Formation On 20 December 2017, a meeting between military commissariats of Kyiv city, Kyiv Oblast and Operational Command North took place. Its purpose was to train staff regarding procedures for formation and organization of the brigade. In Spring 2018 the brigade was formed in
Kyiv. Lieutenant Colonel Bilosvit Mykola became its first commander. The brigade needed a core of regular soldiers and 4,000 reservists aged 40–55 year old. By November only 4.5% of needed contracts were signed with 30% needed by the end of the year. By the end of 2019 all 100% of positions needed to be filled. From 11 to 15 June a rifle company of the 127th Territorial Defense Battalion held training exercises for reservists in
Desnianskyi District. During 14–15 December 2018 a training exercise for officers of headquarters and battalions was held, where they planned defending Kyiv. 6 larger districts of Kyiv had their own battalions, while the remaining 4 formed other units. During 14–19 April 2019 another larger scale training exercise for officers of headquarters and battalions was held, where they planned defending Kyiv. This exercise included more reserve officers. On 13 March 2021 Kyiv Mayor
Vitali Klitschko with his deputies took part in a training exercise at the
Desna training center. On 18 May 2021, only 300 reservists had signed contracts with the brigade. Over 3,000 were needed to fully staff the unit. By October that number increased to 350 contract soldiers and close to 4,000 overall. On 21 December another exercise took place and a number of 5,000 soldiers was announced. With a battalion being formed in every district. By 7 February 2022, the brigade had nine battalions and held a large exercise with all of them.
Russian invasion of Ukraine When the full-scale
Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the brigade was fully filled with reservists who manned hundreds of roadblocks. Just three days later, the brigade had filled all available vacancies in all its battalions; the abundance of volunteers prompted the decision to raise a new brigade in Kyiv. On 14 April 2022, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Valerii Zaluzhnyi issued a decree that transformed the 241st Territorial Defense Battalion into the headquarters of the new 241st Brigade. Battalions 130, 204, 205, 206, 207 were transferred to the
241st Kyiv City Defense Brigade. The brigade was active in the battles of
Kyiv,
Hostomel,
Brovary,
Moshchun,
Bucha,
Irpin, and took part in combat in
Chernobyl. The 206th Territorial Defense Battalion was raised for defense of Kyiv and was equipped and financed by former president
Petro Poroshenko. Deputies and supporters of the
European Solidarity party joined the battalion. During the first week of fighting the battalion took part in the defense of
Obolonskyi District during the
Battle of Kyiv. In following days fought in the
Battle of Hostomel and evacuated women and children during the
Battle of Irpin. The 207th Territorial Defense Battalion began forming in January and was completed by 27 February 2022. It was commanded by Yushko Viktor. On 2 April, a special security company was raised for protection of critical infrastructure. During a
military oath ceremony, Vitali Klitschko noted that 7 members of
Kyiv City Council joined the company. On 6 June, Mayor of
Brovary Ihor Sapozhko announced that 250 soldiers took oath with the 55th special purpose battalion. The 128th Territorial Defense Battalion was deployed to
Chuhuiv in May, after taking part in the
defense of Kyiv and remained there as of early August. In September 2022, a unit of the 112th Brigade took part in the recapture of
Shevchenkove amid
a Ukrainian counteroffensive in
Kharkiv Oblast. The Kyiv territorial defense units were the first storm the Russian positions in the village of on the morning of 7 September 2022, thus launching the Ukrainian offensive in the
Chuhuiv Raion from which Shevchenkove was taken. Within six days, the unit advanced , reaching
Vovchansk. By 11 September, the brigade's 244th Battalion had restored Ukrainian control over the Kharkiv Oblast villages of ,
Khotimlia, , , , , , , , , , , , and . The 244th Territorial Defense Battalion has been active since at least middle of July. On 29 August, the brigade received its
battle flag. On 19 April 2023, the
Come Back Alive foundation announced that brigade had received three pick-up trucks, radios, generators, Starlink terminals and other equipment for the "Long arms of TrO" project deigned to give 120 mm mortars to those units. == Structure ==