44th Mechanized Brigade
Ukrainian military unit
The 44th Mechanized Brigade (44 OMBR) is a mechanized formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was formed in 2023 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with personnel training in Ukraine and Poland. The brigade operates a mixture of Soviet-designed and Western-supplied equipment, including BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, Polish Rosomak armored personnel carriers and Rak self-propelled mortars, Slovenian Valuk armored personnel carriers, and Leopard 1A5 tanks. It was the first Ukrainian formation publicly identified as operating the Leopard 1A5.
A battalion of the brigade was deployed west of Kreminna in 2023, and the brigade subsequently operated on the Svatove axis in 2024. Reporting during 2025 and 2026 placed elements of the brigade on the Toretsk and Kostiantynivka axes in Donetsk Oblast, where they participated in defensive operations against Russian forces.
History
The brigade was established on 2 March 2023 as part of the expansion of the Ukrainian Ground Forces following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Its personnel initially trained in Ukraine before some of its battalions were sent to Poland, where they trained with Western-supplied vehicles and weapons. In November 2023, Leopard 1A5 tanks belonging to the brigade were photographed near the front in Kharkiv Oblast. Members of their crews stated that the tanks had already participated in combat, marking the first publicly confirmed operational use of the Leopard 1A5 by a Ukrainian formation.
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