58th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine)
The 58th Motorized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade was activated on 17 February 2015 in Sumy and took command of three volunteer territorial defence battalions. The brigade fought for nine months in Eastern Ukraine until it was garrisoned back in Konotop on April 1, 2018.
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| Ukrainian: 58-та окрема мотопіхотна бригада | |
 58th Motorized Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia | |
| Active | 17 February 2015–present |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Branch |  Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Type | Motorized infantry |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | Operational Command North |
| Garrison/HQ | Konotop |
| Patron | Ivan Vyhovsky |
| Motto(s) | Simul Ad Victorium |
| Engagements | War in Donbas |
Inna Derusova, the first woman to be posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2015 and served as a combat medic with the brigade.[2]
Structure
As of 2017 the brigade's structure is as follows:
- 58th Motorized Brigade, Konotop
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- 13th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Chernihiv-1"[3]
- 15th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Sumy"[3]
- 16th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Poltava"[3]
- Brigade Artillery Group
- Headquarters & Target Acquisition Battery
- Howitzer Artillery Battalion (D-20)
- Anti-tank Artillery Battalion (MT-12 Rapira)
- Anti-Aircraft Missile Artillery Battalion
- Reconnaissance Company
- Tank Company
- Engineer Company
- Maintenance Company
- Logistic Company
- Signal Company
- Medical Company
- Sniper Platoon
References
- David Axe (25 October 2022). "A Fierce Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade Is Routing Russian Mercenaries In One Symbolic Eastern Town". Forbes.
- ОХРИМЕНКО, Ольга (13 March 2022). "Вперше звання Героя України посмертно присвоєно жінці" [For the first time, the title of Hero of Ukraine was posthumously awarded to a woman]. Fakty i Kommentarii (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- "Сухопутні війська". Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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