The 5th Separate Mechanized Brigade was a formation of the

Ukrainian Ground Forces The Ukrainian Ground Forces ( uk, Сухопу́тні військá Збрóйних сил Украї́ни), also known as the Ukrainian Army, are the land forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They ...

sent to

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in August 2003. Brigade was deployed from 17 August 2003 to March 2004.

Mission objectives

*Maintain stability and safety in

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/ref> *Reconnaissance and destruction of terrorist and organized crime groups, detainment and court judgment of military criminals *Provide support for

Coalition Provisional Authority ) , capital = Baghdad , largest_city = capital , common_languages = ArabicKurdish English (''de facto'') , government_type = Transitional government , legislature = Iraqi Governing Council , title_leader = Administrator , leader1 = Jay ...

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 30 September 2003Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties - Special Reports from CNN.com
*Private Sergiy Suslov - Died from a non-combat related injury. *Captain Oleksii Bondarenko - Committed suicide by shooting himself in Al Kūt, Iraq, on 19 November 2003

Next rotation

* 6th Separate Mechanized BrigadeUkrainian Military Pages: 5th Separate Mechanized Brigade
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References

{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2013 Mechanised infantry brigades of Ukraine Military units and formations established in 2003 Multinational force involved in the Iraq War Military units and formations disestablished in 2004