77th Airmobile Brigade

The 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade is a brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces formed in the summer of 2022,[1] based in Zhytomyr.[2]

77th Separate Airmobile Brigade
77-ма окрема аеромобільна бригада
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
ActiveSummer 2022 – today
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
RoleAir assault forces
Garrison/HQZhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast
Motto(s)Born to Win
Engagements2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/77oaembr

History

The brigade was formed in the summer of 2022 as part of the expansion of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. Its first units finished basic training in October 2022.[1][3]

The units received decorations and praise from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy along with the 46th Airmobile Brigade for its defense of Soledar.[4][5] Following the capture of Soledar by Russian forced on January 16, 2023 the unit has joined in the defense of Bakhmut.[6] On March 5, 2023, the unit uploaded a video to their telegram showing the remains of an entirely destroyed Russian unit which was outfitted in elements of uniforms taken from captured or killed Ukrainian troops.[7] On March 29, 2023, the brigade saw more praise from President Zelenskyy for their defense of Bakhmut alongside the 57th Motorized Brigade and the 93rd Mechanized Brigade.[8][9][10][11]

Structure

As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows:

  • 77th Air Assault Brigade, Zhytomyr
    • Headquarters & Headquarters Company
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion
    • 3rd Battalion
    • Tank Company
    • Self-propelled howitzer artillery battalion
    • Towed Howitzer artillery battalion
    • Anti-aircraft missile artillery battallion
    • Reconnaissance company
    • Support units (including: engineers, snipers, communication, medics, radiation and chemical detection units and material support)

References
  1. "Ukraine forms a new Airmobile Brigade". militaryland.net. Archived from the original on 2022-10-26. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. "77th separate airmobile brigade". Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  3. "Air Assault Forces". MilitaryLand.net. 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  4. Axe, David. "Bakhmut Is 'Soaked In Blood' As Eight Of Ukraine's Best Brigades Battle 40,000 Former Russian Prisoners". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  5. "Soledar is under AFU control, heavy fighting going on there". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  6. Segura, Cristian (17 January 2023). "A Red Bull and a smoke, then back to the front lines of Bakhmut". El País. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  7. "Paratroopers decimate Russian unit in one of important directions". Ukrinform. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  8. "The democratic world is capable of achieving an even greater level of unity that will help defeat tyranny". Ukrinform. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  9. "Rashism must face a total defeat: military, economic, political and legal". Ukrinform. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  10. "Volodymyr Zelensky: Rashism must face a total defeat: military, economic, political, legal". The Odessa Journal. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  11. Ong, Danielle. "Russian Army Losses 'Are Insane,' 500 Killed Or Wounded Daily In Bakhmut: Ukraine Defense". International Business Times. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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