UKRAINE - ARMY 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade SKULL Black Cossacks Zelenskij

  Zelenskij on position with patch 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was previously named the 29th Rifle Division (2nd formation) and then the 72nd Guards Rifle Division of the Soviet Ground Forces. In 1957, it became a motor rifle division. Since 2014, the brigade has participated in the Ukrainian-Russian war in Donbas as part of the Anti-Terrorist Operation. In the summer of 2014, units of the brigade fought hard on the Russian-Ukrainian border, in the Azov region, and in the winter of 2016 - near Avdiivka in the industrial zone. In August 2017, the brigade received an honorary title in honor of the military formation of the UPR — Black Zaporozhians.