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5th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

Field	Value
unit_name	5th Mechanized Brigade
image	Ukrainian_BTR-80.jpg
caption	A Ukrainian Army Soldiers aboard BTR-80 armored personnel carrier, travels along a highway from Al Kut to As Suwayrah, Iraq.
dates	17 August 2003 – March 2004
country	Ukraine
branch	Ukrainian Army
type	Brigade
role	Mechanized
size	1,614
command_structure	Multi-National Division – Central South
current_commander		garrison= Wasit Governorate, Iraq
notable_commanders	Major General Sergiy Bezlushchenko
identification_symbol	[[Image:5-а механізована бригада.jpg	100px]]
identification_symbol_label	Sleeve patch for the Brigade
identification_symbol_2	[[Image:Ukraine-army-iraq-800x800.jpg	100px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	Sleeve patch for the Signal Unit of the Brigade

The 5th Mechanized Brigade was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces sent to Iraq in August 2003. Brigade was deployed from 17 August 2003 to March 2004.

Mission objectives

Maintain stability and safety in Wasit Governorate
Reconnaissance and destruction of terrorist and organized crime groups, detainment and court judgment of military criminals
Provide support for Coalition Provisional Authority in reconstruction of civil departments
Provide help with development of judicial system, which supports the rights of all Iraqi residents, and provides inner security
Provide support together with other organizations in rebuilding of schooling, medical, electrical and water systems, industrial complexes, creation of new work places
Form and train a battalion of Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC)
Form and train 3 battalions for the Department of Border enforcement (DBE)

Operations

Operation Chamberlain

Brigade Order of Battle

51st Mechanized Battalion
52nd Mechanized Battalion
19th Specialized Battalion

Dislocation

Type	# of Troops	Location	Purpose
Main Force	851	Camp "Delta" (Al Kūt airfield)	Guarding Al Kūt airfield, patrolling Kut with military police, destroying IED with help of Polish and Kazakh engineers, protect convoys, provide reserve for unexpected situations.
Mechanized Company
51st MB	107	Camp Aterbery	Patrolling Iraq-Iran border.
Mechanized Company
51st MB	112	Al Kūt	Provide security for engineers, patrol and maintain peace in the city of Al Kūt.
Mechanized Platoon
51st MB	58	Al-Hai	patrol and maintain peace in the city of Al-Hai.
52nd MB without:
mechanized company
reconnaissance platoon
commandant platoon	394	Camp "Zulu"
8 km south of As-Suveir	Provide security, patrolling, protect convoys.
Mechanized Company
52nd MB	62	Al Kūt	Provide security for Coalition Provisional Authority in the city of Al Kūt.

Casualties

Sgt. Yuriy Koydan – Died of injuries suffered when his BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicle overturned while patrolling an air base near Al Kūt in southern Iraq on 30 September 2003
Private Sergiy Suslov – Died from a non-combat related injury.
Captain Oleksii Bondarenko – Committed suicide by shooting himself in Al Kūt, Iraq, on 19 November 2003

Next rotation

6th Mechanized Brigade

References

link. (7 June 2011)
link. (7 June 2011)
[http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?id=2568&lang=ua&part=news&sub=read Новини Управління Прес-служби МО]
[http://warhistory.ukrlife.org/4_6_04_4.htm журнал "Воєнна історія" #4_6 за 2004 рік Миротворча місія ...України в Республіці Ірак]
[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/ Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties – Special Reports from CNN.com] {{webarchive. link. (11 June 2009)
"Трибуна \ Ірак: річниця вторгнення й півроку української миротворчості".
[http://www.ukrmilitary.com/2015/02/5.html Ukrainian Military Pages: 5th Separate Mechanized Brigade]

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