77th Airmobile Brigade | |
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77-ма окрема аеромобільна бригада | |
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Active | Summer 2022 – Present |
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Role | Air Assault |
Garrison/HQ | Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast |
Motto(s) | "Born to Win" |
Engagements | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Website | https://www.facebook.com/77oaembr |
The 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade (Ukrainian: 77-ма окрема аеромобільна бригада; 77 ОАеМБр); Military Unit Number A4355) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces formed in the summer of 2022, based in Zhytomyr.[1]
The brigade was formed in the summer of 2022 as part of the expansion of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. Its first units finished basic training in October 2022.[citation needed]
Main article: Battle of Soledar |
The units received decorations and praise from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy along with the 46th Airmobile Brigade for its defense of Soledar.[2][3]
Main article: Battle of Bakhmut |
Following the capture of Soledar by Russian forced on January 16, 2023 the unit has joined in the defense of Bakhmut.[4] On March 5, 2023, the unit uploaded a video to their telegram showing the remains of an entirely destroyed Russian unit which was outfitted in elements of uniforms taken from captured or killed Ukrainian troops.[5] On March 29, 2023, the brigade saw more praise from President Zelenskyy for their defense of Bakhmut alongside the 57th Motorized Brigade and the 93rd Mechanized Brigade.[6][7][8][9]
As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows: