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The 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade ((ウクライナ語:95 окрема аеромобільна бригада)), the main ground forces component of Ukraine’s rapid reaction force.〔(U.S.-Ukraine military relations and the value of interoperability, pg 17 )〕 Brigade is located in Zhytomyr.〔 (95th Airmobile )〕 The brigade is one of the Ukrainian Partnership for Peace units.〔(Partnership for Peace Ukrainian Designated Units ).〕 ==History== The 95th Training Center of the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces was created in the early 90s in Zhytomyr (Korbutovka base) on the base of 242nd Training Armored Regiment.〔 The 242nd Training Armored Regiment had been part of the 117th Tank Training Division.〔Feskov et al. 2004, p55〕 Training Center acquires second base - Bohunia. In 1995 Training Center was reorganized into 95th Separate Airborne Brigade. All of the units except staff and reconnaissance company moved to Bohunia base.〔 First jumps in the Brigade occurred in 1994. Brigade was also one of the first airmobile units to receive its Battle Banner. It received the Banner on October 5, 1994. Until spring of 1996 all of the jumps were done from Mi-8. By the end of the Ukrainian summer of 1996 soldiers began jumping from Il-76 aircraft. All the jumps were in the region of Smokovka, and in the Brigades training range, located in the area of Starokonstantinin road across the Teterev river. Currently Brigades drop zone is located near Singury settlement, few dozen miles from Zhytomyr. The Brigade originally had 4 battalions, 1 of them was disbanded. Soldiers from the Brigade took part in peacekeeping missions in Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, and between 2003-2005 in Iraq.〔〔(Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Official Bulletin )〕 In 2000 Brigade was reorganized into Airmobile Brigade and became subordinate to 8th Army Corps. Currently Brigade has 13th Separate Airmobile Battalion which consists of professionals soldiers and not conscripts and 2nd Airmobile Battalion which consists of conscripts based in Korbutovka (A-1910). Command of the Brigade, 1st Airmobile Battalion which consists of conscripts, specialized, artillery, logistics units based in Bohunia (A-0281).〔 In 2014 the Brigade took part in the Siege of Sloviansk and the Kramatorsk standoff during the War in Donbass.〔(More than 30 killed in Odessa blaze as Ukraine violence spreads ), Channel NewsAsia (3 May 2014) (The number of dead commandos during Kramatorsk increased to seven - SBU ), Ukrayinska Pravda (13 May 2014)〕 On May 13, 2014, 7 Paratroopers from the 95th Brigade were killed during an ambush by separatists in Kramatorsk.〔http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/defense-ministry-armed-separatist-rebels-ambush-ukrainian-troops-in-kramatorsk-killing-six-347651.html〕〔http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27396448〕〔http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/14/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA4C0PV20140514?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews〕〔http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2014/05/13/7025246/〕 The unit was deployed to Donetsk Airport on 21 November 2014 as part of a regular rotation of Ukrainian troops stationed in the area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Ukrinform )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「95th Airmobile Brigade (Ukraine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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