127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade

Ukrainian 127th Territorial Defense Forces Brigade August 2024 August 2024 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade(2025–present) 127th Territorial Defense Brigade(2022–2025) File:Нашивка 127-ої окремої бригади територіальної оборони ЗСУ.svg 8 March 2022 - present Ukraine 25px Mechanized Infantry UKR Operational Command East25px 11th Army Corpshttps://t.me/Denys_Smyhal/11138 KharkivА7383 uk 127-ма окрема бригада територіальної оборони Kharkiv Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive Kursk offensive (2024–2025) 127ovmbr.mil.gov.ua Krupko Yuri Yuriyovych uk Крупко Юрій Юрійович 200px Flag The 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade (uk 127-ма окрема бригада територіальної оборони) is a military formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in Kharkiv. It is part of Operational Command East. History Formation In early March 2022 Colonel Roman Hryshchenko began forming the brigade in Kharkiv.Salimonovych Larysa "Моя найбільша мрія — взяти участь у параді перемоги": командир 227-го батальйону 127 ОБр СТрО Олег Черкашин https://umoloda.kyiv.ua/number/3875/188/178592/ umoloda.kyiv.ua uk 10 April 2023 13 August 2024 "My biggest dream is to take part in the victory parade": Oleh Cherkashyn, commander of the 227th battalion of the 127th OBr STrO In the first stage almost two thousand servicemen joined the unit. They were assigned to headquarters and two battalions.Samokhvalova Lana Роман Грищенко, командир 127-ї бригади ТрО Харкова https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3601544-roman-grisenko-komandir-127i-brigadi-tro-harkova.html Ukrinform uk 27 October 2022 13 August 2024 Roman Hryshchenko, commander of the 127th Brigade of the TrO of Kharkiv Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine The first assignment of the brigade was to reinforce army and national guard units defending the city. As of July 2022, the brigade was holding the front line north and east of the city of Kharkiv.Sylaieva Hanna "Навіть космонавтів використовуємо", 一 командир 127-ї ТрО Роман Грищенко 一 в інтерв'ю Суспільне Харків https://kh.suspilne.media/articles/16489 Suspilne Kharkiv uk 19 July 2022 13 August 2024 "We even use cosmonauts", 一 commander of the 127th TrO Roman Hryshchenko 一 in an interview with Suspilne Kharkiv On 29 August 2022 the brigade received its battle flag.112-та бригада Сил ТрО отримала Бойовий прапор https://armyinform.com.ua/2022/08/29/112-ta-brygada-syl-tro-otrymala-bojovyj-prapor/ ArmyInform uk 29 August 2022 13 August 2024 112th Brigade of Territorial Defense received its Battle flag On 11 September 2022, the brigade's 249th Battalion announced that the village of Borshchova uk Борщова (Харківський район) had come under Ukrainian control.https://suspilne.media/279968-kontrnastup-zsu-na-harkivsini-tekstovij-onlajn/?anchor=live_1662920406&utm_source=copylink&utm_medium=ps Борщова — під контролем ЗСУ 11 September 2022 9 January 2025 Suspilne uk Тетяна Федоркова Two days later, on 13 September, the brigade's 247th Battalion announced that it had captured the villages of Lyptsi, Hlyboke, and Strilecha, amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast.Suspilne uk https://suspilne.media/279968-kontrnastup-zsu-na-harkivsini-tekstovij-onlajn/?anchor=live_1663080498&utm_source=copylink&utm_medium=ps У Липцях, Глибокому та Стрілечій на Харківщині бійці встановили український прапор 9 January 2025 Тетяна Федоркова 13 September 2022 In July 2023 the 225th battalion transferred out of the brigade and became a separate assault battalion of the Ground Forces.Malevska Mariia Brynza Oleksandr Аеророзвідка 24/7 і квадроцикл для поранених. Як воює 225-й штурмовий батальйон під Бахмутом https://nakypilo.ua/novyny/aerorozvidka-24-7-i-kvadrotsykl-dlia-poranenykh-yak-voiuie-225-y-shturmovyi-batalion-pid-bakhmutom/ nakypilo.ua uk 28 July 2023 13 August 2024 Air reconnaissance 24/7 and an ATV for the wounded. How the 225th assault battalion fights near Bakhmut In 2024, the brigade was transferred to the Ground Forces of Ukraine, and in July 2025, the unit was reformed as heavy mechanized brigade.2024-01-23 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade https://militaryland.net/ukraine/armed-forces/125th-territorial-defense-brigade/ 2025-08-09 MilitaryLand.net en-US2024-02-01 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade https://militaryland.net/ukraine/armed-forces/127th-territorial-defense-brigade/ 2025-08-09 MilitaryLand.net en-US On 6 December 2025 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the brigade the honorary name "Kharkivska".DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE №910/2025 https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/9102025-57409 president.gov.ua 6 December 2025 8 December 2025 Ukrainian Structure As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows:127-та окрема бригада територіальної оборони https://tro.mil.gov.ua/brigade/127-ta-okrema-brigada-teritorialnoyi-oboroni/ tro.mil.gov.ua 21 November 2022 uk 13 August 2024 127th Independent Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces Headquarters 25px 225th Territorial Defense Battalion А7400 25px 226th Territorial Defense Battalion А7401 25px 227th Territorial Defense Battalion uk 227-й окремий батальйон Сил територіальної оборони (Україна) А7402 25px 228th Territorial Defense Battalion uk 228-й окремий батальйон територіальної оборони (Україна) А7403 25px 229th Territorial Defense Battalion uk 229-й Окремий батальйон Сил територіальної оборони (Україна) А7404 25px 247th Territorial Defense Battalion uk 247-й Окремий батальйон Сил територіальної оборони (Україна) А4085 25px 249th Territorial Defense Battalion Engineering Company Communication Company Logistics Company Mortar Battery Commanders Colonel Roman Hryshchenko (2022–2023) Colonel Yurii Krupko (2023–present) See also Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine References Category:Heavy mechanized brigades of Ukraine Category:2022 establishments in Ukraine Category:Military units and formations established in 2022