- Service ensign · official · carried by Ground Forces
- State affiliation · Ukraine
- Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance
Service ensign: Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces — carried by Ground Forces, not issued to this record. The service ensign of the Ground Forces. The design itself is excluded from copyright by Article 8 of Ukraine’s Law on Copyright and Related Rights, which names symbols and signs of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. The file shipped is the Wikimedia Commons SVG "Ensign of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.svg", released under PD-UAexMilitary / PD-UA-exempt on that basis, so no attribution or share-alike obligation attaches. Optimised for web display; geometry unaltered.
State affiliation: Ukraine.
The smaller square mark is a Vigil category device, drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role — not an official insignia.
In brief
Kharkiv-region brigade, prominent in the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive; later converted to an assault brigade.
- Scope
- Structure, role, lineage and links. No subordinate records published.
- Subordination
- Subordination unknown
- Sources
- 4 on the record
- Record state
- Partial
Broad area of activity
Kharkiv-region axes; later the Kupiansk and border sectors.
Notable history
A Kharkiv-based brigade that fought prominently in the September 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive, and was converted to an assault brigade in the later force reorganisations.
Strengths
Local recruitment and terrain knowledge on its home axis; a documented counteroffensive record.
Limitations
Sustained border-sector fighting with thinner public reporting after 2023 than in its counteroffensive period.
Reported & historical equipment associations
Campaigns
Campaigns naming this organisation as a participant. The campaign record owns the relationship and grades it; this list is computed.
- The Ukrainian counteroffensives, 2022–2023 Primary force · September 2022 – November 2023 · moderate confidence · as of 2022-09
Associated in open reporting with the Kharkiv axis in September 2022.
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Assessed as of2026-07Last reviewed2026-07
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