113th Territorial Defense Brigade

Ukrainian 113th Territorial Defense Forces Brigade June 2024 June 2024 113th Territorial Defense Brigade File:Нашивка 113-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ (Харківська область).svg 28 August 2018 - present Ukraine Military reserve force Light infantry UKR 20px Territorial Defense ForcesOperational Command East Kharkiv OblastА7041 uk 113-та окрема бригада територіальної оборони 200px Flag The 113th Territorial Defense Brigade (uk 113-та окрема бригада територіальної оборони 113-ta okrema bryhada terytorialnoi oborony) is a military formation of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine in Kharkiv Oblast. It is part of Operational Command East. History Formation On 28 August 2018, the brigade was formed in Kharkiv Oblast. In first days brigade numbered twenty-seven people. Ten were assigned to headquarters and two in each of the five battalions. For the next ten days close to twenty-one hundred reservists and three hundred officers foot part in exercises culminating with close to thirty percent of them signing contracts with the brigade. Colonel Ihor Kiforenko became the first commander.Ulianova Olha Hrebinnyk Dmytro "Разом до перемоги". Що розповідають бійці про створення 113-ї бригади ТРО, яка служить на Харківщині https://suspilne.media/kharkiv/585809-razom-do-peremogi-so-rozpovidaut-bijci-pro-stvorenna-113-i-brigadi-tro-aka-sluzit-na-harkivsini/ Suspilne Kharkiv uk 3 October 2023 28 June 2024 "Together to victory". What the fighters say about the creation of the 113th TRO brigade, which serves in the Kharkiv regionРезервісти Харківщини пройшли навчальні збори http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2018/09/06/rezervisti-harkivshhini-projshli-navchalni-zbori/ mil.gov.ua uk 6 September 2018 Reservists of the Kharkiv region passed the training 7 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180907004715/http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2018/09/06/rezervisti-harkivshhini-projshli-navchalni-zbori/ Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine At the end of January 2022 the brigade had six battalions, 120-125 requiring less than ten percent to be fully manned. A new law that took effect on 1 January allowed for two more battalions with one of them located in Kharkiv."Хочу в територіальну оборону Харкова". Чому до неї складно записатися? https://2day.kh.ua/ua/kharkow/khochu-v-terytorialnu-oboronu-kharkova-chomu-do-neyi-skladno-zapysatysya 2day.kh.ua uk 22 January 2022 13 August 2024 "I want to join the territorial defense of Kharkiv." Why is it difficult to sign up for it? The brigade took part in battles for Kharkiv and Bakhmut.Kulish Polina У Харкові нагородили військових 113 бригади ТрО до річниці створення формування — фото https://gwaramedia.com/u-harkovi-nagorodili-vijskovih-113-brigadi-tro-do-richniczi-stvorennya-formuvannya-foto/ gwaramedia.com uk 3 October 2023 13 August 2024 In Kharkiv, soldiers of 113 TrO brigades were awarded for the anniversary of the creation of the formation - photo The brigade had taken part in defensive operations for about four months before participating in the major Ukrainian offensive in the Kharkiv Oblast in September 2022. On 10 September 2022, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade was responsible for capturing the villages of Vasylenkove uk Василенкове and Artemivka, Kharkiv Oblast Artemivka uk Артемівка (Чугуївський район) during a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kharkiv Oblast.https://suspilne.media/kharkiv/280493-zsu-zvilnili-z-pid-okupacii-rf-se-dva-sela-na-harkivsini/ ЗСУ звільнили з-під окупації РФ ще два села на Харківщині Тетяна Федоркова Suspilne uk 10 September 2024 7 January 2025 According to Gerasim Gevorgian, commander of the brigade's 120th Battalion, the brigade captured about fifty settlements in total during this offensive. The Chuhuiv Battalion of the 113th Brigade was involved in the counteroffensive, taking part in combat near Vasylenkove, and advancing for five days until reaching the Russia-Ukraine border near Vovchansk. Many members of the battalion were locals and had relatives living in the areas which they recaptured.https://tro.mil.gov.ua/po-dekilka-sil-za-den-zvilnennya-harkivshhyny-ochyma-vijskovyh-ta-misczevyh/ uk 7 January 2025 "По декілька сіл за день". Звільнення Харківщини очима військових та місцевих Костянтин Рєуцький Олексій Братущак 24 September 2022 Ukrainian Pravda Structure As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows:113-та окрема бригада територіальної оборони https://tro.mil.gov.ua/brigade/113-ta-okrema-brigada-teritorialnoyi-oboroni/ tro.mil.gov.ua 21 November 2022 uk 13 August 2024 113th Independent Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces Headquarters 25px 120th Territorial Defense Battalion (Derhachi) А7286 25px 121st Territorial Defense Battalion (Zmiiv) А7287August 2025 25px 122nd Territorial Defense Battalion (Izium) А7288 25px 123rd Territorial Defense Battalion (Kupiansk) А7289 25px 124th Territorial Defense Battalion (Lozova) А7290 25px 125th Territorial Defense Battalion (Chuhuiv) А7291 25px 209th Territorial Defense Battalion (Bohodukhiv) А7378 Engineering Company Communication Company Logistics Company Mortar Battery Commanders Lieutenant Colonel Ihor Kiforenko 2018–2020 Lieutenant Colonel Andrii Borodin 2020–2021 Colonel Yevhen Zadorozhnyi 2021–present See also Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine References Category:Territorial defense Brigades of Ukraine Category:2018 establishments in Ukraine Category:Military units and formations established in 2018