57th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine)

The 57th Otaman Kost Hordiienko Motorized Brigade (57-ма окрема мотопіхотна бригада імені кошового отамана Костя Гордієнка (57 ОМПБр)) is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade was formed beginning in November 2014 in the city of Kropyvnytskyi in Kirovohrad Oblast. Initially, the brigade consisted of three volunteer territorial defence battalions. By the summer of 2015, the brigade was deployed to fight in the war in Donbas. The ground forces plan to mechanize the brigade in the future.

On 6 May 2019, the brigade received the honorary name of Kost Hordiienko, a Zaporozhian Cossack Kosh otaman of the 18th century.

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the brigade received the recently established "For Courage and Bravery" award by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for liberating a number of settlements in the Kherson Oblast. The unit was also noted for its servicemembers having been previously awarded 275 state awards.

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


 * 57th Motorized Brigade, Kropyvnytskyi
 * Headquarters & Headquarters Company
 * 57mot 17bat.png 17th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Kropyvnytskyi"
 * 34-й окремий мотопіхотний батальйон.png 34th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Batkivshchyna"
 * I shelena thumb.png Assault Battalion "Shalena Zhraya". Special assault unit formed by Chechen volunteers.
 * 42 OMPB ZSU.png 42nd Motorized Infantry Battalion "Rukh Oporu"
 * 117th Assault Battalion
 * 9riflebat.png 9th Rifle Battalion (military unit A7093)
 * 420riflebat.png 420th Rifle Battalion (military unit A4821)
 * Georgian Partizans. A group of Georgian volunteers with close connections to Donbas Battalion.
 * I 57mot tank.png Tank Battalion (T-64BV and T-64BM Bulat)
 * Special unit "Hort"
 * I 57mot artillery.png Artillery Group
 * Headquarters & Target Acquisition Battery
 * Field artillery battalion (M777)
 * Self-propelled Artillery Battalion (BM-21 Grad)
 * Anti-tank Artillery Battalion (MT-12 Rapira)
 * Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion (9K35 Strela-10)
 * Reconnaissance Company
 * UAV strike company "Falcon Squad"
 * Engineer Battalion
 * Logistic Battalion
 * Maintenance Battalion
 * Signal Company
 * Radar Company
 * Medical Company
 * Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence Protection Company