The 28th Guards Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces

Ukrainian Ground Forces

The Ukrainian Ground Forces are the land force component of the Military of Ukraine. They were formed from Soviet Army formations, units, and establishments, including three military districts , that were on Ukrainian soil when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990-92.Between the fall of the USSR and...

. The full name of the Brigade is the 28th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade.

The original 28th Guards Rifle Division was formed during World War II from the 180th Rifle Division in May 1942. The division fought at Kharkov and Iasi. With 37th Army in Bulgaria in May 1945. During the 1980s, the then 28th Guards Motor Rifle Division was part of the 14th Guards Army headquartered at Kishinev

Chisinau

Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...

, in the Moldovian SSR (Odessa Military District

Odessa Military District

The Odessa Military District was a military administrative division of the Imperial Russian military, the Soviet Armed Forces and the Ukrainian Armed Forces and was known under such name from around 1862 to 1998. It was reorganized as part of the Military of Ukraine and the Military of Moldova in...

). After the fall of the Soviet Union it became part of the reorganised Ukrainian 6th Army Corps.