127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade
The 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade is a military formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in Kharkiv. It is part of Operational Command East.
History
Formation
In early March 2022 Colonel Roman Hryshchenko began forming the brigade in Kharkiv. In the first stage almost two thousand servicemen joined the unit. They were assigned to headquarters and two battalions.Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian invasion of Ukraine
The first assignment of the brigade was to reinforce army and national guard units defending the city. As of July 2022, the brigade was holding the front line north and east of the city of Kharkiv. On 29 August 2022 the brigade received its battle flag. On 11 September 2022, the brigade's 249th Battalion announced that the village of had come under Ukrainian control. Two days later, on 13 September, the brigade's 247th Battalion announced that it had captured the villages of Lyptsi, Hlyboke, and Strilecha, amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast.In July 2023 the 225th battalion transferred out of the brigade and became a separate assault battalion of the Ground Forces.
In 2024, the brigade was transferred to the Ground Forces of Ukraine, and in July 2025, the unit was reformed as heavy mechanized brigade.
On 6 December 2025 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the brigade the honorary name "Kharkivska".
Structure
As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows:- Headquarters
- 225th Territorial Defense Battalion А7400
- 226th Territorial Defense Battalion А7401
- А7402
- А7403
- А7404
- А4085
- 249th Territorial Defense Battalion
- Engineering Company
- Communication Company
- Logistics Company
- Mortar Battery
Commanders
- Colonel Roman Hryshchenko
- Colonel Yurii Krupko