The 47th Engineering Brigade (A2755) is a military unit of the Ukrainian Support Forces which was established in 2019 and has taken part during both the

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, conducting a variety of combat engineering tasks.

History

On 2 January 2019, the brigade was established composed of two separate battalions on the basis of the 107th Road Support Center, which itself was established on 1 September 1986 as part of the

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and was converted into a

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unit on 1 June 1993. The main tasks of the brigade were to organize road commandant service, repair and construction of roads, arrange pontoon crossings and bridges, escort convoys among other tasks. In September 2020, it was converted form a road commandant brigade into an engineering brigade. The brigade was constantly involved in operations in the

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to protect and defend important facilities in the

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and

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s, provide commandant duty and pontoon-bridge crossings. On 17 July 2021, a foundation was laid at the brigade's headquarters for the construction of the Church of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. The cornerstone was consecrated by Archbishop Hilarion of Rivne and Ostroh. On 5 August 2021, a soldier of the brigade (Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Tsybulsky) was killed in action. The brigade saw action during the

. The brigade's church was consecrated and opened to the brigade's servicemen on 5 August 2022. On 13 September 2022, a soldier of the brigade (Petro Fedorovych Mykolaychik) was killed during a missile strike on the brigade's near Lozova in

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. A soldier of the brigade (Oleksandr Stakhnyuk) was killed by mortar shelling in Tonenke on 18 December 2022. On 19 April 2023, the brigade was visited by

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of the

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who presented the brigade with the "Medal of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious". On 13 November 2023, a soldier of the brigade (Roman Franekovich Meleshchuk) was killed while performing a combat mission in the Klishchiivka. On 1 October 2024, it received a battle flag. On 16 December 2024, an officer of the brigade (Oleg Mykhailovych Dovgal) was killed in action. In March 2025, an unmanned systems company was created in the brigade armed with 8 TerMIT logistics and demining ground drones, 16 Targan ground drones, 4 Vampire UAVs, DJI Mavic 3 drones, 7 SUVs with open luggage compartments and a mobile maintenance and repairs workshop as well as radios, radio-electronic jamming stations, repeaters and other such equipment.

Structure

The structure of the brigade is as follows: * Management & Headquarters * 301st Engineering Support Battalion * 304th Engineering Support Battalion * Engineering sapper battalion * Unmanned Systems Company * Support units

Commanders

* Colonel Vasiliev Ivan Vasilyevich (?-?) * Colonel Yevhen Pichura (2019–2021) * Colonel Oleksandr Tomashevsky (2021-)

References

{{Reflist Engineering units and formations 2019 establishments in Ukraine Brigades of Ukraine Military units and formations established in 2019