The 58th Motorized Brigade is a formation of the

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formed in 2015 during the

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History

The brigade was activated on 17 February 2015 in

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and took command of three volunteer territorial defence battalions. The brigade fought for nine months in

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until it was garrisoned back in Konotop on April 1, 2018. Inna Derusova, the first woman to be posthumously awarded the

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joined the

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in 2015 and served as a

combat medic A combat medic is responsible for providing emergency medicine, emergency medical treatment at a point of wounding in a combat or training environment, as well as primary care and health protection and evacuation from a point of injury or illnes ...

with the brigade.

Structure

As of 2023 the brigade's structure is as follows: * 58th Motorized Brigade, Konotop ** Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company ** 13th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion " Chernihiv-1" ** 15th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "

" ** 16th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "

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" **

Tank A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; ...

Battalion **

Artillery Artillery consists of ranged weapons that launch Ammunition, munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieges, and l ...

Regiment *** Headquarters & Target Acquisition Battery *** Howitzer Artillery Battalion ( D-20) *** Anti-tank Artillery Battalion ( MT-12 Rapira) ** Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion **

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Company **

Engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...

Battalion ** Logistic Battalion ** Maintenance Battalion **

Signal A signal is both the process and the result of transmission of data over some media accomplished by embedding some variation. Signals are important in multiple subject fields including signal processing, information theory and biology. In ...

Company **

Radar Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), direction ( azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track ...

Company ** Medical Company **

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense) or Nuclear, biological, and chemical protection (NBC protection) is a class of protective measures taken in situations where chemical warfare, chemical, biological warfar ...

Protection Company ** Brigade Band

References

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