2023 In 2023, as part of the troops of the
Tavria operational-strategic group, they fought in the
Zaporizhzhia direction. On June 4, 2023, the brigade, together with the
110th Territorial Defense Brigade, liberated the village of
Novodarivka. Units of the brigade attacked Russian positions in a convoy of 2 tanks and 6 armored vehicles. On the approach, some of the armored vehicles were blown up by anti-tank mines, and a Russian tank from an ambush shot a direct hit at the column. However, the crews and infantrymen of the 23rd brigade did not retreat, but entrenched themselves in a position near the broken equipment and after some time advanced forward. The
110th Territorial Defense Brigade attacked Novodarivka from the other flank. According to Ukrainian soldiers, the Russian infantry in the village was supported by 3
T-90A tanks. One of them was destroyed on the outskirts of the village by a grenade launcher of the 110th TRO brigade, the other two escaped, including the crew that attacked the column. The Russian infantry left in the village were defeated in a contact battle by soldiers of the 23rd and 110th brigades.
2024 On January 4, 2024, near the village of
Novomykhailivka, Russian troops executed 6 captured Ukrainian soldiers of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade. In April 2024, the Brigade fought in the
Battle of Ocheretyne. == Structure ==