57th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine)

{{Short description|Ukrainian Ground Forces formation}}

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{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = 57th Motorized Brigade

| native_name = {{langx|uk|57-та окрема мотопіхотна бригада}}

| image = 57 ОМПБр к.svg

| image_size = 200

| caption = 57th Motorized Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia

| dates = November 2014{{endash}}present

| country = {{flagcountry|Ukraine}}

| branch = Ground Forces

| type = Motorized infantry

| size = Brigade

| command_structure = Operational Command South

| garrison = Kropyvnytskyi

| patron = Kost Hordiienko

| battles = War in Donbas
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

• Southern Counteroffensive
• Battle of Bakhmut
• 2024 Kharkiv offensive

| decorations = 200px
For Courage and Bravery

| current_commander = Denys Yaroslavsky{{cite web |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-29-2023 |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 29, 2023 |last=Bailey |first=Riley |last2=Wolkov |first2=Nicole |last3=Barros |first3=George |last4=Stepanenko |first4=Kateryna |last5=Evans |first5=Angelica |last6=Kagan |first6=Frederick |date=29 June 2023 |website=Institute for the Study of War |access-date=30 June 2023 |quote=Ukrainian Commander of the 57th Motorized Brigade Denys Yaroslavsky stated that Ukrainian forces are in the process of liberating Klishchiivka and that there is intense fighting in the area.}}

}}

The 57th Otaman Kost Hordiienko Motorized Brigade ({{Langx|uk|57-ма окрема мотопіхотна бригада імені кошового отамана Костя Гордієнка (57 ОМПБр)|translit=57-ma okrema motopikhotna bryhada imeni koshovoho otamana Kostia Hordiienka (57 OMPBr)}}) is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade was formed beginning in November 2014 in the city of Kropyvnytskyi in Kirovohrad Oblast. Initially, the brigade consisted of three volunteer territorial defence battalions. By the summer of 2015, the brigade was deployed to fight in the war in Donbas. The ground forces plan to mechanize the brigade in the future.

On 6 May 2019, the brigade received the honorary name of Kost Hordiienko, a Zaporozhian Cossack Kosh otaman of the 18th century.{{Cite web|title="A memorial to the fallen soldiers of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade was opened in Nova Kakhovka|trans-title=Меморіал загиблим воїнам 57-ї окремої мотопіхотної бригади відкрили в Новій Каховці|url=https://censor.net/ua/p3138679|website={{ill|Censor.net|uk|Цензор.нет}}|date=2019-07-20|accessdate=2023-05-31|language=Ukrainian}}

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the brigade received the recently established "For Courage and Bravery" award by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for liberating a number of settlements in the Kherson Oblast. The unit was also noted for its servicemembers having been previously awarded 275 state awards.{{Cite web |title=President: Heroism and grit of our warriors leave no doubt that Ukraine will win |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3578985-president-heroism-and-grit-of-our-warriors-leave-no-doubt-that-ukraine-will-win.html |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=www.ukrinform.net |language=en}}

At the time of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the brigade was stationed in the Luhansk Oblast. The brigade was outnumbered by Russian forces and pushed out of its positions. It was redeployed to the Kherson Oblast to participate in the Ukrainian counteroffensive there, where it took part in the capture of {{ill|Velyke Artakove|uk|Велике Артакове}}, {{ill|Bila Krynytsia, Mykolaiv Oblast|lt=Bila Krynytsia|uk|Біла Криниця (Баштанський район)}}, {{ill|Novohryhorivka, Mykolaiv Oblast|lt=Novohryhorivka|uk|Новогригорівка (Березнегуватська селищна громада)}} {{ill|Andriivka, Kherson Oblast|lt=Andriivka|uk|Андріївка (Бериславський район)}}, Sukhyi Stavok, {{ill|Bilohirka|uk|Білогірка}}, and Davydiv Brid.{{cite web|url=https://www.5.ua/regiony/motyvovani-ta-bezstrashni-voiny-usi-sekrety-57-i-ombr-lehendarni-voiny-337633.html|title=Мотивовані та безстрашні воїни: усі секрети 57-ї ОМБр – "Легендарні воїни"|website=5 Kanal|language=uk|access-date=20 January 2025|date=31 October 2024}}

The 57th Brigade was redeployed to the Donetsk Oblast after its successes in Kherson Oblast, and spent the second half of 2023 in the Kharkiv Oblast, in the area of Kupiansk. As of October 2024, it was taking part in the defense of Vovchansk.