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15th Operational Brigade (Ukraine)

The 15th Operational Assignment Kara Dag Brigade "Hero of Ukraine Lieutenant Bohdan Zavada" is a brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. It is a part of the Ukrainian Offensive Guard and was established as the 9th Special Purpose Regiment in 1994 at the village of Shiroky in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It has taken part in multiple engagements throughout the Russo-Ukrainian war and is currently deployed on the frontlines in Pokrovsk. It is currently headquartered in Zaporizhzhia City.

15th Operational Assignment Kara Dag Brigade (2023-)
9th Special Purpose Regiment (1994-2023)
15-та бригада оперативного призначення НГ (Ukrainian)
Brigade Insignia
Founded2014 (2014)
Country Ukraine
Allegiance Ministry of Internal Affairs
Branch National Guard of Ukraine
TypeBrigade
Part of Offensive Guard
Garrison/HQZaporizhzhia
Nickname(s)Kara Dag Brigade
PatronLieutenant Bohdan Zavada
Motto(s)"Raise the flag over Crimea."[1]
Anniversaries1 June
EngagementsRusso-Ukrainian war
DecorationsFor Courage and Bravery
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Ivan Bondarenko
Insignia
Former Insignia (?-2023)
Former Insignia (2014-?)
Former Insignia (1994-2014)

History

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The brigade was initially created as the 9th Special Purpose Regiment on 1 June 1994 at the village of Shiroky in Zaporizhzhia Oblast to protect public order as a part of the Internal Troops of Ukraine.[2] It was tasked to ensure law and order in case of student uprising, football riots and other events.[3] Its headquarters were then transferred to Zaporizhzhia.[4]

The regiment saw combat on multiple occasions during the War in Donbass. On 16 July 2014, a checkpoint of the National Guard of Ukraine near the border village of Marynivka in Donetsk Oblast was attacked by about a hundred separatists and four armored vehicles, from the villages of Stepanivka and Tarana. They opened fire, prompting the Ukrainian military to retaliate by firing back. Suddenly, two separatist armored personnel carriers came out of the forest to attack the position. So a soldier of the regiment (Zavada Bohdan Oleksiyovych) launched an ATGM destroying a separatist APC, killing 12 separatists, allowing the NG troops to regroup but he himself was killed in action.[5][6][7][8][9][10] For his heroic actions, Zavada Bohdan Oleksiyovych was awarded the Hero of Ukraine, the highest military award for Ukrainian personnel.[11] An officer (Ivan Ivanovich Yakushyn) was killed the next day on 17 July 2014 as a result of the wounds sustained in the previous engagement.[12] On 1 August 2014, after the restoration of the National Guard of Ukraine, the 9th Special Purpose Regiment of the Internal Troops "Cheetah", numbering around 1800 personnel was officially reorganized into the 9th Operational Regiment of the Southern Operational Territorial Unit of the National Guard of Ukraine.[13] On 28 October, a checkpoint of MG near Mariupol was attacked by separatists, so an officer of the regiment (Ihor Mykolayovych Yukhymets) coordinated the withdrawal of all troops to safety but was himself killed by a Utyos tank machine gun.[14]

On 19 February 2016, the regiment along with ten other units received permanent official assistance from the Zaporizhzhia Oblast administration.[15] On 20 October 2016, the regiment opened a memorial for its fallen personnel.[16][17]

On 31 October 2019, the regiment marked the 25th anniversary of its establishment.[18]

On 25 March 2020, the regiment received the honorary name of "Hero of Ukraine Lieutenant Bohdan Zavada".[a][19] On 23 August 2020, the regiment was presented with a Battle Flag and a ribbon.[20] On 21 September 2020, a memorial plaque to the Hero of Ukraine Bohdan Zavada and a new church in honor of John the Warrior were inaugurated.[21][22] Until 2020, the regiment celebrated the day of the regiment on 31 October, but it was changed to 1 June in 2020.[23]

In August 2021, the regiment received a new Insignia.

