The 110th Independent Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces ( uk, 110-та окрема бригада територіальної оборони) is a military formation of the Territorial Defense Forces of

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. It is part of

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History

Formation

In December 2018, soldiers of the brigade began taking part in oath ceremonies. The brigade had planned to have close to 2,700 serviceman divided between six battalions located in

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...

Melitopol Melitopol ( uk, Меліто́поль, translit=Melitópol’, ; russian: Мелитополь; based on el, Μελιτόπολις - "honey city") is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Zaporizhz ...

, Berdiansk,

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, and

Kamianka-Dniprovska Kamianka-Dniprovska ( uk, Ка́м'янка-Дніпро́вська, ; russian: Каменка-Днепровская) is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of Kamianka-Dniprovska Raion until that rai ...

. On 14 February 2022, the brigade had 75% of its positions filled.

Russo-Ukrainian War

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

The brigade was assigned to the southern defense sector on the evening of 25 February. Since brigade did not have any equipment, it was not tasked with the defense of

. Towards the end of April 2022, commander Viacheslav Vlasenko was removed from his position. On 2 October, the brigade received its battle flag.

Structure

As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows: * Headquarters * 111th Territorial Defense Battalion ( Berdiansk) А7277 * 112th Territorial Defense Battalion (

) А7278 *

113th Territorial Defense Battalion ( Enerhodar) А7279 * 114th Territorial Defense Battalion (

) А7280 *

115th Territorial Defense Battalion (

) А7281 * 116th Territorial Defense Battalion (

) А7282 * Engineering Company * Communication Company * Logistics Company * Mortar Battery

Commanders

* Colonel Yevhenii Shcherban - 2021 * Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Losiev - 2022 * Colonel Viacheslav Vlasenko – April 2022 * Colonel Oleksandr Ihnatiev 2022–present

References

{{Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces Territorial defense Brigades of Ukraine 2018 establishments in Ukraine Military units and formations established in 2018 Zaporizhzhia Oblast in the Russo-Ukrainian War