59th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine)

59th Separate Motorized Brigade "Yakiv Handziuk"
59-та окрема мотопіхотна бригада «Якова Гандзюка»
59 okrema motopіkhotna bryhada "Yakiv Handziuk"
Brigade insignia
Active8 December 2014 – present
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
TypeMotorized infantry
SizeBrigade
Part ofOperational Command South
Garrison/HQHaisyn, Vinnytsia Oblast
Nickname(s)"Steppe Predators" ("Stepovi Khyzhakhy")
Motto(s)"To Victory"
Engagements
WebsiteOfficial Facebook page
Commanders
Current
commander
Bohdan Shevchuk
Insignia
Former sleeve patch

The 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade (59-та окрема мотопіхотна бригада) is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2014. The brigade was activated on 8 December 2014 in the city of Haisyn in Vinnytsia Oblast and took command of three volunteer territorial defense battalions.

On 24 August 2015, Ukraine's Independence Day, the brigade received its flag and became fully operational. The brigade fought in the war in Donbas and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.