116th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

The 116th Mechanized Brigade is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

History

The brigade has fought in Huliaipole, Robotyne and Avdiivka.
Five members of the brigade were killed in action on 2 August 2023 as part of assault operations in Polohy Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. On 17 August 2023, the brigade was visited by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy while it was fighting near Robotyne.
The brigade fought on the Avdiivka front in late 2023. In November 2023, it was reported that elements of the 116th Brigade were involved in combat on the Marinka front.
As of June 2024, units of the 116th Mechanized Brigade were involved in northern Kharkiv front of the [Russo-Ukrainian War (2024–present)|combat] at Vovchansk.
Elements of the 116th Brigade announced that they had entered Russia's Kursk Oblast 8 August 2024, as part of the Ukrainian operation in the region. By 14 September, elements of the 116th Brigade conducted a new breakthrough of the Russia-Ukraine border at a new section in the Kursk Oblast, near the village of Vesyoloye.
In December 2024, elements of the brigade were on the Pokrovsk front.

As of 2024, the brigade's structure is as follows:116th Mechanized Brigade