43rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

As of April 2023, the brigade was in the process of formation.^[1] The brigade has also notably been providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainian civilians.^[2]

The brigade was involved in the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.^[3]

In June 2024 it was reported that the brigade was positioned in the Kharkiv Oblast, and the next month it was reported that it was operating on the Kupiansk front.^[4][5]

Starting on 10 October 2022, units of the 43rd Brigade took part in a battle with Russian forces within the village of Kruhliakivka. After fifty days of combat, the units withdrew to the neighboring village of Zahryzove [uk] in early December.^[6]

During January and February 2025, the brigade remained positioned on the Kupiansk front in Kharkiv Oblast.^[7][8]

In April 2025, it was reported that units of the brigade, including its drone battalion "Nebesna Mara", were still fighting on the Kupiansk front in the Kharkiv Oblast.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14]} As of May 2025, the brigade remains on the Kupiansk front.^[15][16]

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As of 2024, the brigade's structure is as follows: