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60th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

60th Mechanized Brigade
60-та окрема механізована Інгулецька бригада
Shoulder sleeve insignia
ActiveNovember 10, 2015 – present
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
RoleMechanized infantry
Part ofOperational Command South
Motto(s)With God for Ukraine
EngagementsRusso-Ukrainian War
War in Donbas
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/60ombr
Commanders
Current
commander
Viktor Skaternoi

The 60th Separate Mechanized Inhulets Brigade (Ukrainian: 60-та окрема механізована Інгулецька бригада) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed on November 10, 2015.[2]

History

The brigade was formed on November 10, 2015, during the war in Donbas, where it fought against the Donetsk People's Militia and Luhansk People's Militia.

By the end of March 2022, the brigade had captured eleven settlements in the northern portion of the Kherson Oblast, including Novovorontsovka, Krasnivka [uk], Kniazivka [uk], and Kochubeivka [uk].[3] A battalion of the 60th Brigade, along with a battalion from Ukraine's 128th Brigade, conducted an offensive operation in October 2022 forcing Russian troops to retreat from parts of the Kherson Oblast west of the Dnieper River towards the villages of Dudchany and Mylove.[4]

The brigade fought in the battle of Bakhmut to the point of exhaustion and were noted by the Washington Post as having low morale.[5] The brigade took part in the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.[6][7]

Structure

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

  • 60th Mechanized Brigade,
    • Brigade's Headquarters
    • 96th Mechanized Battalion
    • 97th Mechanized Battalion
    • 98th Mechanized Battalion
  • 19th Separate Rifle Battalion (A7103)[8]
    • Tank Battalion
    • Field Artillery Regiment
      • Headquarters & Target Acquisition Battery
        • UAV Unit "Spear"
      • 1st Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
      • 2nd Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
      • Rocket Artillery Unit
      • Anti-Tank Unit
    • Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion
    • Reconnaissance Company
    • FPV Drone Company "Vidar"
    • Engineer Battalion
    • Maintenance Battalion
    • Logistic Battalion
    • Signal Company
    • Radar Company
    • Medical Company
    • Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Company

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