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" is a Brigade of the

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concerned with

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operations in

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and is subordinated to the

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. It is headquartered in

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and operates many radar systems including the "Pelican".

History

In 1992, following the

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, the personnel of the 14th Radio Engineering Brigade of the

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took an oath of loyalty to Ukraine. In March 1992, the first Ukrainian commander of the brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Klimov Serhiy Borisovych, was appointed and the brigade was staffed with local Ukrainians as well as with the members of the

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. The units of the brigade that were stationed on the territory of

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were transferred to the Armed Forces of Moldova with the exception of one unit under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Kudar V.I. Many of its units were deployed along the border with

for radar coverage and a separate radar unit of the brigade was deployed to Snake Island. It received automated radar systems and separate mobile radar platoons were established within companies and battalions of the brigade. In 2007, a separate research area for air defense "Oreanda PS" was created in the regiment. On 22 July 2008, the brigade received the honorary name of

. Since 2014, personnel and units of the brigade participated in the

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. Separate mobile radar platoons of the brigade were quickly redeployed and were used to create radar coverage for

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. In 2016, the brigade received the newest Ukrainian-made Pelican radar systems. 80K6T

On 17 August 2016, a soldier of the brigade (Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Grebenkin) was killed whilst serving on a combat mission near Andriivka. On 5 December 2016, the brigade was presented with a combat flag. On 24 February 2022, at the start of the

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, the brigade's positions were struck by Russian warplanes killing eleven female soldiers of the brigade (Shoris Olga Pavlivna,На Одещині російські окупанти вбили 18 осіб. 24.02.2022, 12:59
Kosar Liliya Ihorivna, Tatyana Valentynivna Skurat, Nataliya Andriivna Protsyshina, Barbul Victoria Viktorivna, Larisa Mykolaivna Hutsol, Lyudmila Ruslanivna Kutishevska, Nataliya Mykolayivn Shaporova, Berina Olena Vitalyivna, Straton Alla Viktorivna and Olena Mykolayivna Dobrovolska) of the brigade and eleven male personnel (Oleksiy Adolfovich Shuda, Pavlo Vasyliovych Bondarenko, Sabatyn Serhiy Serhiyov, Dmytro Sergeyevich Zaitsev, Dmytro Volodymyrovych Holodnyuk, Bondar Andrii Andriyovych, Serhiy Serhiyovych Len, Oleksandr Serhiyovych Medvedenko, Hutsol Oleg Viktorovych, Dumbrava Andrii Ivanovych and Yasko Oleksandr OleksiiovychНа Одещині російські окупанти вбили 18 осіб. 24.02.2022, 12:59

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Commanders

* Lieutenant Colonel Serhii Borisovych Klimov (1992–1994) * Colonel Afanasov Viktor Volodymyrovych. * Colonel Yaroslavtsev Valery Mykolayovych. * Lieutenant Colonel Kostyantyn Mykolayovych HorloВ Одессе задержали нетрезвого генерала и пьяного полковника ВСУ за рулем
* Colonel Hrytsaenko Serhii Anatoliyovych (2018-)

Separate Battalions

The brigade has two separate Battalions in its structure: * Radio-technical Battalion,

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* Radio-technical Battalion,

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Sources

References

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