5th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

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5th Separate Mechanized Brigade

A Ukrainian Army Soldiers aboard BTR-80A armored personnel carrier, travels along a highway from Al Kut to As Suwayrah, Iraq.
Active 17 August 2003 - March 2004
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Army
Type Brigade
Role Mechanized
Size 1,614[1]
Part of Multi-National Division - Central South
Garrison/HQ Wasit Governorate, Iraq
Commanders
Current
commander		 Major General Sergiy Bezlushchenko
Notable
commanders		 Major General Sergiy Bezlushchenko[2]
Insignia
Sleeve patch for the Brigade
Sleeve patch for the Signal Unit of the Brigade

The 5th Separate Mechanized Brigade was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces sent to Iraq in august of 2003. Brigade was deployed from August 17, 2003 to march 2004.[3]

Contents

[edit] Mission objectives

Areas of Responsibility in Iraq as of 30 April 2004
Areas of Responsibility in Iraq as of 30 April 2004
  • Maintain stability and safety in Wasit Governorate[4]
  • Reconnaissance and destruction of terrorist and organized crime groups, detainment and court judgment of military criminals[4]
  • Provide support for Coalition Provisional Authority in reconstruction of civil departments[4]
  • Provide help with development of judicial system, which supports the rights of all Iraqi residents, and provides inner security[4]
  • Provide support together with other organizations in rebuilding of schooling, medical, electrical and water systems, industrial complexes, creation of new work places[4]
  • Form and train a battalion of Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC)[4]
  • Form and train 3 battalions for the Department of Border enforcement (DBE)[4]

[edit] Operations

  • Operation Chamberlain

[edit] Brigade Order of Battle

  • 51st Separate Mechanized Battalion
  • 52nd Separate Mechanized Battalion
  • 19th Separate Specialized Battalion

[edit] Dislocation

Type # of Troops Location Purpose
Main Force 851 Camp "Delta" (Al Kūt airfield) Guarding Al Kūt airfield, patrolling Kut with military police, destroying IED with help of Polish and Kazakh engineers, protect convoys, provide reserve for unexpected situations.
Mechanized Company
51st MB		 107 Camp "Aterbery Patrolling Iraq-Iran border.
Mechanized Company
51st MB		 112 Al Kūt Provide security for engineers, patrol and maintain peace in the city of Al Kūt.
Mechanized Platoon
51st MB		 58 Al-Hai patrol and maintain peace in the city of Al-Hai.
52nd MB without:
mechanized company
reconnaissance platoon
commandant platoon		 394 Camp "Zulu"
8km south of As-Suveir		 Provide security, patrolling, protect convoys.
Mechanized Company
52nd MB		 62 Al Kūt Provide security for Coalition Provisional Authority in the city of Al Kūt.

[edit] 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 September 30, 2003[5]
  • Private Sergiy Suslov - Died from a non-combat related injury.[6]
  • Captain Oleksii Bondarenko - Committed suicide by shooting himself in Al Kūt, Iraq, on November 19, 2003[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Міністерство оборони України - Новини
  2. ^ Міністерство оборони України - Новини
  3. ^ Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
  4. ^ a b c d e f g журнал "Воєнна історія" #4_6 за 2004 рік Миротворча місія ...України в Республіці Ірак
  5. ^ a b Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties - Special Reports from CNN.com
  6. ^ Трибуна \ Ірак: річниця вторгнення й півроку української миротворчості