In 1999, the 92nd Mechanized Brigade was established on the basis of the 6th Division of the
National Guard of Ukraine. Even though most of units of the original Soviet division were relocated to Russia following
dissolution of the Soviet Union, the new brigade was given all the honors of the Soviet 48th Rifle Division including its honorary name with Ukrainian adaptation, Ropshynska.
Missions to Iraq During October 2003, the 61st Separate Mechanized Battalion was formed. The battalion was in
Iraq from February to September 2004 as a unit of the
6th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine). 104 soldiers from the brigade have taken part in
UN peacekeeping missions to
Lebanon,
Liberia,
Sierra Leone and
Former Yugoslavia. Between 2007 and 2011, the brigade was commanded by Colonel Serhiy Guschenko. In 2011, Colonel Volodymyr Kozak became the brigade commander.
War in Donbas The brigade fought in the
war in Donbas. In August 2014 the brigade's units were involved in an attempt to relieve
encircled forces near Ilovaisk. A company tactical group was formed which had 276 soldiers, four tanks, three
SPGs and more than ten
IFVs. It was sent from Chuhuiv towards Ilovaisk on 24 August 2014, after it became clear that Russian military forces were approaching Ilovaisk. The unit was supposed to join up with an assault detachment from the
Rukh Oporu Battalion and try to breach the Russian encirclement. The 92nd Brigade's company arrived at the city of
Komsomolske on 27 August and advanced towards Ilovaisk. The column stopped in the field for a night and shortly after it was hit by heavy artillery shelling. The next morning it was defeated by Russian paratroopers, losing most vehicles but suffering relatively low personnel casualties: eight killed and several missing. On 18 September 2014, the brigade received a number of refurbished
T-64BV tanks. On 5 April 2015, four soldiers of the brigade were killed when their vehicle was blown up while crossing a bridge in
Shchastia. Among those killed was brigade deputy chief of staff Major Oleh Kovbasa. The brigade was stationed in Shchastia as of June 2015. On 16 May 2015, troops of 92nd Mechanized Brigade captured two Russian soldiers of the
3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade during a fight near Shchastia. One Ukrainian soldier was killed in the fight. On 18 November 2015 the brigade's honorifics "Ropsha Order of the October Revolution Red Banner" were removed as part of an Armed Forces-wide removal of Soviet awards and honorifics. Colonel Pavlo Fedosenko has commanded the brigade since 6 May 2020 and was awarded the
Hero of Ukraine.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Before the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, the brigade had been scheduled to be deployed to the Donbas on 25 February. For the first three days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the brigade's area of responsibility spanned from the
Kharkiv Oblast-
Sumy Oblast border in the west to the
Kharkiv Oblast-
Luhansk Oblast border in the east. By the end of February, the brigade was redeployed to defensive positions along the
Kharkiv Ring Road. Units of the 92nd Brigade defended the city of
Derhachi near Kharkiv from Russian assaults from the first day of the invasion. The brigade was responsible for recapturing the village of
Molodova in May 2022. In September 2022, the brigade participated in the
Kharkiv counteroffensive from
Andriivka towards
Kupiansk, capturing the city on September 10. Members of the brigade's 1st Mechanized Battalion were seen holding a Ukrainian battle flag with the Kupiansk City Council building in the background. By 30 December 2022, the brigade along with the
Kraken Regiment after months of fighting, retook the village of
Novoselivske 18 km northwest of Svatove in the
Luhansk Oblast with numerous Russian captives. In February 2023, a video filmed by infantryman Ruslan Zubarev (callsign "Predator") went viral after being posted on his personal
Telegram channel. A squad of Russian soldiers in a
BMP-2 attempted to storm a
trench held by the 92nd Brigade, close to
Svatove. In the video, Zubarev uses multiple weapons, including a rocket launcher, to engage the Russian soldiers and their vehicle, which is shooting at Zubarev with its 30 mm
autocannon. Another Ukrainian soldier, who was concussed and had never been in a trench before, is seen handing Zubarev hand grenades, magazines and weapons throughout the video. After the BMP-2 had been destroyed and multiple soldiers had been killed, the Russians retreated. Zubarev was subsequently awarded the
Golden Cross by
Valerii Zaluzhnyi for his actions. The brigade was reflagged as an assault infantry formation in 2023. In December 2024, it was reported that the brigade was involved in combat on the front line in the Kharkiv Oblast. In January 2025, it was reported that the 92nd Brigade's 1st Assault Battalion was operating in Russia's
Kursk Oblast, as part of
the Ukrainian military operation there. The 1st Battalion claimed to have killed
North Korean troops in combat in February 2025. According to reports, the 92nd Brigade shared an
area of responsibility with Ukraine's
47th Mechanized Brigade in Kursk Oblast. In May 2025, in cooperation with the
Khartiia Brigade, the 92nd Brigade recaptured lost positions north of the village of
Lyptsi in northern Kharkiv Oblast. == Current structure ==