103rd Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)

Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces unit

103rd Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukrainian: 103-тя окрема бригада територіальної оборони
Active| 27 June 2018 - present
Country|  Ukraine
Branch| Armed Forces of Ukraine
Type| Military reserve force
Role| Light infantry
Part of|  Territorial Defense Forces
Garrison/HQ|  Lviv Oblast
MUN А7031
Engagements|

* Russo-Ukrainian War
* 2024 Kursk offensive

Website| Official website

Military unit

The 103rd Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: 103-тя окрема бригада територіальної оборони) is a military formation of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine. It is part of Operational Command West. The brigade is participating in the defense against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the country's east.

## History

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On 27 June 2018 the brigade was formed in Lviv Oblast.[1]

On 16 October 2018, as part of a working trip to Lviv Oblast, the then President, Petro Poroshenko took part in several events dedicated to the Day of Territorial Defense Soldiers, which took place at the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security. Poroshenko inspected the bases used for training territorial defence battalions, in particular the personnel of the 64th Territorial Defense Battalion of the 103rd Independent Territorial Defense Brigade of the Lviv Oblast.[2]

From 17 to 20 July 2019, about two hundred reserve officers of the brigade underwent combat training at the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security.[3]

During the Kharkiv counteroffensive, both the 103rd and 113th Territorial Defense Brigades conducted attacks along the P07 road into Chkalovske and Shevchenkove, supporting the Balakliia axis of advance as well as enabling elements of the 25th Airborne Brigade and 80th Air Assault Brigade to recapture Kupiansk.[4]

Ukrainian President Zelensky thanked the 103rd Lviv Defense Brigade, which is responsible for the liberation of Yampil in the Donetsk region, in his evening video message on September 30.[5]

On 2 October, the brigade received its battle flag.[6]

## Structure

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* Headquarters
* 62nd Territorial Defense Battalion (Lviv)
* 63rd Territorial Defense Battalion (Kamianka-Buzka)
* 64th Territorial Defense Battalion (Brody)
* 65th Territorial Defense Battalion (Stryi)
* 66th Territorial Defense Battalion (Yavoriv)
* 67th Territorial Defense Battalion (Drohobych)
* Attack Drone Company "Common Swift"
* Counter-Sabotage Company
* Engineering Company
* Communication Company
* Logistics Company
* Mortar Battery

## Commanders

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* Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Andrushchak (2018)[7]
* Colonel Valerii Kurko (2022)[8] [9]

## See also

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* Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

## References

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1. ^ "Львівська 103-тя окрема бригада територіальної оборони ЗСУ відзначає 5 річницю з дня заснування" [The Lviv 103rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine celebrates its 5th anniversary since its foundation]. loda.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 27 June 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
2. ^ "Львівська обласна рада". lvivoblrada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
3. ^ "На Львівщині вишколюють резервістів територіальної оборони | Новини". dailylviv.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-01.
4. ^ "Ukrainian troops advance, forcing Russian withdrawal from key areas". MSN. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
5. ^ "Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated Yampil village in Donetsk region". Militarnyi. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
6. ^ Kovalchuk, Oksana (3 October 2022). "115 окрема Житомирська бригада Сил територіальної оборони ЗСУ отримала Бойовий прапор" [The 115th separate Zhytomyr Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces received the Battle Flag]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
7. ^ IgnBor (2019-07-20). "На Львівщині завершилися збори з офіцерами штабів підрозділів бригади Територіальної оборони (ФОТО)". Leopolis.news. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
8. ^ "Територіальну оборону Львівської області очолив підполковник Валерій Курко". loda.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
9. ^ "Командиру тероборони Львівщини присвоїли звання полковника". portal.lviv.ua. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

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Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces

Regional Command|

| West|

* 101st Zakarpattia Brigade
* 102nd Ivano-Frankivsk Brigade
* 103rd Lviv Brigade
* 104th Rivne Brigade
* 105th Ternopil Brigade
* 106th Khmelnytskyi Brigade
* 107th Chernivtsi Brigade
* 125th Lviv City Brigade

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North|

* 112th Kyiv City Brigade
* 114th Kyiv Oblast Brigade
* 115th Zhytomyr Brigade
* 116th Poltava Brigade
* 117th Sumy Brigade
* 118th Cherkasy Brigade
* 119th Chernihiv Brigade
* 241st Kyiv City Brigade
* 1st Special Purpose Brigade

South|

* 120th Vinnytsia Brigade
* 121st Kirovohrad Brigade
* 122nd Odesa Brigade
* 123rd Mykolaiv Brigade
* 126th Odesa City Brigade

East|

* 108th Dnipro Brigade
* 109th Donetsk Brigade
* 110th Zaporizhia Brigade
* 111th Luhansk Brigade
* 113th Kharkiv Brigade
* 127th Kharkiv City Brigade
* 128th Dnipro City Brigade
* 129th Kryvyi Rih Brigade

Transferred|

| Ground Forces|

* 100th Volyn Brigade

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Marine Corps|

* 124th Kherson Brigade
* 126th Odesa City Brigade

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