101st Guard Brigade Of General Staff (Ukraine)

In the last years of the Soviet Union, the 368th Battalion of Protection and Service guarded and supported the headquarters of the Kyiv Military District, which was stationed in the area of the Kyiv Military School. On March 10, 1992, the 101st Brigade of the General Staff Armed Forces of Ukraine was established based on that battalion. The brigade also fought in the war in Donbas. It entered the combat zone on August 3, 2014, and defended Debaltseve, seeing its first combat action on August 15. Colonel Mykola Shvets commanded the brigade at the time. During its time in combat, eleven soldiers of the 101st Brigade were killed, and 49 were wounded. Eighteen soldiers of the brigade received either the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky or the Order For Courage. == Structure ==

As of 2024, the brigade's known structure is as follows: • 101st Guard Brigade Of General Staff, Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast • Headquarters & Headquarters Company • 1st Guard Battalion • 2nd Guard Battalion • 3rd Guard Battalion • 4th Guard Battalion • Akademik Group Team • Battalion of Unmanned Systems “Talion” • Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion • 412th Unmanned Systems Battalion “Nemesis” • Reconnaissance Company • Brigade Band == References ==