30th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

30th Mechanized Brigade
(2016–present)

30th Guards Mechanized Brigade
(2004–2016)


30th Guards Tank Division
(1957–2004)


11th Guards Mechanised Division
(1945–1957)


13th Guards Cavalry Division
(1943–1945)


83rd Cavalry Division
(1941–1943)
Ukrainian: 30-та окрема механізована бригада імені князя Костянтина Острозького
30th Mechanized Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active1 September 1941 – present
Country Soviet Union
(1941 – 6 Dec 1991)
 Ukraine
(6 Dec 1991 – present)
BranchGround Forces
TypeMechanized Infantry
SizeBrigade
Part ofOperational Command North
Garrison/HQZviahel
MUN A0409
PatronKonstanty Ostrogski
Motto(s)Dei Gratia
ColoursGarrison guidon:
Engagements
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner (removed)
Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Order of Suvorov (removed)
For Courage and Bravery
Battle honoursGuards (removed)
Novohrad-Volynskyi (removed)
Rivne (removed)
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Ihor Dovhan[4]
Notable
commanders
Pyotr Zubov
Mykhailo Mnyshenko
Petro Lytvyn

The 30th Prince Konstanty Ostrogski Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the unit is 30th Independent Mechanized Brigade "Konstanty Ostrogski".[5]

Following the 2014 war in Donbas, the unit dropped all its Soviet decorations.

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  2. ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. ^ Roscoe, Matthew (2022-10-25). "WATCH: Ukraine's 30th Mechanised Brigade dropping VOG-17 and F1 grenades on Russian positions". Euro Weekly News. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  4. ^ "КРАЩІ ЧАСТИНИ ТА З'ЄДНАННЯ ЗБРОЙНИХ СИЛ УКРАЇНИ 2007 рік" [Best Units in the Armed Forces of Ukraine 2007] (PDF). Viysko Ukrainy (in Ukrainian) (12): 4. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Ukrainian President decree №646/2015".