11th Artillery Brigade (Ukraine)

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11th Artillery Brigade
Sleeve patch for the 11th Artillery Brigade
Active	August 18 2004-present^[1]
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Army
Type	Brigade
Role	Artillery
Part of	13th Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Sergiy Korniychuk

The 11th Artillery Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Full name of the brigade is - 11th Separate Guards Artillery Kyiv Red Banner Bogdan Khmelnitsky awards brigade.^[2]

The brigade is a successor of the 897th guards cannon artillery Kyiv Red Banner order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky regiment.

It is a part of 13th Army Corps. It is based in Ternopil, western part of Ukraine. The Brigade was formed on August 18, 2004, and takes its conscripts from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast, Lviv Oblast and Ternopil Oblast.^[3]