Vostok Brigade

114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
114-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая бригада
Victory Banner of the 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade.
ActiveMay 2014–present
Country Donetsk People's Republic (2014–2022)
 Russia (2022–present)
BranchDonetsk People's Republic DPR People's Militia (2014–2022)
 Russian Ground Forces (2022–present)
SizeBrigade
Part of 51st Combined Arms Army
Garrison/HQDonetsk
MUN 08818
Nickname(s)East Brigade (Бригада «Восток»)
EngagementsWar in Donbas

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Battle honoursGuards unit Guards
Commanders
Current
commander
Alexander Khodakovsky

The Vostok Brigade (‹See Tfd›Russian: Бригада «Восток») or 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade (‹See Tfd›Russian: 114-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая бригада, 114 омсбр; Military Unit Number 08818) is a military unit of Russian Ground Forces. Until January 1, 2023, it was part of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). It is attached to the 51st Donetsk Combined Arms Army. The brigade was created and is commanded by Alexander Khodakovsky. According to an interview with The Washington Post, DPR president Denis Pushilin, the battalion was formed by local separatists and has nothing to do with the Chechen unit of the same name.[1]

  1. ^ "More foreign fighters break cover among Ukraine separatists | Reuters". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02.