The brigade was created by order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on 11 June 2014 amidst the backdrop of the
War in Donbass. It was established in the
Kharkiv Oblast and it's staffing was completed in October 2014. The brigade took part in the
Battle of Debaltseve in February 2015, on 14 February 2015, the brigade was sent to
Debaltseve to carry out the task of repelling a separatist attack. On 18 February, the brigade along with other Ukrainian forces withdrew from
Debaltseve when it was ambushed and fired upon by small arms and heavy artillery. Four soldiers of the brigade (Bohdan Ihorovych Vovk, Khoroshkovsky Vyacheslav Dmytrovych, Shepherd Serhii Petrovych, and Vasyl Mykolayovych Hrytsenko) were killed in the ambush. On 19 June 2015, a soldier of the Brigade (Yury Viktorovych Sokol) was killed in
Volnovakha under undisclosed conditions. On 20 January 2016, a soldier of the Brigade (Oleksiy Oleksiyovych Lisanets) was killed whilst on duty under unknown circumstances. The brigade continued to operate in
Luhansk Oblast in the second line of defense throughout 2016. On 27 September 2017, the calculation of the combined anti-aircraft artillery battery of the brigade won the competition for the best calculation of
ZU-23-2 between different branches of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the beginning of September 2018, a new training complex "Team Building" was established and went operational at the base of the brigade. During the
War in Donbass, the brigade had seen deployments in
Debaltseve,
Mariupol,
Popasna and
Krymske. From the beginning of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the brigade has participated in the
Battle of Kharkiv destroying four Russian
tanks and a
Su-25 aircraft capturing it's pilot, on the first day of the full-scale invasion. On February 24, 2022, on the first day of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the brigade's conscripts destroyed an enemy column on the district road near Kharkiv for which an officer (Yevgeny Olegovych Gromadskyi) was awarded the
Hero of Ukraine. The brigade defended three roads of the city: to
Pyatikhatky, to
Tsirkuny, and to
Vovchansk. On 27 February, two soldiers of the brigade (Rayenko Volodymyr Andreyovych and Maksym Oleksandrovych Kharchenko) were killed in a battle with Russians in
Kharkiv and another soldier of the brigade (Vladyslav Viktorovych Shubin) was killed the next day. On 1 March 2022, four soldiers of the brigade (Maksymchyk Volodymyr Volodymyrovy, Vasyl Ivanovych Konets, Berezenko Vladyslav Leonidovych. and Artem Valeriyovych Sarkisian Viktor Serhiyovych) were killed in
Kharkiv Oblast. Another soldier of the brigade (Samorok Vladyslav Oleksandrovych) was killed on 11 March and two more (Diranchuk Vladyslav Olegovych and Nagorniuk Vyacheslav Petrovych) on 15 March. On 24 March 2022, another soldier of the brigade (Dovhan Mykola Yuriyovych) was killed in action on the frontlines. Following the successful defense of
Kharkiv, the brigade participated in the liberation of
Mala Rohan,
Tsyrkuny and
Kutuzivka, Kharkiv Oblast. During these battles, the brigade destroyed about 2 companies of Russian servicemen, 2
tanks, 8
BMPs, 2
ZU-23-2 installations, 22 vehicles and a
Multiple Rocket Launcher. On 7 April 2022, a soldier of the brigade (Denis Valeryovych Babichev) was killed in combat in
Kharkiv Oblast. Then the brigade took part in the
2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive, engaging the Russians in the battles for Slatine, Kozacha Lopan, Dementiivka. and another soldier (Vitaly Yuriyovych Bukhanchenko) was killed in battle on 11 July. On 27 July 2022, the brigade was awarded the honorary award "
For Courage and Bravery". On 29 August 2022, a soldier of the brigade (Ihor Oleksandrovych Pugach) was killed in combat in
Kherson Oblast and was posthumously awarded the
Hero of Ukraine the highest military award for Ukrainian personnel. In January 2023, the brigade was deployed to
Bakhmut to strengthen the defensive lines during the
Battle of Bakhmut. The commander of the brigade's second company (Koval Vitaly Borisovych) was killed on 6 January during the battle and was awarded the
Hero of Ukraine. Another soldier of the brigade (Yevhen Udovyka) was killed in action on 26 January 2023. During the battle a sniper of the brigade (Mykyta Stanislavovich Kolisnyk) distinguished himself by personally killing 39 Russian soldiers including a group of paratroopers in an
armored personnel carrier as well as destroying a
BTR-82A and a
BMP whilst saving the lives of wounded. On 15 January 2023, during the
Battle of Bakhmut, the sniper (Mykyta Stanislavovich Kolisnyk) was besieged but still managed to kill eleven Russian soldiers and destroyed two
BMPs but was mortally wounded leading to his death, for his actions during the battle he was posthumously awarded the
Hero of Ukraine, which is the highest military award for Ukrainian personnel. In March 2023, the brigade was still taking part in the
Battle of Bakhmut. and was posthumously awarded the
Hero of Ukraine. Since July 2023, the brigade operated in
Zaporizhzhia Oblast for the
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive destroying multiple pieces of Russian equipment. During the counteroffensive, on 19 August 2023, a soldier of the brigade (Eduard Basiuk) was killed in action in
Robotyne as a result of artillery strikes. On 17 October 2023, a soldier of the brigade (Mykola Mykolayovych) died in a hospital in
Kharkiv from the wounds sustained on the frontlines. On 28 October 2023, Russian forces attempted to storm a stronghold, in
Robotyne during which an officer of the brigade (Andriy Ihorovych Syadristy) destroyed a Russian
infantry fighting vehicle killing nine Russian soldiers and evacuated two wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the battlefield. While returning to the battlefield, his vehicle was hit by a Russian
ATGM killing him. The brigade served in
Novoprokpivka in November 2023, and on 5 November 2023, a soldier (Artem Oleksandrovich Zabolotny) was killed there and another soldier (Volchuk Volodymyr Volodymyrovych) on 8 November 2023. In 2023, the brigade operated in
Kharkiv Oblast,
Luhansk Oblast,
Donetsk Oblast and
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. followed by another soldier (Demianchuk Ruslan Anatoliyovych) on 11 February, another soldier (Ruslan Ivakhnenko) on 17 February and an officer (Pankov Serhii Vitaliyovych) on 23 March 2024. ==Commanders==