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and was combined with two other brigades to reform the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division in late 2016.
History
The brigade was formed in late 2008 from the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division as part of the Russian military reform and was relocated to Khankala, near Grozny in Chechnya. In 2013, several units of the brigade were relocated to Kalinovskaya.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11314817/Secret-dead-of-Russias-undeclared-war.html|title=Secret dead of Russia's undeclared war|last=Parfitt|first=Tom |date=27 December 2014|work=The Telegraph|access-date=12 August 2016}} It inherited the honorifics "Yevpatoria Red Banner" from the division.{{Cite web|url=https://voinskayachast.net/suhoputnie-voyska/motostrelkovie/vch27777|title=Войсковая часть 27777 (18-я ОМСБр)|website=voinskayachast.net|date=4 September 2015|language=ru|trans-title=Military Unit No. 27777 (18th OMSBr)|access-date=2016-08-12}} The brigade was part of the 58th Army in the Southern Military District{{Cite web|url=http://warfare.ru/?linkid=2227&catid=321|title=Southern Military District|website=warfare.ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927220527/http://warfare.ru/?linkid=2227&catid=321|archive-date=27 September 2011|access-date=12 August 2016}} and included the 1st Mechanized Battalion "Vostok".{{Citation|title=Ukraina: Krimmis on Tšetšeeniast ja Uljanovskist pärit Vene sõdurid|date=5 March 2014|url=http://www.postimees.ee/2718018/ukraina-krimmis-on-tsetseeniast-ja-uljanovskist-parit-vene-sodurid|trans-title=Ukraine: Russian soldiers from Chechnya and Ulyanovsk in Crimea|newspaper=Postimees|place=EE}} Sergey Kuzovlev previously commanded the brigade.{{Cite news|url=http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/3548771|title=Заместителем командующего войсками ЮВО стал генерал-лейтенант Андрей Гурулев|date=18 August 2016|agency=TASS|language=ru|trans-title=Lieutenant General Andrei Gurulev new Southern Military District deputy commander|access-date=2 October 2016}}
A battalion tactical group of the brigade was part of the troops in Crimea for the Russian military intervention in Ukraine during April 2014.{{Cite news|url=http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/04/15/nato-builds-plan-as-violence-increases-in-ukraine.html|title=NATO Builds Plan as Violence Increases in Ukraine|last1=Cox|first1=Matthew|date=15 April 2014|work=Military.com|last2=Sisk|first2=Richard|access-date=12 August 2016}} The brigade's reconnaissance battalion contributed a reconnaissance team to the Russian military intervention in the war in Donbas from 14 July 2014. The brigade contributed a battalion tactical group from 11 August 2014. In February 2015 it was located in the Northern Operational Area. Between 1 and 2 February, a combined formation of the brigade and other Russian units were involved in combat near Debaltseve. After 13 February, the 20th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade's tactical group was reformed into a combined unit with the brigade.{{Cite journal|url=https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf|title=RUSI Briefing Paper: Russian Forces in Ukraine|last=Sutyagin|first=Igor|date=March 2015|access-date=6 April 2016|publisher=Royal United Services Institute|pages=2{{endash}}7|journal=|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111112810/https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf|url-status=dead}} In late 2016, the brigade was merged with the 8th Guards Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade and 17th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade to reform the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division.{{Cite web|url=http://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/south/news/more.htm?id=12105840@egNews|title=В ЮВО на территории Чечни завершается формирование 42-й мотострелковой дивизии|date=7 December 2016|website=structure.mil.ru|language=ru|trans-title=Formation of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division completed in Chechnya in Southern Military District|access-date=8 April 2017}}
References
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{{Brigades of the Russian Ground Forces}}
Category:Mechanised infantry brigades of Russia
Category:Military units and formations established in 2008
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 2016
Category:Military units and formations of Russia in the war in Donbas