For Courage and Bravery explained

For Courage and Bravery (uk|За мужність та відвагу|Za muzhnistʹ ta vidvahu) is an honorary award established by the President of Ukraine to recognize distinguished combat performance, courage, bravery and heroism of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Guard of Ukraine, State Border Service of Ukraine, Security Service of Ukraine, State Special Communications Service of Ukraine, State Special Transport Service of Ukraine, during the protection of state sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity of Ukraine, while conducting combat operations and performing special tasks.

History

At meeting held at the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on August 18, 2015, a proposal was made to develop a presidential award to be presented to the units that distinguished themselves in the anti-terrorist operation in the Donbas. It was decided that this award would take the form of an honorary ribbon to be attached to the staff of the unit's battle flag.

On the same day, the Minister of Defense, Colonel-General Stepan Poltorak, signed a letter addressed to the President Petro Poroshenko with a request to consider and sign the draft Decree of the President of Ukraine "On the award of the President of Ukraine – Ribbon to the Battle Flag "For Courage and Bravery". This decree was to have approved the regulations on the award and its design.

Without waiting for the signing of the decree, the Ministry of Defense decided to order the production of the ribbons. They were ready on August 21 and attached to the battle flags of the 14 units awarded them so they could be presented by President Poroshenko at the March of Independence held in Kyiv on August 24, 2015.

On November 19, 2015, the draft decree "On the award of the President of Ukraine – Ribbon to the Battle Flag "For Courage and Bravery" was considered by the State Awards and Heraldry Commission. At the time Ukrainian law did not provide for collective awards. Because of this the commission decided to propose to the Ministry of Defense "to work out the issue of the legal status of installing the Ribbon to the Battle Flag 'For Courage and Bravery' as a non-state award."^{[1] [2]}

By the time of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 the legal barriers to Ukrainian state awards being presented to collective entities had been removed. On May 5, 2022, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, issued a decree establishing the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery." The award was established to recognize "the combat feats of personnel of military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations, courage and heroism shown by servicemen in the struggle for the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, honoring their high fighting spirit and will to victory, as well as for the purpose of development of the traditions of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and its sister service branches of the Armed Forces."^{[3] [4]}

Description

The honorary award "For Courage and Bravery" is awarded by the President of Ukraine at the request of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the event that a military unit is awarded the "For Courage and Bravery" honor, a double-sided ribbon of green color (the 2015 version had a blue ribbon) is attached to the finial of the pole of the regimental battle colour of the corresponding military unit, trimmed along the perimeter with a golden edging.

On one end of the ribbon, on both sides, the inscription "Ukrainian: ЗА МУЖНІСТЬ ТА ВІДВАГУ" ('') and the image of the Emblem of the Princely State of Volodymyr the Great in gold embroidery. The other end of the ribbon is decorated on both sides with a floral ornament and an image of the Sign of the President of Ukraine. The ends of the ribbon are decorated with gold fringe. The ribbon size is 250 x 12 cm. It is tied with a 30 cm bow with two horizontal rays and fastened with a blue-yellow rosette with a diameter of 10 cm. The ribbon is an integral part of the unit's Battle Colour.

In the case of a military unit awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery", that ribbon is placed on top of the blue ribbon with the inscription of the military unit's honorary title.

Servicemen of military units awarded the "For Courage and Bravery" ribbon can wear signs indicating their affiliation to the respective military units. Descriptions and drawings of such signs, and the order of their wearing are to be established by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Awards

Award of the President of Ukraine — Battle Colour Ribbon "For Courage and Bravery"

No.	Unit insignia	Unit name	Branch of service	Date of award
1		128th Separate Mountain Brigade	Ground Forces	August 24, 2015
2		55th Separate Artillery Brigade
3		16th Separate Army Aviation Brigade
4		80th Separate Air Assault Brigade	Air Assault Forces
5		299th Tactical Aviation Brigade	Air Force

Honorary Award "For Courage and Bravery"

