72nd Mechanized Brigade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/72nd_Mechanized_Brigade
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 72nd Mechanized Brigade
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