138th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade

138th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade 138th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade.webp 150 1992 – present 138-ма зенітна ракетна бригада Ukraine Ukraine Missile Anti-Aircraft 25px Air Command East Dnipro Dniprovska Brigade S-300PS, S-300PT and Patriot Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbas Russian invasion of Ukraine 200px For Courage and Bravery Colonel Mykola Ivanovych Dziaman 100px|center Former Insignia 50px|center Collar Insignia The 138th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade "Dniprovska" is a brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations throughout Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and Kharkiv Oblast. It operates S-300PS, S-300PT and PatriotUkraine's Military Showed the Patriot PAC 3, Which Is On Combat Duty And Ready to Shoot Down Targets at the Range of 150 Km https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/ukraines_military_showed_the_patriot_pac_3_which_is_on_combat_duty_and_ready_to_shoot_down_targets_at_the_range_of_150_km-6524.html#:~:text=138th%20Anti%2DAircraft%20Missile%20Brigade Defense Express Defense Express Media & Consulting Company 26 December 2023 missile systems and is subordinated to the Air Command East. It is headquartered at Dnipro. History In 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet union, the 138th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment came under the jurisdiction of Ukraine as its personnel took an oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people. Since 1988, the unit has been armed with S-300 medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems for defensive purposes.Program "DMB" No. 24 (24.07.2011) Author: Nazar Voloshyn In August 2008, the regiment was awarded the honorary name "Dnipropetrovsk" by the decision of the Dnipropetrovsk City Council and Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. In 2013, the 138th regiment became the 138th brigade. In January 2014, the 301st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment from Nikopol and the 302nd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment from Kharkiv were assigned to the brigade but broke off as separate regiment's in 2014. On 23 August 2021, the President of Ukraine officially granted, the honorary name "Dniprovska" to the brigade.https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4152021-39885 Указ Президента України №415/2021 "Про присвоєння почесного найменування 138 зенітній ракетній бригаді Повітряних Сил Збройних Сил України" 25 August 2021 25 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210825180007/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4152021-39885 On 24 August 2022, the brigade was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".24 August 2022 Про відзначення почесною відзнакою "За мужність та відвагу" https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/6082022-43741 On 22 May 2023, the brigade successfully intercepted a Russian Kh-101,Повідомлення ГШ ЗС України від 22.05.2023 which was the 100th successful interception by the brigade during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Знищили крилату ракету Х-101: Дніпровська зенітна ракетна бригада збила соту ціль (відео). 23.05.2023, 19:03 On 23 February 2024, the brigade destroyed a Beriev A-50 long-range AEW&C aircraft of the Russian Air Force in the airspace over Krasnodar https://www.unian.ua/war/poteri-rossii-ukraina-sbila-samolet-a-50-12669417.html Росія вперше визнала знищення А-50 і розкрила втрати 17 June 2024 UNIAN 18 June 2024 for which the brigade's commander, Mykola Dzyaman, was declared as a wanted "terrorist" by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in June 2024. Commanders (2013–2019) Colonel Berezhny Andriy OleksandrovichAugust 2025 Colonel Palaguta Vitaly Viktorovych (2019-?)«Золота» молодь нашого війська https://web.archive.org/web/20201031005753/http://armyinform.com.ua/2020/09/zolota-molod-nashogo-vijska/ 31 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200723145519/https://armyinform.com.ua/ 23 July 2020 Colonel Mykola Ivanovych Dziaman (?-) Sources Крила України No. 27 (690) Військові частини Повітряних Сил за родами військ https://web.archive.org/web/20160319110954/http://www.ukrmilitary.com/p/ukrainian-air-force.html 19 March 2016 References Category:Surface-to-air missile brigades of the Ukraine Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine in the war in Donbas Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Category:Military units and formations established in 1992