80th Air Assault Brigade (Ukraine)
80th Separate Galician Air Assault Brigade | |
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80-та окрема десантно-штурмова Галицька бригада | |
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Decorations | For Courage and Bravery |
Website | https://www.facebook.com/80brigade |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Col. Ihor Skybyuk |
The 80th Separate Galician Air Assault Brigade (
History
80th Airborne Regiment
The 80th Airborne Regiment was formed on 3 May 1955 in the Lithuanian SSR, the only non-Guards Soviet airborne regiment.
39th Separate Air Assault Brigade
On 3 August 1979, the regiment was disbanded. The 39th Separate Air Assault Brigade was formed from elements of the regiment at
1990s
In June 1990 the 39th Separate Air Assault Brigade became the 224th Training Center of the Soviet Airborne Forces. The brigade included the 1st and 2nd Airborne Training Battalions, as well as an artillery training battalion.[13] In May 1992 the training center became part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[6] In September 1993, the 224th Training Center was renamed the 39th Separate Airborne Brigade.[15] It became the 6th Separate Airmobile Brigade on 1 November 1995. The brigade participated in Exercise Peaceshield in 1995 and 1996. In December 1999, the brigade was reorganized into the 80th Airmobile Regiment.[14]
80th Airmobile Regiment
In July 2000, the regiment participated in Exercise Peaceshield 2000 with US troops and forces from other countries.[16] In April 2003, the regiment was moved to Lviv.[14] In 2004, the regiment was scheduled to be sent to Iraq as part of the Ukrainian contingent there. An airmobile battalion, mortar batteries, an engineer platoon, a chemical defense platoon, communications company and military police company were drawn from the regiment and deployed to Iraq on 15 May 2005 as the 81st Tactical Group.[17] The troops were part of Multinational Division Central-South and were withdrawn at the end of the year, the last Ukrainian unit in Iraq.[18] In 2006, the regiment contributed troops to the Kosovo Force UkrPolBat joint Ukrainian-Polish peacekeeping battalion.[19]
A mortar barrel rupture during a tactical exercise of the regiment's 1st mortar battery mortally wounded four soldiers on 6 August 2008.[20] On 27 May 2010, the regiment was visited by then-President Viktor Yanukovych.[21]
80th Airmobile Brigade
On 25 November 2013, the regiment became the 80th Airmobile Brigade.
The brigade's 3rd Battalion fought in the
Since at least May 2015, the brigade has been equipped with 28
80th Air Assault Brigade
On 24 August 2015, President
As of June 2017, elements of the brigade, equipped with Humvees, defended positions at
The brigade took part in the defense of Ukraine during the
By September 2022, elements of the brigade were also identified via
Members of the brigade were seen reaching the outskirts of
In February 2023 the brigade took part in the Battle of Bakhmut.[46]
During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, the brigade has been involved in Eastern Ukraine campaign in the Donetsk Oblast, Bakhmut direction.[47]
Deployments
Soldiers from the brigade have served in Afghanistan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Kosovo,[19] Sierra Leone, and Iraq.[24]
Structure
As of 2023 the brigade's structure is as follows:[48]
- 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade, Lviv
- Brigade’s Headquarters
- 1st Air Assault Battalion
- 2nd Air Assault Battalion
- 57th Separate Rifle Battalion. Unit was formed in 2022 to reinforce 80th Air Assault Brigade(this battalion was made a cadre formation of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade and it is no longer a part of the 80th Air Assault Brigade, it was replaced in the summer of 2023 with a new 3rd Battalion)
- 4th Battalion
- Tank Company
- Artillery Group (Brigade artillery group equipped with 2S1 self-propelled artillery vehicles).[49]
- Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion
- Reconnaissance Company
- Engineer Battalion
- Logistic Company
- Maintenance Company
- Signal Company
- Radar Company
- Medical Company
- CBRNProtection Company
Past commanders
- Colonel Ihor Overin – 2005[50]
- Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel) Viktor Kopachynskii (2008[51]–March 2015)[52]
- Colonel Andrei Kovalchuk (2015[35][53]–March 2016)[40]
- Colonel Volodymyr Shvorak (2016–N/A)[54]
- Col. Ihor Skybyuk (N/A-present)[49]
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