The 2nd Separate Mixed Galician Brigade is a brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine concerned with multiple roles including the extraction of Ukrainian personnel from the frontlines, logistical and combat support, maintenance of the public law and order, among other roles. It was established on the basis of the 16th Convoy Brigade in February 1992 as the 2nd Convoy Brigade. Its main headquarters is in Lviv although its units are also stationed in Ternopil, Uzhhorod, Drohobych and Rivne.
History On 10 February 1992, the 2nd Separate Convoy Brigade of the Internal Troops of Ukraine was established on the basis of the 16th Convoy Brigade of the Soviet Armed Forces. The 14th Separate Battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine was also separately established in Ternopil.
On 13 September 1999, the 2nd brigade was awarded the honorary name "Galician" and was awarded a battle flag.
After the disbandment of the National Guard of Ukraine in 2000, the 14th Separate Ternopil Special Purpose Battalion became the 2nd Brigade's 2nd battalion. In 2014, the 2nd Brigade became a part of the National Guard of Ukraine after its reestablishment.
It took part in multiple engagements during the war in Donbass. It took part in the siege of Sloviansk and then the Battle of Debaltseve, where on 7 February 2015, a BM-21 Grad attacked the retreating Ukrainian personnel, killing Oleg Anatoliyovych Didushko, a soldier of the brigade.Дідушко Олег Анатолійович Also during the Battle of Debaltseve, the commander of the brigade's medical center, Taras Hryhorovych Konchevych, was killed when an unarmed military ambulance was ambushed by separatists and detonated a landmine.Кончевич Тарас Григорович
The brigade was also involved in humanitarian aid distribution operations in the ATO zone. On 17 May 2015, a humanitarian aid district vehicle of the brigade was struck and exploded near the village of Troitske, Popasna Raion. The resulting explosion killed the brigade's deputy commander, Andrii Apollinariovych SokolenkoСоколенко Андрій АполінарійовичТри чверті віку полковника Аполлінарія СоколенкаСоколенко Андрій Аполлінарійович // Сайт «Герої України» and another soldier, Ivan Ihorovych Popil, along with two humanitarian volunteers.Попіль Іван ІгоровичНебесна Гвардія Colonel Sokolenko was awarded the Hero of Ukraine for his actions.
On 8 May 2017, a soldier of the brigade, Yaroslav Vasyliovych Smolinskyi, was killed while serving in Donetsk Oblast.
The brigade saw combat during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It took part in the battle of Donbas where a soldier of brigade, Volodymyr Oryshchuk, was killed in Novokalynove.
In May 2024, the brigade operated in Novodonetske where two soldiers of the brigade, Valery Serebrov and Dmytro Baba, were killed on 23 and 24 May 2024 respectively. It continued to serve in the Donetsk Oblast where two more soldiers of the brigade, Vasyl Kachynskyi and Roman Babukh, were killed on 3 and 20 July 2024, respectively. On 22 August 2024, a UAV operator of the brigade, Boris Borisovych Vladimirov, was killed as a result of mortar shelling on Hrodivka. On 23 August 2024, the brigade was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery". On 27 September 2024, a soldier of the brigade, Ostap Smolinets, was killed in combat in eastern Ukraine.
Structure 1st Rifle Battalion (Lviv)У Львові відбулись змагання з армреслінгу 2nd Rifle Battalion (Ternopil)У Тернополі на території дислокації 2 стрілецького батальйону військової частини 3002 НГУ відкрили сучасний мультимедійний тир 4th Rifle Battalion (Uzhhorod)Гвардійці ужгородського батальйону... 5th Rifle Battalion (Drohobych) 15th Separate Battalion (Rivne)У Рівному урочистосто відзначили День Національної гвардії України Support Units (Lviv)
Commanders Colonel Serhii Petrovych Kulchytskyi (2005–2010)ГЕРОЙ УКРАЇНИ — Кульчицький Сергій ПетровичНаціональна Гвардія України: Кульчицький Сергій Петрович Colonel Oleg Oleksandrovich Sakhon (2010–2016) Colonel Petro Yuriyovych Shulyak (2016-)Урочистості з нагоди 77-ї річниці створення 2-ї Галицької бригади Національної гвардії України
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2 Галицька бригада Національної гвардії України відсвяткувала 77 річницю У Львові 2-га Галицька бригада відзначила 77-річчя (ФОТО)
Молоде поповнення прибуло до 2 Галицької бригади В Ужгороді гвардійці тренуються в новозбудованому «кілер-хаусі»
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