58th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine)
{{Short description|Ukrainian Ground Forces unit}}
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| unit_name = 58th Motorized Brigade
| native_name = {{langx|uk|58-та окрема мотопіхотна бригада}}
| image = 58th Separate Motorized Brigade SSI (with tab).svg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Brigade insignia
| dates = 17 February 2015 {{endash}} present
| country = {{flagu|Ukraine}}
| allegiance =
| branch = {{Army|Ukraine}}
| type = Motorized infantry
| role =
| size = Brigade
| command_structure = Operational Command North
| garrison = Konotop
| motto = Simul Ad Victorium
Together to Victory
| patron = Ivan Vyhovsky
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| battles = {{tree list}}
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- War in Donbas
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Battle of Bakhmut{{cite news|author=David Axe |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/10/25/a-fierce-ukrainian-mechanized-brigade-is-wrecking-a-russian-mercenary-army-in-one-symbolic-eastern-town/ |date=October 25, 2022 |title=A Fierce Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade Is Routing Russian Mercenaries In One Symbolic Eastern Town |newspaper=Forbes}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/12/22/bakhmut-is-soaked-in-blood-as-eight-of-ukraines-best-brigades-battle-40000-former-russian-prisoners/?sh=40fd56d96f23|title=Bakhmut Is 'Soaked In Blood' As Eight Of Ukraine's Best Brigades Battle 40,000 Former Russian Prisoners|first=David|last=Axe|website=Forbes}}
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| current_commander = Oleksandr Saltytskyi
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The 58th Motorized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2015 during the war in Donbas.
History
The brigade was activated on 17 February 2015 in Sumy and took command of three volunteer territorial defence battalions. The brigade fought for nine months in Eastern Ukraine until it was garrisoned back in Konotop on April 1, 2018.
Inna Derusova, the first woman to be posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2015 and served as a combat medic with the brigade.{{Cite web |title=Вперше звання Героя України посмертно присвоєно жінці |trans-title=For the first time, the title of Hero of Ukraine was posthumously awarded to a woman |last=ОХРИМЕНКО |first=Ольга |url=https://fakty.ua/398192-vpervye-zvanie-geroya-ukrainy-posmertno-prisvoeno-zhencshine |date=13 March 2022 |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=Fakty i Kommentarii |language=uk}}
Structure
As of 2023 the brigade's structure is as follows:{{cn|date=June 2024}}
- 58th Motorized Brigade, Konotop
- Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 13th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Chernihiv-1"{{Cite web |title=Сухопутні війська |date=31 December 2021 |url=https://www.ukrmilitary.com/p/ukrainian-ground-forces.html |access-date=2023-04-09}}
- 15th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Sumy"
- 16th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Poltava"
- Tank Battalion
- Artillery Regiment
- Headquarters & Target Acquisition Battery
- Howitzer Artillery Battalion (D-20)
- Anti-tank Artillery Battalion (MT-12 Rapira)
- Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion
- Reconnaissance Company
- Engineer Battalion
- Logistic Battalion
- Maintenance Battalion
- Signal Company
- Radar Company
- Medical Company
- Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear Protection Company
- Brigade Band
References
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{{Ukrainian Ground Forces}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
Category:Motorized brigades of Ukraine
Category:Military units and formations established in 2015
Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine in the war in Donbas
Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine