127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade
| 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade (2025–present) 127th Territorial Defense Brigade (2022–2025) | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian: 127-ма окрема бригада територіальної оборони | |
| File:Нашивка 127-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ.svg | |
| Active | 8 March 2022 - present |
| Country | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine |
| Branch | File:Ensign of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg Armed Forces of Ukraine |
| Role | File:БЗ МВ.svg Mechanized Infantry |
| Part of | Operational Command East File:11th Army Corps (Ukraine).png 11th Army Corps[1] |
| Garrison/HQ | File:Kharkiv-town-flag.svg Kharkiv MUN А7383 |
| Patron | Kharkiv |
| Engagements | |
| Website | http://127tro.kh.ua/en |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Krupko Yuri Yuriyovych |
| Insignia | |
| Flag | File:127 Окрема Бригада Територіальної Оборони (напис).svg |
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The 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade (Ukrainian: 127-ма окрема бригада територіальної оборони) is a military formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in Kharkiv. It is part of Operational Command East.
History
[edit | edit source]Formation
[edit | edit source]In early March 2022 Colonel Roman Hryshchenko began forming the brigade in Kharkiv.[2] In the first stage almost two thousand servicemen joined the unit. They were assigned to headquarters and two battalions.[3]
Russo-Ukrainian War
[edit | edit source]Russian invasion of Ukraine
[edit | edit source]The first assignment of the brigade was to reinforce army and national guard units defending the city.[3] As of July 2022, the brigade was holding the front line north and east of the city of Kharkiv.[4] On 29 August 2022 the brigade received its battle flag.[5] On 11 September 2022, the brigade's 249th Battalion announced that the village of Borshchova had come under Ukrainian control.[6] Two days later, on 13 September, the brigade's 247th Battalion announced that it had captured the villages of Lyptsi, Hlyboke, and Strilecha, amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast.[7]
In July 2023 the 225th battalion transferred out of the brigade and became a separate assault battalion of the Ground Forces.[8]
In 2024, the brigade was transferred to the Ground Forces of Ukraine, and in July 2025, the unit was reformed as heavy mechanized brigade.[9][10]
On 6 December 2025 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the brigade the honorary name "Kharkivska".[11]
Structure
[edit | edit source]As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows:[12]
- Headquarters
- File:225ter.png 225th Territorial Defense Battalion MUN А7400
- File:226 BATALION.jpg 226th Territorial Defense Battalion MUN А7401
- File:227th Separate Territorial Defense Battalion Insignia.png 227th Territorial Defense Battalion MUN А7402
- File:228ARMY.jpg 228th Territorial Defense Battalion MUN А7403
- File:229th Separate Territorial Defense Battalion Insignia.png 229th Territorial Defense Battalion MUN А7404
- File:247th Separate Territorial Defense Battalion Insignia.jpg 247th Territorial Defense Battalion MUN А4085
- File:249th Separate Territorial Defense Battalion Insignia.png 249th Territorial Defense Battalion
- Engineering Company
- Communication Company
- Logistics Company
- Mortar Battery
Commanders
[edit | edit source]- Colonel Roman Hryshchenko (2022[12]–2023)
- Colonel Yurii Krupko (2023–present)
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ https://t.me/Denys_Smyhal/11138
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