The 12th Tank Battalion () is an armored formation of the

Ukrainian Ground Forces The Ukrainian Ground Forces (SVZSU, ), also referred to as the Ukrainian army, is a land force, and one of the eight Military branch, branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was formed from Ukrainian units of the Soviet Army after Declaratio ...

. The full name of the unit is 12th Independent Tank Battalion. The Battalion is located in

Honcharivske Honcharivske () is a rural settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Honcharivske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The territory of Honcharivske is located within the Dnie ...

History

Formation

Formation of the unit began towards the end of 2017, later during reform of units, planned size of unit was increased. On 12 June 2019, it was announced by

Operational Command North The Operational Command North () is a command of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in northern Ukraine. It was formed in 2013 from the Operational Command West and Territorial Directorate North by reforming the 13th Army Corps (Ukraine), 13th Army Corps ...

that a new tank battalion was being formed in

. Stationed in same town as 4th Tank Brigade, it is an independent Battalion. A recruitment drive was held in

Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, adjacent to the city of Kyiv which served as the administrative center for the raion. The city of Kyiv itself did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 J ...

on 25 June and in

Uman Uman (, , ) is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the east of the historical region of Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River. Uman serves as the administrative c ...

on 3 July 2019. Battalion received T-64BM "Bulat" tanks from 1st Tank Brigade and from reserve weapons depots. Battalions mission is to protect northern part of

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast (), also referred to as Chernihivshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Chernihiv. There are 1,511 sett ...

with support of 61st Jager Infantry Brigade.

Past commanders

* * Major Kaptan Oleksandr 2019 - 9 May 2021 * Major Hasparian Serhiy 9 May 2021 -

References

Battalions of Ukraine Military units and formations of Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Military units and formations of Ukraine in the war in Donbas {{Ukrainian Ground Forces