On 28 August 2018, the brigade was formed in Kharkiv Oblast. In first days brigade numbered twenty-seven people. Ten were assigned to headquarters and two in each of the five battalions. For the next ten days close to twenty-one hundred reservists and three hundred officers foot part in exercises culminating with close to thirty percent of them signing contracts with the brigade. Colonel Ihor Kiforenko became the first commander.[1][2]
Russo-Ukrainian War
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
At the end of January 2022 Brigade had six battalions, 120-125 requiring less than ten percent to be fully manned. New law that took affect on 1 January allowed for two more battalions with one of them located in Kharkiv.[3] Brigade took part in battles for Kharkiv, Bakhmut and 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive where they liberated close to fifty settlements.[4]
Structure
As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows:[5]
Headquarters
120th Territorial Defense Battalion (Derhachi) MUN А7286
121st Territorial Defense Battalion (Zmiiv) MUN А7287
122nd Territorial Defense Battalion (Izium) MUN А7288
123rd Territorial Defense Battalion (Kupiansk) MUN А7289
124th Territorial Defense Battalion (Lozova) MUN А7290
125th Territorial Defense Battalion (Chuhuiv) MUN А7291
209th Territorial Defense Battalion (Bohodukhiv) MUN А7378