For Courage and Bravery (Ukraine)

For Courage and Bravery (Ukrainian: За мужність та відвагу, romanized: Za muzhnistʹ ta vidvahu) is an honorary award established by the President of Ukraine to recognize distinguished combat performance, courage, bravery and heroism of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Guard of Ukraine, State Border Service of Ukraine, Security Service of Ukraine, State Special Communications Service of Ukraine, State Special Transport Service of Ukraine, during the protection of state sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity of Ukraine, while conducting combat operations and performing special tasks.

Honorary Award "For Courage and Bravery"
TypeUnit Citation
Awarded forTo honor the courage and heroism shown during the defense of the state sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Country Ukraine
Presented byPresident of Ukraine
EstablishedMay 5, 2022
First awardedMay 6, 2022
Award of the President of Ukraine — Ribbon to the Battle Flag "For Courage and Bravery"
TypeUnit Citation
Awarded forCourage and bravery, military prowess and high levels of combat training during the defense of Ukraine, protection of its sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability.
Country Ukraine
Presented byPresident of Ukraine
StatusA draft decree authorizing the award was never made official.
EstablishedAugust 18, 2015 (by draft decree)
First awardedAugust 24, 2015
Last awardedAugust 24, 2015

History of the award

At meeting held at the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on August 18, 2015 a proposal was made to develop a presidential award to be presented to the units that distinguished themselves in the anti-terrorist operation in the Donbas. It was decided that this award would take the form of an honorary ribbon to be attached to the staff of the unit's battle flag.

On the same day, the Minister of Defense, Colonel-General Stepan Poltorak, signed a letter addressed to the President Petro Poroshenko with a request to consider and sign the draft Decree of the President of Ukraine "On the award of the President of Ukraine – Ribbon to the Battle Flag "For Courage and Bravery". This decree was to have approved the regulations on the award and its design.

Without waiting for the signing of the decree, the Ministry of Defense decided to order the production of the ribbons. They were ready on August 21 and attached to the battle flags of the 14 units awarded them so they could be presented by President Poroshenko at the March of Independence held in Kyiv on August 24, 2015.

On November 19, 2015, the draft decree "On the award of the President of Ukraine – Ribbon to the Battle Flag "For Courage and Bravery" was considered by the State Awards and Heraldry Commission. At the time Ukrainian law did not provide for collective awards. Because of this the commission decided to propose to the Ministry of Defense "to work out the issue of the legal status of installing the Ribbon to the Battle Flag "For Courage and Bravery" as a non-state award."[1][2]

By the time of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 the legal barriers to Ukrainian state awards being presented to collective entities had been removed. On May 5, 2022, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, issued a Decree establishing the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery." The award was established to recognize "the combat feats of personnel of military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations, courage and heroism shown by servicemen in the struggle for the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, honoring their high fighting spirit and will to victory, as well as for the purpose of development of the traditions of the Ukrainian Army."[3][4]

Description
Ribbon of the "For Courage and Bravery" award, 2022.

The honorary award "For Courage and Bravery" is awarded by the President of Ukraine at the request of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the event that a military unit is awarded the "For Courage and Bravery" honor, a double-sided ribbon of green color (the 2015 version had a blue ribbon) is attached to the finial of the pole of the battle flag of the corresponding military unit, trimmed along the perimeter with a golden edging.

On one end of the ribbon, on both sides, the inscription "ЗА МУЖНІСТЬ ТА ВІДВАГУ" (FOR COURAGE AND BRAVERY) and the image of the Emblem of the Princely State of Volodymyr the Great in gold embroidery. The other end of the ribbon is decorated on both sides with a floral ornament and an image of the Sign of the President of Ukraine. The ends of the ribbon are decorated with gold fringe. The ribbon size is 250 x 12 cm. It is tied with a 30 cm bow with two horizontal rays and fastened with a blue-yellow rosette with a diameter of 10 cm. The ribbon is an integral part of the battle flag.

In the case of a military unit awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery", that ribbon is placed on top of the blue ribbon with the inscription of the military unit's honorary title.

Servicemen of military units awarded the "For Courage and Bravery" ribbon can wear signs indicating their affiliation to the respective military units. Descriptions and drawings of such signs, and the order of their wearing are to be established by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.[2][3][4]

Awards

Award of the President of Ukraine — Ribbon to the Battle Flag "For Courage and Bravery"
No. Unit Insignia Unit Name Branch of Service Date of Award
1 128th Separate Mountain Brigade
Ground Forces		 August 24, 2015[5]
2 55th Separate Artillery Brigade
3 16th Separate Army Aviation Brigade
4 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade
Air Assault Forces
5 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade
Air Force

