18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

the brigade active 2008–2016 the unit active 1993–1998 18th Motor Rifle Brigade other brigades 18th Brigade (disambiguation) 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Great emblem of the 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.svg 200 Great emblem of the 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 20082016 Russia Russia Motorized Infantry Brigade 58th Army Khankala27777 Annexation of Crimea by the Russian FederationWar in Donbas Yevpatoria Honorifics ru 18-я отдельная гвардейская Евпаторийская Краснознаменная мотострелковая бригада The 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Military Unit Number 27777) was a formation of the Russian Ground Forces. The brigade was formed in late 2008 from the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division and stationed in two bases near Grozny. The brigade was involved in the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and was combined with two other brigades to reform the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division in late 2016. History The brigade was formed in late 2008 from the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division as part of the Russian military reform and was relocated to Khankala, near Grozny in Chechnya. In 2013, several units of the brigade were relocated to Kalinovskaya.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11314817/Secret-dead-of-Russias-undeclared-war.html Secret dead of Russia's undeclared war Parfitt Tom 27 December 2014 The Telegraph 12 August 2016 It inherited the honorifics "Yevpatoria Red Banner" from the division.https://voinskayachast.net/suhoputnie-voyska/motostrelkovie/vch27777 Войсковая часть 27777 (18-я ОМСБр) voinskayachast.net 4 September 2015 ru Military Unit No. 27777 (18th OMSBr) 2016-08-12 The brigade was part of the 58th Army in the Southern Military Districthttp://warfare.ru/?linkid=2227&catid=321 Southern Military District warfare.ru https://web.archive.org/web/20110927220527/http://warfare.ru/?linkid=2227&catid=321 27 September 2011 12 August 2016 and included the 1st Mechanized Battalion "Vostok".Ukraina: Krimmis on Tšetšeeniast ja Uljanovskist pärit Vene sõdurid 5 March 2014 http://www.postimees.ee/2718018/ukraina-krimmis-on-tsetseeniast-ja-uljanovskist-parit-vene-sodurid Ukraine: Russian soldiers from Chechnya and Ulyanovsk in Crimea Postimees EE Sergey Kuzovlev previously commanded the brigade.http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/3548771 Заместителем командующего войсками ЮВО стал генерал-лейтенант Андрей Гурулев 18 August 2016 TASS ru Lieutenant General Andrei Gurulev new Southern Military District deputy commander 2 October 2016 A battalion tactical group of the brigade was part of the troops in Crimea for the Russian military intervention in Ukraine during April 2014.http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/04/15/nato-builds-plan-as-violence-increases-in-ukraine.html NATO Builds Plan as Violence Increases in Ukraine Cox Matthew 15 April 2014 Military.com Sisk Richard 12 August 2016 The brigade's reconnaissance battalion contributed a reconnaissance team to the Russian military intervention in the war in Donbas from 14 July 2014. The brigade contributed a battalion tactical group from 11 August 2014. In February 2015 it was located in the Northern Operational Area. Between 1 and 2 February, a combined formation of the brigade and other Russian units were involved in combat near Debaltseve. After 13 February, the 20th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade's tactical group was reformed into a combined unit with the brigade.https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf RUSI Briefing Paper: Russian Forces in Ukraine Sutyagin Igor March 2015 6 April 2016 Royal United Services Institute 27 11 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210111112810/https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf dead In late 2016, the brigade was merged with the 8th Guards Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade and 17th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade to reform the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division.http://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/south/news/more.htm?id=12105840@egNews В ЮВО на территории Чечни завершается формирование 42-й мотострелковой дивизии 7 December 2016 structure.mil.ru ru Formation of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division completed in Chechnya in Southern Military District 8 April 2017 References 30em June 2017 Category:Mechanised infantry brigades of Russia Category:Military units and formations established in 2008 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 2016 Category:Military units and formations of Russia in the war in Donbas