No.	Unit insignia	Unit name	Branch of service	Date of award
1		24th Separate Mechanized Brigade "King Daniel of Galicia"	Ground Forces	May 6, 2022[5]
2		28th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Knights of the Winter Campaign"
3		30th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Prince Konstantin Ostrozky"
4		72nd "Black Zaporozhian" Mechanized Infantry Brigade
5		92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Koshovoho Otamana Ivana Sirka"
6		93rd "Kholodnyi Yar" Separate Mechanized Infantry Brigade
7		128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade
8		26th Artillery Brigade "Colonel-General Roman Dashkevich"	Ground Forces	May 22, 2022[6]
9		503rd Marine Battalion [uk]	Marine Corps[7]	June 3, 2022[8]
10		40th Tactical Aviation Brigade	Air Force	June 15, 2022[9]
11		831st Tactical Aviation Brigade
12		96th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Kyiv
13		160th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Odesa
14		11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
15		223rd "Ukrainian Sich Riflemen" Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
16		14th Radio Engineering Brigade "Bohdan Khmelnytsky"
17		LSM Yuri Olefirenko	Navy	June 23, 2022[10]
18		29th Surface Vessels Division		June 23, 2022[11]
19		25th "Sicheslav" Airborne Brigade	Air Assault Forces	June 28, 2022[12]
20		79th "Mykolaiv" Separate Air Assault Brigade
21		80th Separate Air Assault Brigade
22		81st Separate Airmobile Brigade
23		95th Separate Air Assault Brigade
24		23rd Mariupol Sea Guard Unit	State Border Guard Service	July 27, 2022[13]
25		1st (Donetsk) Border Detachment
26		8th Regiment of Operational Purpose "Ivan Bohun"	National Guard	July 27, 2022[14]
27		4th "Rubizh" Operational Brigade "Hero of Ukraine Sergeant Serhiy Mykhalchuk"		July 27, 2022[15]
28		3rd Operational Brigade "Colonel Petro Bolbochan"		July 27, 2022[16]
29		Eastern Special Operations Center (Separate) "Prince Svyatoslav the Brave"	Special Operations Forces	July 29, 2022[17]
30		140th Separate Center of Special Operations Forces		July 29, 2022[18]
31		7th Tactical Aviation Brigade "Petro Franko"	Air Force	August 24, 2022[19]
32		39th Tactical Aviation Brigade
33		114th Tactical Aviation Brigade
34		299th Tactical Aviation Brigade "Lieutenant General Vasyl Nikiforov"
35		138th Anti-Aircraft Defense Missile Artillery Brigade Dnipro
36		156th Anti-Aircraft Defense Missile Artillery Regiment "Maksym Krivonos"
37		301st Anti-Aircraft Defense Missile Artillery Regiment
38		Western Separate Special Operations Center "Prince Izyaslav Mstislavich"	Special Operations Forces	August 24, 2022[20]
39		142nd Training Center		August 24, 2022[21]
40		Southern Separate Special Operations Center "Chief of Staff Antin Holovaty"		August 24, 2022[22]
41		15th Separate NG Regiment Slovyansk	National Guard	September 2, 2022[23]
42		3rd (Luhansk) Border Detachment "Hero of Ukraine Colonel Yevgeny Pikus"	State Border Guard Service	September 7, 2022[24]
43		11th (Kramatorsk) Border Detachment
44		1st "Severia" Tank Brigade	Ground Forces	September 24, 2022[25]
45		40th Separate Field Artillery Brigade "Grand Duke Vytautas"
46		57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade "Otaman Kost Hordiienko"
47		12th Operational Brigade "Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi"	National Guard	October 27, 2022[26]
48		9th Operational Regiment "Lieutenant Bohdan Zavada"		October 27, 2022[27]
49		43rd Separate Artillery Brigade "Hetman Taras Tryasyl"	Ground Forces	November 3, 2022[28]
50		44th Separate Artillery Brigade "Hetman Danylo Apostol"		November 3, 2022[29]
51		122nd Separate Airmobile Battalion, 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade	Air Assault Forces	November 17, 2022[30]
52		132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
53		148th Separate Howitzer Self-propelled Artillery Battalion (Air-Transportable) (currently Brigade)
54		3rd Battalion Tactical Group, 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade		November 17, 2022[31]
55		13th Separate Airborne Assault Battalion "Hero of Ukraine Colonel Taras Senyuk", 95th Air Assault Brigade
56		90th Separate Airmobile Battalion "Hero of Ukraine Senior Lieutenant Ivan Zubkov", 81st Airmobile Brigade
57		27th Rocket Artillery Brigade "Koshovo Ataman Pyotr Kalnyshevskyi"	Ground Forces	December 6, 2022[32]
58		808th Pontoon Bridge Regiment		December 6, 2022[33]
59		302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment Kharkiv	Air Force	December 6, 2022[34]
60		54th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Hetman Ivan Mazepa"	Ground Forces	December 6, 2022[35]
61		46th Separate Airmobile Brigade	Air Assault Forces	December 6, 2022[36]
62		71st Separate Jaeger Infantry Brigade (Airmobile)
63		15th Separate Mountain Assault Battalion, 28th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade	Ground Forces	December 6, 2022[37]
64		138th Center for Special Purposes (Anti-Sabotage and Anti-Terrorism) of the Military Police "Prince Volodymyr Svyatoslavych"	Military Law Enforcement Service	December 6, 2022[38]
65		4th (Kharkiv) Border Detachment	State Border Guard Service	February 11, 2023[39]
66		5th (Sumy) Border Detachment
67		27th Regiment	National Guard	February 11, 2023[40]
68		2nd Shostkin Protection Regiment		February 11, 2023[41]
69		79th (Kherson) Border Detachment	State Border Guard Service	April 30, 2023[42]
70		105th (Chernihiv) Border Detachment "Prince Volodymyr the Great"
71		10th Mobile Border Detachment		April 30, 2023[43]
72		10th "Edelweiss" Separate Mountain Assault Infantry Brigade	Ground Forces	May 5, 2023[44]
73		14th Separate Mechanized Infantry Brigade "Prince Roman the Great"
74		56th "Mariupol" Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade
75		406th Marine Artillery Brigade "Brigadier General Oleksii Almazov"	Marine Corps[45]	May 23, 2023
76		35th Marine Brigade "Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi"
77		18th Marine Battalion, 35th Marine Brigade
78		137th Marine Battalion, 35th Marine Brigade
79		Marine Corps General Command
80		140th Marine Force Reconnaissance Battalion UkrMC
81		88th Marine Battalion (Air Assault), 35th Marine Brigade	Marine Corps	June 2, 2023
82		10th Naval Aviation Brigade "Hero of Ukraine Colonel (NA) Ihor Bedzay", Ukrainian Naval Aviation	Navy
83		540th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment	Air Force	August 5, 2023[46]
84		201st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade	Air Force	August 23, 2023[47]

