21st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

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21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
War in Donbass
• Battle of Ilovaisk
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Dmitri Zavyalov (as of 2019)

The 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade is a formation of the Russian Ground Forces based in Orenburg Oblast. It was formed on 1 June 2009 from the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division as a result of the 2008 Russian military reform.[1]

In 2014, the brigade was involved in the

Russian military intervention in Ukraine.[2]

History

In August 2014 the brigade's units fought in the

T-72BA tank was destroyed near Kumachove village, presumably by a Tochka-U missile strike of the 19th Missile Brigade.[8]

A Ukrainian Headquarters briefing held on 11 March 2015 noted the 21st Motor Rifle Brigade units are operating near Yenakiieve, Ukraine.[9]

Bodies of soldiers, reportedly from the division, which were killed in the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine near Rusaniv [uk] were among six that were to be swapped for two captured Ukrainian soldiers in an exchange in March 2022.[10]

2024

Becoming 27th Motor Rifle Division as of April 2024, consisting of: 433rd Motor Rifle Regiment, 506th Motor Rifle Regiment, 533rd Motor Rifle Regiment.[11]

Commanders

  • Colonel Andrey Sergeevich TRIFONOV [12]

References

  1. ^ Holm, Michael. "27th Guards Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  2. ^ Sutyagin, Igor (March 2015). "RUSI Briefing Paper: Russian Forces in Ukraine" (PDF). Royal United Services Institute. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Серпень 2014 року. Іловайськ. Частина ІV. Чому і як виходила з оточення "північна" група генерала Руслана Хомчака - Суспільство - Український тиждень, Тиждень.ua" [August 2014. Ilovaisk. Chapter 4. Why and how the "northern" column led by General Ruslan Khomchak tried to break through]. tyzhden.ua. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  4. ^ "Exclusive: Charred tanks in Ukraine point to Russian involvement". Reuters. 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  5. ^ "'Orenburg Weather' Destroyed Tanks of the 21st Brigade Near Starobesheve – InformNapalm.org (English)". InformNapalm.org (English). 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  6. ^ "Russian military near Ilovaisk in 2014. 21st Motor Rifle Brigade (MUN 12128) : Askai on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  7. ^ "Destroyed in August 2014, BMP-2 of the Russian 21st Motor Rifle Brigade. White dots on a turret and in front of a hull near right track : Askai on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  8. ^ "Tochka-U, Russian Military Losses, and Other Coincidences Of August 2014 – InformNapalm.org (English)". InformNapalm.org (English). 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  9. ^ "The ATO Headquarters Briefs Foreign Press on Frontline – InformNapalm.org (English)". InformNapalm.org (English). 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  10. Kyiv Independent
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  11. ^ "Ukraine Control Map". Google My Maps. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  12. ^ "AWAITING SANCTIONS". Retrieved 24 October 2023.


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