The 95th Training Center of the
Ukrainian Air Assault Forces was created in the early 1990s in
Zhytomyr (Korbutivka base) from the 242nd Training Tank Regiment. In 2000 the brigade was reorganized into an Airmobile Brigade and was subordinated to the
8th Army Corps. Currently, the brigade includes the
13th Separate Airmobile Battalion, which consists of professional soldiers instead of conscripts. The brigade also includes the 2nd Airmobile Battalion which consists of conscripts based in Korbutovka (A-1910). Brigade headquarters and the conscript 1st Airmobile Battalion, specialized, artillery, and logistics units are based in Bohunia (A-0281). On 13 May 2014, seven paratroopers from the unit were killed during an ambush by separatists in Kramatorsk. In August 2014 the brigade conducted a
raid behind the separatist lines. The 95th Airmobile Brigade, which had been reinforced with armor assets and attachments, launched a surprise attack on separatist lines, broke through into their rear areas, fought for 450 kilometers, and destroyed or captured numerous Russian tanks and artillery pieces before returning to Ukrainian lines. They operated not as a concentrated brigade but rather split into three company-sized elements on different axes of advance. According to Phillip Karber, it was one of the longest raids in the military history. On 29 November 2021, the City Council of Zhytomyr sent requests to the Minister of Defence and the President of Ukraine to award the 95th Air Assault Brigade the honorary title («Поліська» in Ukrainian). The mayor of the city, Serhiy Sukhomlyn, explained that the purpose of the renaming was to mark the military unit's combat merits, high training performance, and successes in anti-terrorist and peacemaking operations. He also said that this request came from the soldiers of the brigade.
Russia-Ukraine war (2022–present) Units of the 95th Brigade took part in combat near the villages of and
Dovhenke in the
Kharkiv Oblast. The brigade held positions on
the highway between
Izium and
Sloviansk. During
a major Ukrainian counteroffensive in September 2022, units of the 95th Brigade were responsible for recapturing the villages of , , in the Donetsk Oblast, and the settlements of Dovhenke, Kam'yanka, , , , units of the 95th Brigade also took control of the villages of
Oleksandrivka, In late July 2024, these units were redeployed from Toretsk in order to take part in
the Ukrainian operation in Russia's
Kursk region. including
the battle at the prison in the village. During mid-September 2024, some units of the 95th Brigade conducted
a new breakthrough across the Russian border in the
Glushkovo District of Kursk Oblast. The crossing of the border took place near the village of . Units of the brigade were also responsible for capturing the Kursk Oblast villages of and
Khitrovka, which they continued to hold into October 2024. As of November 2024, the brigade had not lost any positions in its
area of responsibility in Kursk Oblast. The brigade remained at Malaya Loknya into December 2024, where it repelled an attack that reportedly involved
North Korean soldiers. == Structure ==