107th Independent Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces
Ukrainian: 107-та окрема бригада територіальної оборони
ActiveSeptember 2018 - present
Country Ukraine
BranchArmed Forces of Ukraine
TypeMilitary reserve force
RoleLight infantry
Part of Territorial Defense Forces
Garrison/HQ Chernivtsi Oblast
MUN А7035[1]

The 107th Independent Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces (Ukrainian: 107-та окрема бригада територіальної оборони) is a military formation of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine in Chernivtsi Oblast. It is part of Operational Command West.

History

Formation

On 1 March, 2018 Chernivtsi region's chief enlistment officer, Volodymyr Shvediuk announced that the brigade would be formed. He said 6 battalions would be created in the main raions including 1 battalion in Chernivtsi.[2]

Russo-Ukrainian War

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

4 days after the invasion, the press office of Chernivtsi City Council announced that all units of Brigade were fully staffed.[3] On April 13 2022, Brigade commander Lieutenant Colonel Andriy Tsisak announced that soldiers from the brigade had captured a Russian tank. After repairs that tank was sent to strengthen 94th battalion.[4]

Structure

As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows:[1]

  • Headquarters
  • 92nd Territorial Defense Battalion (Chernivtsi) MUN А7185
  • 93rd Territorial Defense Battalion (Vyzhnytsia) MUN А7186
  • 94th Territorial Defense Battalion (Storozhynets) MUN А7187
  • 95th Territorial Defense Battalion (Kitsman) MUN А7188
  • 96th Territorial Defense Battalion (Novoselytsia) MUN А7219
  • 97th Territorial Defense Battalion (Sokyriany) MUN А7220
  • Counter-Sabotage Company
  • Engineering Company
  • Communication Company
  • Logistics Company
  • Mortar Battery

Commanders

  • Colonel Andrii Tsisak August 2021-current[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Exec. Order No. 770-r (August 2, 2018; in Ukrainian) Chief of Staff of the Chernivtsi Regional State Administration. Retrieved on 4 лютого 2019.
  2. ↑ "На Буковині буде створена бригада територіальної оборони" [A territorial defense brigade will be set up in Bukovina]. pogliad.ua (in Ukrainian). 1 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Ніна Філіпова (28 February 2022). "Бригади тероборони Буковини повністю укомплектовані" [Bukovina's defense brigades are fully staffed]. 0372.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Українські бійці тероборони здобули трофейний танк" [Ukrainian Territorial Defense troops captured a tank]. Укрінформ (in Ukrainian). 13 April 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Нову безпекову стратегію Буковини обговорили в ОДА" [Bukovina's new security strategy was discussed at the regional state administration]. Chernivtsi regional state administration (in Ukrainian). 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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