72nd Mechanized Brigade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/72nd_Mechanized_Brigade

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYearsStart	2002
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Banner_(Soviet_era)
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Ukrainian_Ground_Forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Andrii_Sokolov
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Ukraine
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine gptkb:War_in_Donbas gptkb:Russo-Ukrainian_War
gptkbp:formerName	gptkb:72nd_Guards_Rifle_Division
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Bila_Tserkva
gptkbp:honorificPrefix	named after Black Zaporozhians
gptkbp:motto	Ukraine or death!
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Black_Zaporozhians
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Black_Zaporozhians
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Battle_of_Bakhmut gptkb:Battle_of_Kyiv gptkb:Battle_of_Avdiivka
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:Operational_Command_North
gptkbp:type	mechanized infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ukrainian_Ground_Forces
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	72nd Mechanized Brigade