38th Marine Brigade (Ukraine)

The 38th Marine Brigade "Hetman Petro Sahaidachny", is a naval infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

History

The 38th brigade was formed out of a basis of the 503rd Separate Marine Battalion in February 2023. The unit was formed as part of an expansion to the Ukrainian Naval Infantry alongside the 37th Marine Brigade. During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive the unit has been equipped with French manufactured AMX-10 RC armoured reconnaissance vehicles.
At least since July 2023, the brigade has participated in battles in the Vuhledar direction. Working together with 35th Marine Brigade they liberated the village of Urozhaine on August 16, 2023. On 23 May 2025, the brigade was awarded the honorary title "named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachny" by decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

38th Marine Brigade. Commander Lt. Col. Yevheniy Bova

* Headquarters & Services Company
*1st Marine Battalion
*2nd Marine Battalion
* 503rd Separate Marine Battalion.. Commander Denis Karnaushenko
** Formed on July 20, 2015 and based out of Mariupol, the formation of the 38th Marine Brigade was built around the 503rd Battalion. On 12 March 2022, the unit's commander, Pavlo Sbytov, was killed in the Siege of Mariupol.
*Tank Battalion
* Artillery Division
** Control and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery
** 1st Self-propelled Artillery Division
** Multiple Rocket Launcher Division
** Anti-tank Division
* Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Division
*Reconnaissance Company "Argus"
*Unmanned Attack Aircraft Company "Flying Cerberus"
*Sniper Company
*Combat Engineer Battalion
*Logistic Battalion
*Maintenance Battalion
*Signal Company
*Radar Company
*Medical Company
*Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Company
*Military band