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66th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
The 66th Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Mstislav the Brave (Ukrainian: 66-та окрема механізована бригада імені князя Мстислава Хороброго) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022.
| 66th Mechanized Brigade |
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| 66-та окрема механізована бригада |
| Shoulder Sleeve Insignia |
| 18 April 2022 - Today |
| Ukraine |
| Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Mechanized Infantry |
| Mstislav the Brave |
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| Russo-Ukrainian war |
| Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Eastern front |
| 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive |
| Lyman front |
| Battle of Bakhmut |
| Lyman front (2025–present) |
| https://66ombr.army |
| Col. Yury Dvorsky |
The 66th Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Mstislav the Brave (Ukrainian: 66-та окрема механізована бригада імені князя Мстислава Хороброго) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022.
After the Russian invasion in February 2022, the brigade was mobilized and transferred to the Ground Forces combat composition. Units of the brigade took part in the recapture of Lyman, losing 25 soldiers. The brigade's units were in the battles for Bakhmut from October 2022 until May 2023.
As of June 2023, units of the brigade were operating in the Luhansk Oblast near the villages of Makiivka and Ploshchanka.
On 28 July 2023, the brigade was awarded the honorary title "named after Prince Mstislav the Brave" by decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The brigade was fighting on the Lyman front as of April 2025.
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