See also

• Hero City of Ukraine

Notes and References

1. http://www.president.gov.ua/news/24-tu-richnicyu-nezalezhnosti-ukrayina-vidznachila-urochisti-35844 24-ту річницю Незалежності Україна відзначила урочистим Маршем
2. http://www.ukrmilitary.com/2016/04/strichka-na-prapor-za-muzhnist.html Стрічка до Бойового Прапора військової частини «За мужність та відвагу»
3. Web site: May 5, 2022 . Указ Президента України №310/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 310/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
4. Web site: June 28, 2022 . Указ Президента України №451/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 451/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
5. Web site: May 6, 2022 . Указ Президента України №315/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 315/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
6. Web site: May 22, 2022 . Указ Президента України №356/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 356/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
7. By time of award, Marine Corps was then part of Ukrainian Navy
8. Web site: June 3, 2022 . Указ Президента України №386/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 386/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
9. Web site: June 15, 2022 . Указ Президента України №408/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 408/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
10. Web site: June 23, 2022 . Указ Президента України №434/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 434/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
11. Web site: June 23, 2022 . Указ Президента України №435/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 435/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
12. Web site: June 28, 2022 . Указ Президента України №450/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 450/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
13. Web site: July 27, 2022 . Указ Президента України №534/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 534/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
14. Web site: July 27, 2022 . Указ Президента України №535/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 535/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
15. Web site: July 27, 2022 . Указ Президента України №536/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 536/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
16. Web site: July 27, 2022 . Указ Президента України №537/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 537/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
17. Web site: July 29, 2022 . Указ Президента України №542/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 542/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
18. Web site: July 29, 2022 . Указ Президента України №543/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 543/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
19. Web site: August 24, 2022 . Указ Президента України №608/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 608/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
20. Web site: August 24, 2022 . Указ Президента України №609/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 609/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
21. Web site: August 24, 2022 . Указ Президента України №610/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 610/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
22. Web site: August 24, 2022 . Указ Президента України №611/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 611/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
23. Web site: September 2, 2022 . Указ Президента України №623/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 623/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
24. Web site: September 7, 2022 . Указ Президента України №630/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 630/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
25. Web site: September 24, 2022 . Указ Президента України №667/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 667/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
26. Web site: October 27, 2022 . Указ Президента України №739/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 739/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
27. Web site: October 27, 2022 . Указ Президента України №740/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 740/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
28. Web site: November 3, 2022 . Указ Президента України №749/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 749/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
29. Web site: November 3, 2022 . Указ Президента України №750/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 750/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
30. Web site: November 17, 2022 . Указ Президента України №784/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 784/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
31. Web site: November 17, 2022 . Указ Президента України №785/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 785/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
32. Web site: December 6, 2022 . Указ Президента України №833/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 833/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
33. Web site: December 6, 2022 . Указ Президента України №834/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 834/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
34. Web site: December 6, 2022 . Указ Президента України №835/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 835/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
35. Web site: December 6, 2022 . Указ Президента України №836/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 836/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
36. Web site: December 6, 2022 . Указ Президента України №837/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 837/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
37. Web site: December 6, 2022 . Указ Президента України №838/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 838/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
38. Web site: December 6, 2022 . Указ Президента України №839/2022 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 839/2022 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
39. Web site: February 11, 2023 . Указ Президента України №70/2023 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 70/2023 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
40. Web site: February 11, 2023 . Указ Президента України №71/2023 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 71/2023 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
41. Web site: February 11, 2023 . Указ Президента України №72/2023 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 72/2023 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
42. Web site: April 30, 2023 . Указ Президента України №248/2023 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 248/2023 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
43. Web site: April 30, 2023 . Указ Президента України №249/2023 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 249/2023 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
44. Web site: May 5, 2023 . Указ Президента України №265/2023 . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 265/2023 . May 8, 2023 . uk.
45. Separated from the Navy to become branch of AFU on its own right May 23, 2023, same day awards were made
46. Web site: 5 August 2023. Про відзначення почесною відзнакою «3а мужність та відвагу».
47. Web site: 23 August 2023. Про відзначення почесною відзнакою «За мужність та відвагу».