| 113th Territorial Defense Brigade | |
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| Ukrainian:113-та окрема бригада територіальної оборони | |
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| Active | 28 August 2018 - present |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Branch |  Armed Forces of Ukraine |
| Type | Military reserve force |
| Role | Light infantry |
| Part of |  Territorial Defense ForcesOperational Command East |
| Garrison/HQ |  Kharkiv OblastMUN А7041 |
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| Flag | .svg) |
The113th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukrainian:113-та окрема бригада територіальної оборони,romanized: 113-ta okrema bryhada terytorialnoi oborony) is a military formation of theTerritorial Defense Forces ofUkraine inKharkiv Oblast. It is part ofOperational Command East.
On 28 August 2018, the brigade was formed inKharkiv Oblast. In first days brigade numbered twenty-seven people. Ten were assigned to headquarters and two in each of the five battalions. For the next ten days close to twenty-one hundred reservists and three hundred officers foot part in exercises culminating with close to thirty percent of them signing contracts with the brigade. Colonel Ihor Kiforenko became the first commander.[1][2]
At the end of January 2022 the brigade had six battalions, 120-125 requiring less than ten percent to be fully manned. A new law that took effect on 1 January allowed for two more battalions with one of them located in Kharkiv.[3] The brigade took part in battles forKharkiv andBakhmut.[4]
The brigade had taken part in defensive operations for about four months before participating inthe major Ukrainian offensive in theKharkiv Oblast in September 2022.[5]
On 10 September 2022, Ukrainian presidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade was responsible for capturing the villages ofVasylenkove [uk] andArtemivka [uk] duringa Ukrainian counteroffensive in theKharkiv Oblast.[6] According to Gerasim Gevorgian, commander of the brigade's 120th Battalion, the brigade captured about fifty settlements in total during this offensive.[4] The Chuhuiv Battalion of the 113rd Brigade was involved in the counteroffensive, taking part in combat near Vasylenkove, and advancing for five days until reaching theRussia-Ukraine border nearVovchansk. Many members of the battalion were locals and had relatives living in the areas which they recaptured.[5]
As of 2022 the brigade's structure is as follows:[7]
120th Territorial Defense Battalion (Derhachi)MUN А7286
121st Territorial Defense Battalion (Zmiiv)MUN А7287[citation needed]
122nd Territorial Defense Battalion (Izium)MUN А7288
123rd Territorial Defense Battalion (Kupiansk)MUN А7289
124th Territorial Defense Battalion (Lozova)MUN А7290
125th Territorial Defense Battalion (Chuhuiv)MUN А7291
209th Territorial Defense Battalion (Bohodukhiv)MUN А7378