5th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

5th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 5th Separate Mechanized Brigade


caption= A Ukrainian Army Soldiers aboard BTR-80A armored personnel carrier, travels along a highway from Al Kut to As Suwayrah, Iraq.
dates= 17 August 2003 - March 2004
country= Ukraine
allegiance=
branch= Ukrainian Army
type= Brigade
role= Mechanized
size= 1,614 [ [http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/print_news.php?lang=ua&id=2527 Міністерство оборони України - Новини ] ]
command_structure= Multi-National Division - Central South
current_commander= Major General Sergiy Bezlushchenko
garrison= Wasit Governorate, Iraq
march=
motto=
mascot=
battles=
notable_commanders= Major General Sergiy Bezlushchenko [ [http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/print_news.php?lang=ua&id=2534 Міністерство оборони України - Новини ] ]
anniversaries=
identification_symbol=
identification_symbol_label=Sleeve patch for the Brigade
identification_symbol_2=
identification_symbol_2_label=Sleeve patch for the Signal Unit of the Brigade

The 5th Separate Mechanized Brigade was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces sent to Iraq in august of 2003. Brigade was deployed from August 17, 2003 to march 2004. [ [http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?id=2568&lang=ua&part=news&sub=read Новини Управління Прес-служби МО ] ]

Mission objectives

*Maintain stability and safety in Wasit Governorate [http://warhistory.ukrlife.org/4_6_04_4.htm журнал "Воєнна історія" #4_6 за 2004 рік Миротворча місія ...України в Республіці Ірак ] ]
*Reconnaissance and destruction of terrorist and organized crime groups, detainment and court judgment of military criminals
*Provide support for Coalition Provisional Authority in reconstruction of civil departments
*Provide help with development of judicial system, which supports the rights of all Iraqi residents, and provides inner security
*Provide support together with other organizations in rebuilding of schooling, medical, electrical and water systems, industrial complexes, creation of new work places
*Form and train a battalion of Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC)
*Form and train 3 battalions for the Department of Border enforcement (DBE)

Operations

*Operation Chamberlain

Brigade Order of Battle

*51st Separate Mechanized Battalion
*52nd Separate Mechanized Battalion
*19th Separate Specialized Battalion

Dislocation

Casualties

*Sgt. Yuriy Koydan - Died of injuries suffered when his BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicle overturned while patrolling an air base near Al Kūt in southern Iraq on September 30, 2003 [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/ Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties - Special Reports from CNN.com ] ]
*Private Sergiy Suslov - Died from a non-combat related injury. [ [http://tribuna.com.ua/articles/world/140201.htm Трибуна Ірак: річниця вторгнення й півроку української миротворчості ] ]
*Captain Oleksii Bondarenko - Committed suicide by shooting himself in Al Kūt, Iraq, on November 19, 2003

References


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