Formation In early March 2022 Colonel Roman Hryshchenko began forming the brigade in
Kharkiv. In the first stage almost two thousand servicemen joined the unit. They were assigned to headquarters and two battalions.
Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine The first assignment of the brigade was to reinforce army and national guard units defending the city. On 29 August 2022 the brigade received its battle flag. On 11 September 2022, the brigade's 249th Battalion announced that the village of had come under Ukrainian control. Two days later, on 13 September, the brigade's 247th Battalion announced that it had captured the villages of
Lyptsi,
Hlyboke, and
Strilecha, amid
a Ukrainian counteroffensive in
Kharkiv Oblast. In July 2023 the 225th battalion transferred out of the brigade and became a separate assault battalion of the Ground Forces. In 2024, the brigade was transferred to the Ground Forces of Ukraine, and in July 2025, the unit was reformed as heavy mechanized brigade. On 6 December 2025 President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the brigade the honorary name "Kharkivska". == Structure ==