11th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade

11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (19922025) Insignia of the 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.webp 150 1960 – present 11-та зенітна ракетна бригада USSR Soviet Union (1960–1991) Ukraine Ukraine 25px Air Defense Troops Air Defense Brigade 25px Air Command West Shepetivka, Khmelnytskyi Oblast Shepetivska Brigade 100px Buk M1, IRIS-T SLM, TRML-4D Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbas Full scale invasion 2022 200pxFor Courage and Bravery Colonel Mykhailo Borysenko 100px|centre Former Insignia The 11th Shepetivska Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade ( A3730) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations and is subordinated to the Air Command West. It is headquartered at Shepetivka.http://www.ukrmilitary.com/p/ukrainian-air-force.html Повітряні Сили www.ukrmilitary.com 2016-09-30 19 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160319110954/http://www.ukrmilitary.com/p/ukrainian-air-force.html History In 1992, after the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the 138th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the 8th Tank Army of the Carpathian Military District took an oath of loyalty to Ukraine becoming the 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. Russo-Ukrainian war Russo-Ukrainian war The regiment saw intensive combat during the War in Donbass. It undertook combat operations in Volnovakha Raion where a soldier of the Regiment (Valentyn Viktorovych Drachuk) was allegedly captured near Novotroitske on 30 December 2014 and his dead body was later recovered.Драчук Валентин Вікторович https://web.archive.org/web/20170330204411/http://memorybook.org.ua/5/drachuk.htm 30 March 2017 The regiment took part in the Battle of Avdiivka carrying out air defense tasks and on 23 March 2015, during the mortar and tank shelling of Ukrainian positions in Opytne and Avdiivka, together with other units, the regiment performed reconnaissance tasks when a tank attacked the regiment's positions killing a soldier of the regiment (Savitsky Yuri Mykolayovych) and wounding another.Савіцький Юрій Миколайович («Партизан») thumb|200px|left|IRIS-T SLM of Brigade On 9 January 2017, a soldier of the regiment (Us Serhii Volodymyrovych) was killed in combat in Donetsk Oblast under undisclosed circumstances.https://nekropole.info/ua/Sergij-Us Сергій Ус 12 February 2019 13 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190213123635/https://nekropole.info/ua/Sergij-Us On 1 December 2017, a soldier of the regiment (Oleksandr Yuriyovych Gornyi) was killed in combat in Donetsk Oblast under unknown circumstances.22-річний кам'янчанин загинув в АТО // «20 хвилин. Кам'янець-Подільський», 04.12.2017Ще одна втрата на сході // Кам'янець-Подільська міська рада, 04.12.2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171205143525/http://kam-pod.gov.ua/novini/novini-ato/item/13477-shche-odna-vtrata-na-skhodi 2017-12-05 Попрощалися з Олександром Горним // Кам'янець-Подільська міська рада, 06.12.2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171207192343/http://kam-pod.gov.ua/novini/novini-ato/item/13630-poproshchalysia-z-oleksandrom-hornym 2017-12-07 Кам'янець попрощався із 22-річним загиблим військовим // «20 хвилин. Кам'янець-Подільський», 06.12.2017 At the start of the Full scale invasion on February 24 2022, the regiment was deployed to Nova Kakhovka, and later to Zaporizhzhia. On February 26 the regiment made its first kill of a Mi-17 using two missiles. In mid-March 2022, the regiment was deployed to Izium, Kharkiv region, and on the very first day it shot down a Russian helicopter. In total, the regiment destroyed at least 28 Russian targets: eleven fixed wing aircraft, two helicopters, two cruise missiles and thirteen UAVs. During combat operations near Balaklia and Izium, the "Buk M1" systems destroyed helicopters, two cruise missiles, some planes and UAVs.Кожне виконане Повітряними силами завдання — це врятовані життя українців — Президент у День ПС ЗСУ Once a battery of the regiment was struck by the Russians and was heavily damaged but was restored.Збили ворожий літак, не випустивши жодної ракети During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the regiment took part in Eastern Ukraine campaign and on 24 March 2022, four personnel (Artem Oleksandrovich Slisarchuk, Yuriy Volodymyrovych Kukuev,https://vsim.ua/Podii/bez-batka-zalishilis-troe-ditey-u-boyu-zaginuv-zhitel-hmelnichchini-11547334.html "Без батька залишились троє дітей". У бою загинув житель Хмельниччини 26 April 2022 9 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220409112716/https://vsim.ua/Podii/bez-batka-zalishilis-troe-ditey-u-boyu-zaginuv-zhitel-hmelnichchini-11547334.html Volodymyr Serhiyovych LutsenkoНовини Хмельницького "Є" https://ye.ua/syspilstvo/58787_U_boyah_zaginuv_starshiy_serzhant_Volodimir_Lucenko.html ye.ua 2022-04-25 2023-01-30 uk and Bohdan Volodymyrovych Demkiv) of the regiment were killed while performing combat operations in Izium. Artem Oleksandrovich Slisarchuk was later awarded the Hero of Ukraine, the highest military award for Ukrainian personnel.«Золота Зірка» Артема СлісарчукаГерой України: у Харківській області у бою з окупантами загинув зенітник ЗСУ Артем Слісарчук On 15 June 2022, the regiment was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".15 June 2022 Про відзначення почесною відзнакою "За мужність та відвагу" https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4082022-42869 On 29 November 2022, a soldier of the regiment (Kononchuk Serhiy Vasyliovych) was killed under undisclosed circumstances. thumb|200px|Soldier of a mobile fire team The regiment saw action in Spirne and on 21 October 2023, a soldier (Dmytro Sergeyevich Murastiy) of the regiment was killed there.https://yampil-rada.gov.ua/news/1698067858/ Втретє за сьогодні сумна звістка надійшла до нашої громади yampil-rada.gov.ua uk 2024-09-08 Structure The structure of the brigade includes the following divisions:https://ontology.inhost.com.ua/index.php?graph_uid=1577&item_id=1191&mode=detail 11 ЗРП на сайті 27 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181228034917/https://ontology.inhost.com.ua/index.php?graph_uid=1577&item_id=1191&mode=detail 28 December 2018 11th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade 771st Separate Anti-aircraft Missile Division 1003rd Separate Anti-aircraft Missile Division 1084th Separate Anti-aircraft Missile Division Commanders Grigorenko Yevhenii Anatoliyovych (?-2022)27 July 2022 Про нагородження відзнакою Президента України "Хрест бойових заслуг" https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/5332022-43469 Borysenko Mykhailo Vitaliyovych (2022-)Михайло БОРИСЕНКО: "Військовою справою мусять займатися військові, яким це дійсно вдається найкраще" – Редакції газети "Шепетівський вісник" https://shepvisnyk.com.ua/mihajlo-borisenko-vijskovoju-spravoju-musyat-zajmatisya-vijskovi-yakim-ce-dijsno-vdaietsya-najkrashhe/ 2023-02-10 ukДорадчі органи https://shepetivka-rada.gov.ua/gromada/doradchi-organy/ Офіційний сайт Шепетівської міської ради. 2023-02-10 ukНаш 11-й зенітний ракетний полк нагороджено почесною відзнакою "За мужність та відвагу" — Сайт міста Шепетівка https://shepetivka.com.ua/novyny/suspilstvo/10764-nash-11i-zenitnyi-raketnyi-polk-nahorodzheno-pochesnoiu-vidznakoiu-za-muzhnist-ta-vidvahu.html shepetivka.com.ua 2023-02-10 uk-ua shepetivka.com.ua Sources 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 1960 Category:Air defence brigades