Honorary Award "For Courage and Bravery"
No. Unit Insignia Unit Name Branch of Service Date of Award
1 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo
Ground Forces		 May 6, 2022[6]
2 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign
3 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Konstantin Ostrozky
4 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians
5 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Koshovo Ataman Ivan Sirk
6 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade Kholodnyi Yar
7 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade
8 26th Artillery Brigade named after Colonel-General Roman Dashkevich
Ground Forces		 May 22, 2022[7]
9 503rd Separate Battalion of Marines [uk]
Naval Infantry Corps		 June 3, 2022[8]
10 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade
Air Force		 June 15, 2022[9]
11 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade
12 96th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Kyiv
13 160th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Odesa
14 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
15 223rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment named after the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen
16 14th Radio Engineering Brigade named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky
17 Medium Landing Ship Yuri Olefirenko
Navy		 June 23, 2022[10]
18 29th Division of Surface Ships June 23, 2022[11]
19 25th Separate Airbone Sicheslav Brigade
Air Assault Forces		 June 28, 2022[12]
20 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade of Mykolaiv
21 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade
22 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade
23 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade
24 23rd Mariupol Sea Guard Unit
State Border Guard Service		 July 27, 2022[13]
25 1st (Donetsk) Border Detachment
26 8th Regiment of Operational Assignment named after Ivan Bohun
National Guard		 July 27, 2022[14]
27 4th Brigade of Operational Assignment named after the Hero of Ukraine Sergeant Serhiy Mykhalchuk July 27, 2022[15]
28 3rd Brigade of Operational Assignment named after Colonel Petro Bolbochan July 27, 2022[16]
29 Separate Special Operations Center "East" named after Prince Svyatoslav Khorobroy
Special Operations Forces		 July 29, 2022[17]
30 140th Separate Center of Special Operations Forces July 29, 2022[18]
31 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade named after Petro Franko
Air Force		 August 24, 2022[19]
32 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade
33 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade
34 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade named after Lieutenant General Vasyl Nikiforov
35 138th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Dnipro
36 156th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment named after Maksym Krivonos
37 301st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
38 Separate Special Operations Center "West" named after Prince Izyaslav Mstislavich
Special Operations Forces		 August 24, 2022[20]
39 142nd Training Center August 24, 2022[21]
40 Separate Special Operations Center "South" named after Chief of Staff Antin Holovaty August 24, 2022[22]
41 15th Separate Regiment Slovyansk
National Guard		 September 2, 2022[23]
42 3rd (Luhansk) Border Detachment named after the Hero of Ukraine Colonel Yevgeny Pikus
State Border Guard Service		 September 7, 2022[24]
43 11th (Kramatorsk) Border Detachment
44 1st Separate Severia Tank Brigade
Ground Forces		 September 24, 2022[25]
45 40th Separate Artillery Brigade named after Grand Duke Vytautas
46 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Otaman Kost Hordiienko
47 12th Brigade of Operational Assignment named after Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi
National Guard		 October 27, 2022[26]
48 9th Regiment of Operational Assignment named after the Hero of Ukraine Lieutenant Bohdan Zavada October 27, 2022[27]
49 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade named after Hetman Taras Tryasyl
Ground Forces		 November 3, 2022[28]
50 44th Separate Artillery Brigade named after Hetman Danylo Apostol November 3, 2022[29]
51 122nd Separate Airmobile Battalion, 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade
Air Assault Forces		 November 17, 2022[30]
52 132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
53 148th Separate Howitzer Self-propelled Artillery Division
54 3rd Battalion Tactical Group, 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade November 17, 2022[31]
55 13th Separate Airborne Assault Battalion named after Hero of Ukraine Colonel Taras Senyuk, 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade
56 90th Separate Airmobile Battalion named after Hero of Ukraine Senior Lieutenant Ivan Zubkov, 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade
57 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade named after Koshovo Ataman Pyotr Kalnyshevskyi
Ground Forces		 December 6, 2022[32]
58 808th Pontoon Bridge Regiment December 6, 2022[33]
59 302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment Kharkiv
Air Force		 December 6, 2022[34]
60 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Hetman Ivan Mazepa
Ground Forces		 December 6, 2022[35]
61 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade
Air Assault Forces		 December 6, 2022[36]
62 71st Separate Jaeger Brigade
63 15th Separate Mountain Assault Battalion, 28th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade
Ground Forces		 December 6, 2022[37]
64 138th Center for Special Purposes (Anti-Sabotage and Anti-Terrorism) named after Prince Volodymyr Svyatoslavych
Military Law Enforcement Service		 December 6, 2022[38]
65 4th (Kharkiv) Border Detachment
State Border Guard Service
State Border Guard Service		 February 11, 2023[39]
66 5th (Sumy) Border Detachment
67 27th Regiment
National Guard		 February 11, 2023[40]
68 2nd Shostkin Regiment February 11, 2023[41]
69 79th (Kherson) Border Detachment
State Border Guard Service		 April 30, 2023[42]
70 105th (Chernihiv) Border Detachment named after Prince Volodymyr the Great
71 10th Mobile Border Detachment April 30, 2023[43]
72 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss"
Ground Forces		 May 5, 2023[44]
73 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Roman the Great
74 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade Mariupol

See also

Notes
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