Active 2009–present Part of 20th Guards Army | Type Motorized infantry Garrison/HQ KlintsyMUN 61423 | |
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The 28th Motor Rifle Brigade (Military Unit Number 61423) is a brigade of the Russian Ground Forces. The brigade was formed in 2009 from the 34th Motor Rifle Division. The brigade, originally based in Yekaterinburg, moved to Klintsy in 2016.
History
The brigade was formed at Yekaterinburg in 2009 from the 34th Motor Rifle Division, inheriting the division's honorifics "Simferopol" and "named for Sergo Ordzhonikidze", and the Orders of the Red Banner and Suvorov 2nd class. Units of the brigade were also based in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Tyubuk, Chebarkul, and Karabash. On 2 March 2011, Colonel Dmitry Kasperovich became commander of the brigade. Major General Andrey Mordvichev commanded the brigade in 2013.
The brigade fought in the War in Donbass in February 2015, part of the Northern Operational Area. In September 2015, the brigade was involved in the large Exercise "Center–2015". Colonel Ramil Gilyazov commanded the brigade at the time. In December 2015, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reported that elements of the brigade had deployed to Syria.
In June 2016, the brigade began relocation to Klintsy, close to Russia's border with Belarus and Ukraine. It became part of the 20th Guards Army there.