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93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar"
93-тя окрема механізована бригада «Холодний Яр»
93 okrema mekhanizovana bryhada "Kholodnyi Yar"
Brigade insignia
ActiveJanuary 1, 1992[1] – present
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
TypeMechanized infantry
Size3,000 (June 2023)[1]
Part ofOperational Command East[2]
Garrison/HQCherkaske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Nickname(s)'Kholodnyi Yar' (Official)
'Cyborgs' (Unofficial)[3]
Motto(s)"Never Backwards!"
Engagements
Decorations
For Courage and Bravery
WebsiteOfficial Facebook page
Commanders
Current
commander
Col. Pavlo Palisa (2023 – present)[10]
Notable
commanders
Col. Ruslan Shevchuk (January 21, 2021 – 2023)[11]
Insignia
Garrison color
Old Insignia
2023

The 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" (Ukrainian: 93-тя окрема механізована бригада «Холодний Яр», romanized93 okrema mekhanizovana bryhada "Kholodnyi Yar") is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 1992.[1] It has been described as "one of the most brutally effective" of Ukraine’s front-line brigades.[7]

By January 2023, Western analysts claimed that due to captured Russian and donated Western equipment and incorporation of local volunteer battalions into the units structure, the 93rd was the size of an armored division, being a mechanized brigade in name only. The brigade is named after the Kholodnyi Yar Republic, a Ukrainian partisan state during the Ukrainian War of Independence.

  1. ^ a b c Axe, David (June 15, 2023). "One Of Ukraine's Meanest Mechanized Brigades Just Joined The Southern Counteroffensive". Forbes. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  2. ^ Axe, David (August 31, 2023). "The Swedish CV-90 Might Be Ukraine's Best Fighting Vehicle. It Seems Another Brigade Is Getting Copies". Forbes. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  3. ^ "Полоненого "кіборга" побили "мирні" жителі Донецька" [The captured "cyborg" was beaten by "peaceful" residents of Donetsk]. Ukrainian National Information Agency News (UNN). All online daily news in Ukraine today – fresh, recent, major. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d ""The freedom to Ukraine – or death": how the 93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade continues the war of its ancestors :: Svidomi". svidomi.in.ua. October 14, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nathan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Uliana, Hentosh (November 8, 2023). ""New fire from Kholodnyi Yar." How the 93rd Brigade fights • Ukraїner". Ukraїner. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  7. ^ a b David Axe (October 25, 2022). "A Fierce Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade Is Routing Russian Mercenaries In One Symbolic Eastern Town". Forbes.
  8. ^ "Zelenskiy / Official".
  9. ^ "One of Ukraine's Meanest Mechanized Brigades Just Joined the Southern Counteroffensive". Forbes.
  10. ^ "Umerov, command of 93rd mechanized brigade discuss specifics of using drones". ukrinform.net. October 8, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "Славетну бригаду "Холодний Яр" очолив полковник Руслан Шевчук". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2024.

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