The 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade (Ukrainian: 77-ма окрема аеромобільна бригада; 77 ОАеМБр); Military Unit Number A4355) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces formed in the summer of 2022, based in Zhytomyr.
77th Airmobile Brigade | |
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77-ма окрема аеромобільна бригада | |
Active | Summer 2022 – Present |
Country | Ukraine |
Branch | Ukrainian Air Assault Forces |
Role | Air Assault |
Garrison/HQ | Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast |
Motto(s) | "Born to Win" |
Engagements | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Website | https://www.facebook.com/77oaembr |
This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: need information post-bakhmut.(February 2024) |
The brigade was formed in the summer of 2022 as part of the expansion of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. Its first units finished basic training in October 2022.[citation needed]
The units received decorations and praise from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy along with the 46th Airmobile Brigade for its defense of Soledar.
Following the capture of Soledar by Russian forced on January 16, 2023 the unit has joined in the defense of Bakhmut. On March 5, 2023, the unit uploaded a video to their telegram showing the remains of an entirely destroyed Russian unit which was outfitted in elements of uniforms taken from captured or killed Ukrainian troops. On March 29, 2023, the brigade saw more praise from President Zelenskyy for their defense of Bakhmut alongside the 57th Motorized Brigade and the 93rd Mechanized Brigade.
As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows:
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