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The Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynsky 36th Marine Brigade (Ukrainian: 36-та окрема бригада морської піхоти імені контрадмірала Михайла Білинського, romanized: 36-ta okrema bryhada morskoi pikhoty imeni kontradmirala Mykhaila Bilynskoho) was formed in 2015 from units withdrawn from the occupied Crimea – 1st and 501st Marine Battalion, which were previously part of Ukrainian 36th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade.[3][4] The brigade has participated in the War in Donbas since its formation. In February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, the majority of the brigade was located in Mariupol.[3][5]
Establishment
36th Brigade in an amphibious warfare exerciseBritish-Ukrainian marine Aiden Aslin of the 36th Brigade demonstrates a RPG-7 to a US MarineOld unit patch (20 July 2015–24 July 2023)
On 20 July 2015, less than a year following the evacuation of Ukrainian forces from Crimea, the 36th Marine Brigade was formed from military units which had remained loyal to Ukraine following the peninsula's annexation by Russia.[3] The brigade's first commander was Dmytro Deliatytskyi, who had formerly commanded the 1st Marine Battalion.[3]
On 18 March, two Russian Kalibr missiles, fired from nearby Kherson, struck a Ukrainian army barracks in Mykolaiv housing some 200 soldiers whom were asleep at the time of the attack. Reports from the city morgue and Ukrainian soldiers stated that at least 80 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.[5] It is presumed nearly all 200 soldiers were killed, as only one survivor was pulled from the rubble the next day and temperatures reached below 6 °C (43 °F) during the night.[6]
On 13 April, the Ukrainian government forces stated that, as a result of a special operation, units of the 36th Marine Brigade managed to connect with the Azov Regiment in Mariupol. The same day, Russian sources claimed that over 1,000 men of the brigade had been captured, but this remains unconfirmed. The brigade commander, Colonel Volodymyr Baranyuk, and his chief of staff were among those captured, leaving Major Serhiy Volyna in command of the remnants of the battalion entrenched inside the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works.[7] The remnants of the unit surrendered on 20 May 2022, along with the remaining defenders of the Azovstal plant.[8]
1st Marine Battalion (In 2014 during the annexation of Crimea, only 137 soldiers decided to return to Ukraine. In 2022, a few soldiers of the battalion were able to sneak out of the besieged Mariupol).[4]
501st Marine Battalion (In 2014 during the annexation of Crimea, only 64 soldiers decided to return to Ukraine). During the Siege of Mariupol in 2022, the unit was captured.[10] The battalion was reconstituted in 2023 and fought on the Donetsk front,[1] and later the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive in Zaporizhia.
Aristide Battalion (Linear marine battalion of the brigade. In 2022, a few soldiers of the battalion were able to sneak out of the besieged Mariupol).[4]
Marine Tank Battalion (Tank battalion equipped with T-80BVs. The unit was defeated during the Siege of Mariupol in 2022).[4]
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