93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
| 93rd Mechanized Brigade | |
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Sleeve patch for the 93rd Mechanized Brigade
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| Active | 1943–present |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Branch | Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Type | Mechanized Brigade |
| Part of | Operational Command East |
| Garrison/HQ | Cherkaske Dnipropetrovsk OblastUkraine |
| Engagements | War in Donbass |
| Decorations |
 Order of Kutuzov (removed) |
| Battle honours | Kharkiv |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Vladislav Klochkov |
Order of the Red Banner (2) (removed)
Order of Suvorov (removed)
The 93rd Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the Brigade is the 93rd Separate Mechanized Kharkiv Brigade.
The Brigade traces its history back to the 93rd Guards Rifle Division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed at Valuki in April 1943 from 13th Guards and 92nd Rifle Brigades. The Division fought at Kursk, Kharkiv, Budapest, and Prague, and was serving with the 53rd Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in May 1945. After a period as a 35th Guards Mechanized Division, and then 35th Guards Motor Rifle Division 1957-65, the Division was redesignated as the 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1965. It served with the Southern Group of Forces in Hungary during the last years of the Cold War, and after the fall of the Berlin Wall was withdrawn to Ukraine from October 1990 to January 1991.
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