101st Brigade for the Protection of the General Staff

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101st Brigade for Protection of the General Staff
Герб 101-ї окремої бригади охорони.png
Active1992–present
Country Ukraine
TypeMechanized
Part ofGeneral Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Garrison/HQKyiv
EngagementsWar in Donbass
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Mykola Shvets
Insignia
Shoulder sleeve insigniaНарукавна емблема 101-ї окремої бригади охорони.png
Cap badgeБЕ 101-ша БрОГШ (2016).png

The 101st Brigade for the Protection of the General Staff named after Colonel-General Gennady Vorobyov (Ukrainian: 101-ша окрема бригада охорони Генерального штабу Збройних Сил України імені генерал-полковника Генадія Воробйова) is a headquarters area protection brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[1] The brigade was formed in 1992 from the Soviet Protection and Service Battalion, responsible for guarding the Kyiv Military District headquarters during the later years of the Soviet Union. The brigade fought in the War in Donbass.

History[]

In the last years of the Soviet Union the 368th Battalion of Protection and Service guarded and supported the headquarters of the Kyiv Military District,[2] stationed in the area of the Kyiv Military School. The 101st Brigade of the General Staff Armed Forces of Ukraine was established on 10 March 1992 from the 368th Battalion. At the time the brigade consisted of: a battalion of guards, a guard of honor, the command and control center battalion, motor battalion and support units. The 2nd Protection Battalion was formed on 7 June 1995 and the 3rd Protection Battalion on 11 September of the same year. The soldiers of the brigade took part in the command and staff exercises "Forpost-2002", "East-West", "Reaction-2005", "Artery-2007", "Clean Sky", "The decisive action of 2008", "Interaction 2010 "" Adequate response 2011".[3]

The brigade fought in the War in Donbass. The brigade entered the combat zone on 3 August 2014. The brigade defended Debaltseve and saw its first combat action on 15 August. Colonel Mykola Shvets commanded the brigade at the time. It escorted 300 convoys to the front and more than ten military intelligence extractions by February 2015.[4] During its time in combat, eleven soldiers of the 101st Brigade were killed[1] and 49 wounded. Eighteen soldiers of the brigade received either the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky or the Order For Courage.[5]

On the occasion of the 30th Independence Day of Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky renamed the unit's name to honour the deceased First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine  [pl; uk; ru].[6]

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Notes[]

  1. ^ a b "На территории 101-й бригады охраны Генштаба открыли "Аллею Славы" в честь погибших воинов" [On territory of the 101st Brigade for the Protection of the General Staff opened Walk of Fame in honor of fallen soldiers] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 480.
  3. ^ "101-ша бригада охорони ГШ – Український мілітарний портал" [101st Brigade General Staff – Ukrainian Military Portal]. www.mil.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  4. ^ Kosenko, Volodymyr (3 February 2015). "101-ша здобуває славу в бою" [101st Brigade gains glory in battle]. Viysko Ukrainy (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. ^ Zyatyev, Serhiy (10 March 2016). "У 101-й окремій бригаді охорони ГШ ЗС України відбулися урочистості з нагоди 24-ї річниці з дня її заснування" [101st Brigade celebrates 24th anniversary]. Narodnaya Armiya (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. ^ (in Ukrainian) The president gave military units honorary titles in honor of historical figures, Historisna Pravda (24 August 2021)

References[]

  • Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
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