Back 93. Selbständige mechanisierte Brigade German 93ª Brigada Mecanizada (Ucrania) Spanish 93. üksik mehhaniseeritud brigaad "Holodnõi Jar" Estonian Ukrainan 93. mekanisoitu prikaati Finnish 93e brigade mécanisée French 93ª Brigata meccanizzata "Cholodnyj Jar" Italian 第93独立機械化旅団 (ウクライナ陸軍) Japanese 93 Samodzielna Brygada Zmechanizowana Polish 93.ª Brigada Mecanizada (Ucrânia) Portuguese 93-я отдельная механизированная бригада Russian
| 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" | |
|---|---|
| 93-тя окрема механізована бригада «Холодний Яр» 93 okrema mekhanizovana bryhada "Kholodnyi Yar" | |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:93_OMBR_(2024).png) Brigade insignia | |
| Active | 1 January 1992[1] - present |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Branch |  Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Type | Mechanized infantry |
| Size | 3,000 (June 2023)[1] |
| Part of | Operational Command East[2] |
| Garrison/HQ | Cherkaske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Nickname(s) | 'Kholodnyi Yar' (Official) 'Cyborgs' (Unofficial)[3] |
| Motto(s) | "Never Backwards!" |
| Engagements | |
| Decorations | &sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:%D0%97%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%83_(2022).svg){kind=small} For Courage and Bravery |
| Website | Official Facebook page |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Col. Pavlo Palisa (2023 - present)[10] |
| Notable commanders | Col. Ruslan Shevchuk (21 January 2021 - 2023)[11] |
| Insignia | |
| Garrison color | &sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:BF_93_MBrigade.png) |
| Old Insignia 2023 | &sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:93_%D0%9E%D0%9C%D0%91%D1%80_%D0%B7.svg) &sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:93_%D0%9E%D0%9C%D0%91%D1%80_%D0%BF.svg) |
The 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" (Ukrainian: 93-тя окрема механізована бригада «Холодний Яр», romanized: 93 okrema mekhanizovana bryhada "Kholodnyi Yar") is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 1992.[1] It has been described as "one of the most brutally effective" of Ukraine’s front-line brigades.[7]
By January 2023, Western analysts claimed that due to captured Russian and donated Western equipment and incorporation of local volunteer battalions into the units structure, the 93rd was the size of an armored division, being a mechanized brigade in name only. The brigade is named after the Kholodnyi Yar Republic, a Ukrainian partisan state during the Ukrainian War of Independence.
- ^ a b c Axe, David (2023-06-15). "One Of Ukraine's Meanest Mechanized Brigades Just Joined The Southern Counteroffensive". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Axe, David (2023-08-31). "The Swedish CV-90 Might Be Ukraine's Best Fighting Vehicle. It Seems Another Brigade Is Getting Copies". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Полоненого "кіборга" побили "мирні" жителі Донецька" [The captured "cyborg" was beaten by "peaceful" residents of Donetsk]. Ukrainian National Information Agency News (UNN). All online daily news in Ukraine today - fresh, recent, major. Archived from the original on 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
- ^ a b c d ""The freedom to Ukraine – or death": how the 93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade continues the war of its ancestors :: Svidomi". svidomi.in.ua. 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
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Nathanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Uliana, Hentosh (2023-11-08). ""New fire from Kholodnyi Yar." How the 93rd Brigade fights • Ukraїner". Ukraїner. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ a b David Axe (October 25, 2022). "A Fierce Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade Is Routing Russian Mercenaries In One Symbolic Eastern Town". Forbes.
- ^ "Zelenskiy / Official".
- ^ "One of Ukraine's Meanest Mechanized Brigades Just Joined the Southern Counteroffensive". Forbes.
- ^ "Umerov, command of 93rd mechanized brigade discuss specifics of using drones". ukrinform.net. 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Славетну бригаду "Холодний Яр" очолив полковник Руслан Шевчук". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2024-01-08.