58th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine)

58th Motorized Brigade
Ukrainian: 58-та окрема мотопіхотна бригада
Brigade insignia
Active	17 February 2015 – present
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Motorized infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	Operational Command North
Garrison/HQ	Konotop
Patron	Ivan Vyhovsky
Motto(s)	Simul Ad Victorium Together to Victory
Engagements	Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbas Russian invasion of Ukraine Eastern Ukraine campaign Battle of Bakhmut[1] [2]
Commanders
Current commander	Oleksandr Saltytskyi

The 58th Motorized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2015 during the war in Donbas.

History

The brigade was activated on 17 February 2015 in Sumy and took command of three volunteer territorial defence battalions. The brigade fought for nine months in Eastern Ukraine until it was garrisoned back in Konotop on April 1, 2018.

Inna Derusova, the first woman to be posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2015 and served as a combat medic with the brigade.^[3]

Structure

As of 2023 the brigade's structure is as follows:^{[citation needed]}

• 58th Motorized Brigade, Konotop
  • Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  • 13th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Chernihiv-1"^[4]
  • 15th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Sumy"^[4]
  • 16th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Poltava"^[4]
  • Tank Battalion
  • Artillery Regiment
    • Headquarters & Target Acquisition Battery
    • Howitzer Artillery Battalion (D-20)
    • Anti-tank Artillery Battalion (MT-12 Rapira)
  • Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion
  • Reconnaissance Company
  • Engineer Battalion
  • Logistic Battalion
  • Maintenance Battalion
  • Signal Company
  • Radar Company
  • Medical Company
  • Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear Protection Company
  • Brigade Band

References

1. David Axe (25 October 2022). "A Fierce Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade Is Routing Russian Mercenaries In One Symbolic Eastern Town". Forbes.
2. Axe, David. "Bakhmut Is 'Soaked In Blood' As Eight Of Ukraine's Best Brigades Battle 40,000 Former Russian Prisoners". Forbes.
3. ОХРИМЕНКО, Ольга (13 March 2022). "Вперше звання Героя України посмертно присвоєно жінці" [For the first time, the title of Hero of Ukraine was posthumously awarded to a woman]. Fakty i Kommentarii (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
4. "Сухопутні війська". 31 December 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2023.