# For Courage and Bravery

For Courage and Bravery (Ukrainian: За мужність та відвагу, romanized: Za muzhnistʹ ta vidvahu) is an honorary award established by the President of Ukraine to recognize distinguished combat performance, courage, bravery and heroism of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Guard of Ukraine, State Border Service of Ukraine, Security Service of Ukraine, State Special Communications Service of Ukraine, State Special Transport Service of Ukraine, during the protection of state sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity of Ukraine, while conducting combat operations and performing special tasks.

## History

At meeting held at the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on August 18, 2015, a proposal was made to develop a presidential award to be presented to the units that distinguished themselves in the anti-terrorist operation in the Donbas. It was decided that this award would take the form of an honorary ribbon to be attached to the staff of the unit's battle flag.
On the same day, the Minister of Defense, Colonel-General Stepan Poltorak, signed a letter addressed to the President Petro Poroshenko with a request to consider and sign the draft Decree of the President of Ukraine "On the award of the President of Ukraine – Ribbon to the Battle Flag "For Courage and Bravery". This decree was to have approved the regulations on the award and its design.
Without waiting for the signing of the decree, the Ministry of Defense decided to order the production of the ribbons. They were ready on August 21 and attached to the battle flags of the 14 units awarded them so they could be presented by President Poroshenko at the March of Independence held in Kyiv on August 24, 2015.
On November 19, 2015, the draft decree "On the award of the President of Ukraine – Ribbon to the Battle Flag "For Courage and Bravery" was considered by the State Awards and Heraldry Commission. At the time Ukrainian law did not provide for collective awards. Because of this the commission decided to propose to the Ministry of Defense "to work out the issue of the legal status of installing the Ribbon to the Battle Flag 'For Courage and Bravery' as a non-state award."
By the time of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 the legal barriers to Ukrainian state awards being presented to collective entities had been removed. On May 5, 2022, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, issued a decree establishing the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery." The award was established to recognize "the combat feats of personnel of military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations, courage and heroism shown by servicemen in the struggle for the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, honoring their high fighting spirit and will to victory, as well as for the purpose of development of the traditions of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and its sister service branches of the Armed Forces."

## Description

The honorary award "For Courage and Bravery" is awarded by the President of Ukraine at the request of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the event that a military unit is awarded the "For Courage and Bravery" honor, a double-sided ribbon of green color (the 2015 version had a blue ribbon) is attached to the finial of the pole of the regimental battle colour of the corresponding military unit, trimmed along the perimeter with a golden edging.
On one end of the ribbon, on both sides, the inscription "ЗА МУЖНІСТЬ ТА ВІДВАГУ" ('FOR COURAGE AND BRAVERY') and the image of the Emblem of the Princely State of Volodymyr the Great in gold embroidery. The other end of the ribbon is decorated on both sides with a floral ornament and an image of the Sign of the President of Ukraine. The ends of the ribbon are decorated with gold fringe. The ribbon size is 250 x 12 cm. It is tied with a 30 cm bow with two horizontal rays and fastened with a blue-yellow rosette with a diameter of 10 cm. The ribbon is an integral part of the unit's Battle Colour.
In the case of a military unit awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery", that ribbon is placed on top of the blue ribbon with the inscription of the military unit's honorary title.
Servicemen of military units awarded the "For Courage and Bravery" ribbon can wear signs indicating their affiliation to the respective military units. Descriptions and drawings of such signs, and the order of their wearing are to be established by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

## Awards
### Award of the President of Ukraine — Battle Colour Ribbon "For Courage and Bravery"

| No. | Unit name | Branch of service | Date of award |
| 1 | 128th Separate Mountain Brigade | Ground Forces | August 24, 2015 |
| 2 | 55th Separate Artillery Brigade | Ground Forces | August 24, 2015 |
| 3 | 16th Separate Army Aviation Brigade | Ground Forces | August 24, 2015 |
| 4 | 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade | Air Assault Forces | August 24, 2015 |
| 5 | 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade | Air Force | August 24, 2015 |