The regiment saw combat on multiple occasions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 24 February 2022, the regiment participated in the defense of the settlements of Melitopol, Molochansk, Tokmak, Kamianske, and Mala Tokmachka and stopped Russian forces in the directions of Vasylivka-Zaporizhzhia and Tokmak-Orihiv.[24] On 25 February 2022, a soldier of the regiment (Dmytro Oleksandrovich Kypenko) was killed while operating in Melitopol.[25] On 26 February 2022, the personnel of the regiment engaged Russian troops on the southern outskirts of the city of Molochansk destroying two Russian APCs with crews inside as well as the surrounding infantry, two Russian tanks were damaged and disabled and the Russians retreated the northern outskirts of the city. When Russians again attempted to invade the southwestern outskirts of the city of Tokmak, three Russian tanks were destroyed. The Anti-aircraft units of the brigade destroyed 4 Su-25s, 2 Ka-52s, 2 UAVs, 1 missile, in addition to ground armored vehicles.[24] The regiment took part in defensive operations during the Siege of Mariupol. On 3 March 2022, a Russian column was spotted by Colonel Dmytro Oleksandrovich Apukhtin but one unit of Russian armored vehicles was destroyed before the arrival of the column.[26] On 5 March 2022, in an engagement with a separate Russian group, two Russian armored vehicles and about 20 personnel were neutralized, two more BMP-2s and some personnel were killed on 20 March.[26] On 12 March 2022, Colonel Apukhtin was himself killed in action while saving the lives of other personnel.[27] Colonel Dmytro Oleksandrovich Apukhtin was posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine the highest military award for Ukrainian personnel.[28] The brigade also took part in the defense of Zaporizhzhia International Airport to prevent a Russian Air Assault. It also saw action in Orikhiv where a soldier of the brigade (Serhii Volodymyrovych Titov) was killed on 10 May 2022.[29] In May 2022, the brigade participated in the battles for Malinivka and Uspenivka. It also took part in combat in Kamianske during which a soldier of the regiment (Ishchenko Anton Viktorovych) was killed on 14 July 2022.[30][31] On 6 November 2022, a soldier of the regiment (Stanislav Bloshchynskyi) was killed in Melitopol.[32] On 19 November 2022, a soldier of the brigade (Mykola Vasyliovych Ternopilskyi) was killed in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[33]

On January 15, 2023, the 9th regiment was reorganized into the 15th Operational Brigade.[34] In February 2023, the 15th Brigade of the Offensive Guard received the name "Kara-Dag after the Kara Dag Mountain.[35][36][37] In 2023, it saw combat during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive. On 14 July 2023, the 15th "Kara-Dag" Brigade in cooperation with units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced in the Melitopol advancing 1700m.[38] During the counteroffensive a soldier (Tarasov Ivan Oleksandrovych) was killed on 4 August between the villages of Verbove and Robotyne and another soldier (Roman Viktorovych Nepomyachchi) being killed on 7 August near the village of Mala Tokmachka, followed by one more (Serhii Fedorovych Svynarchuk) on 23 October and another (Prostyakov Radyslav Yakovych) on 26 October 2023.[39]

On 22 February 2024, an officer of the brigade (Petro Mykolayovych Tataryn) was killed as a result of a UAV chemical attack on the brigade's positions on the frontlines.[40] Another soldier of the brigade (Ihor Dubuk) was killed by Russian forces on 6 June 2024[41] and a third soldier of the brigade (Yuriy Shevchuk) on 18 August.[42] On 30 August 2024, the brigade was sent from Zaporizhzhia Oblast to Donetsk Oblast to stop the Russian forces during the Pokrovsk offensive.[43] On 6 October 2024, during the Battle of Selydove, four guardsmen of the Brigade were captured and executed by Russian forces.[44]

Structure

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  • Management and Headquarters
  • 1st Operational Battalion
  • 2nd Operational Battalion
  • Self-propelled Artillery Division
  • Anti-tank Artillery Battery[45]
  • Reserve Rifle Company[45]
  • Tank Company[46]
  • Special Intelligence and Reconnaissance Company
  • Anti-aircraft Missile Artillery Battery
  • Communications Company
  • Repair Company
  • Material, Logistical and Technical Support Company
  • Combat Support Company
  • Medical Center
  • Orchestra

Commanders

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  • Colonel Oleksandr Vasyliovych Khomenko (2014–2018)[47]
  • Colonel Belyaev Andriy Mykolayovych (2018–2021)
  • Colonel Serdiuk Serhii Yuriyovych (2021–2023)[48]
  • Colonel Vlasenko Dmytro Anatoliyovych (2023–2024)[34]
  • Colonel Ivan Bondarenko (2024-)

Sources

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Notes

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  1. ^ A fallen soldier of the 9th Regiment and the Hero of Ukraine

References

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