201st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade (Ukraine) explained

Unit Name:	201st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade
Dates:	1992 – present
Native Name:	201-ша зенітна ракетна бригада
Type:	Missile
Role:	Anti-Aircraft
Command Structure:	Air Command South
Garrison:	Pervomaisk
Nickname:	Hetman Pylyp Orlyk Brigade
Patron:	Pylyp Orlyk
Equipment:	S-300 B1 and S-300 PS
Battles:	Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbas Russian invasion of Ukraine
Identification Symbol Label:	Field Patch
Identification Symbol 2 Label:	Collar Insignia

The 201st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade "Hetman Pylyp Orlyk" is a brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations throughout Mykolaiv Oblast. It operates S-300B1 and S-300PS missile systems and is subordinated to the Air Command South. It is headquartered at Pervomaisk.

History

In 1992, after the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the 201st brigade took an oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people.

During the War in Donbass, the brigade was deployed in Donetsk Oblast where on 17 June 2017, a soldier of the Brigade (Stovbovenko Oleh Oleksandrovych) was killed in action near Kostyantynivka. On 4 December 2019, the brigade was awarded the honorary name of Hetman "Pylyp Orlyk".^[1] At the beginning of January 2022, the S-300 PS anti-aircraft missile systems of the brigade were redeployed from ATO zone to take over the combat duty to protect the airspace of the southern Ukraine.^[2]

On 23 August 2023, the brigade was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".^[3]

Commanders

Colonel Bobko Oleksandr Mykolayovych (2008-2017)^[4]
Colonel Andriy Stanislavovych Mogilatenko (2017-2019)^[4]
Colonel Valentin Mykolayovych Petrushenko (2019-)

Structure

Management and Headquarters
2011th Anti-aircraft Missile Division (S-300PS)
2012th Anti-aircraft Missile Division (S-300PS)
2013th Anti-aircraft Missile Division (S-300PS)
2014th Anti-aircraft Missile Division (S-300B1), Uman^[5]
2021st Anti-aircraft Missile Division (S-300PS)
2022nd Anti-aircraft Missile Division (S-300PS)
2023rd Anti-aircraft Missile Division (S-300PS)^[6]

Sources

Notes and References

Web site: УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №881/2019 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України . 7 December 2019 . 6 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191206204703/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/8812019-30893 .
Web site: На Півдні України на чергування заступив дивізіон С-300. Ukrainian Military. 2022-01-10. ru. 10 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220110114229/https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/na-pivdni-ukrayiny-na-cherguvannya-zastupyv-dyvizion-s-300/.
Web site: 23 August 2023. Про відзначення почесною відзнакою «За мужність та відвагу».
Web site: Урочистості з нагоди відзначення 50-ї річниці формування 201-го Первомайського зенітно-ракетного полку . 7 December 2019 . 7 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191207195352/http://www.pervomaisk.mk.ua/n/urochistosti_z_nagodi_vidznachennya_50-oi_richnitsi_formuvannya_201-ogo_pervomayskogo_zenitno-raketnogo_polku .
Web site: Десятки пусків зенітних ракет, дослідні випробування та грошові сертифікати . 26 October 2020 . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201102063751/https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2018/11/air-defense-yagorlyk.html .
http://mil.in.ua/forum/viewtopic.php?t=138&start=550 Зенітно-ракетні війська ПС ЗСУ