### Honorary Award "For Courage and Bravery"

| No. | Unit name | Branch of service | Date of award |
| 1 | 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade "King Daniel of Galicia" | Ground Forces | May 6, 2022 |
| 2 | 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Knights of the Winter Campaign" | Ground Forces | May 6, 2022 |
| 3 | 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Prince Konstantin Ostrozky" | Ground Forces | May 6, 2022 |
| 4 | 72nd "Black Zaporozhian" Mechanized Infantry Brigade | Ground Forces | May 6, 2022 |
| 5 | 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Koshovoho Otamana Ivana Sirka" | Ground Forces | May 6, 2022 |
| 6 | 93rd "Kholodnyi Yar" Separate Mechanized Infantry Brigade | Ground Forces | May 6, 2022 |
| 7 | 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade | Ground Forces | May 6, 2022 |
| 8 | 26th Artillery Brigade "Colonel-General Roman Dashkevich" | Ground Forces | May 22, 2022 |
| 9 | 503rd Marine Battalion [uk] | Marine Corps | June 3, 2022 |
| 10 | 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade | Air Force | June 15, 2022 |
| 11 | 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade | Air Force | June 15, 2022 |
| 12 | 96th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Kyiv | Air Force | June 15, 2022 |
| 13 | 160th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Odesa | Air Force | June 15, 2022 |
| 14 | 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment | Air Force | June 15, 2022 |
| 15 | 223rd "Ukrainian Sich Riflemen" Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment | Air Force | June 15, 2022 |
| 16 | 14th Radio Engineering Brigade "Bohdan Khmelnytsky" | Air Force | June 15, 2022 |
| 17 | LSM Yuri Olefirenko | Navy | June 23, 2022 |
| 18 | 29th Surface Vessels Division | Navy | June 23, 2022 |
| 19 | 25th "Sicheslav" Airborne Brigade | Air Assault Forces | June 28, 2022 |
| 20 | 79th "Mykolaiv" Separate Air Assault Brigade | Air Assault Forces | June 28, 2022 |
| 21 | 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade | Air Assault Forces | June 28, 2022 |
| 22 | 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade | Air Assault Forces | June 28, 2022 |
| 23 | 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade | Air Assault Forces | June 28, 2022 |
| 24 | 23rd Mariupol Sea Guard Unit | State Border Guard Service | July 27, 2022 |
| 25 | 1st (Donetsk) Border Detachment | State Border Guard Service | July 27, 2022 |
| 26 | 8th Regiment of Operational Purpose "Ivan Bohun" | National Guard | July 27, 2022 |
| 27 | 4th "Rubizh" Operational Brigade "Hero of Ukraine Sergeant Serhiy Mykhalchuk" | National Guard | July 27, 2022 |
| 28 | 3rd Operational Brigade "Colonel Petro Bolbochan" | National Guard | July 27, 2022 |
| 29 | Eastern Special Operations Center (Separate) "Prince Svyatoslav the Brave" | Special Operations Forces | July 29, 2022 |
| 30 | 140th Separate Center of Special Operations Forces | Special Operations Forces | July 29, 2022 |
| 31 | 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade "Petro Franko" | Air Force | August 24, 2022 |
| 32 | 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade | Air Force | August 24, 2022 |
| 33 | 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade | Air Force | August 24, 2022 |
| 34 | 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade "Lieutenant General Vasyl Nikiforov" | Air Force | August 24, 2022 |
| 35 | 138th Anti-Aircraft Defense Missile Artillery Brigade Dnipro | Air Force | August 24, 2022 |
| 36 | 156th Anti-Aircraft Defense Missile Artillery Regiment "Maksym Krivonos" | Air Force | August 24, 2022 |
| 37 | 301st Anti-Aircraft Defense Missile Artillery Regiment | Air Force | August 24, 2022 |
| 38 | Western Separate Special Operations Center "Prince Izyaslav Mstislavich" | Special Operations Forces | August 24, 2022 |
| 39 | 142nd Training Center | Special Operations Forces | August 24, 2022 |
| 40 | Southern Separate Special Operations Center "Chief of Staff Antin Holovaty" | Special Operations Forces | August 24, 2022 |
| 41 | 15th Separate NG Regiment Slovyansk | National Guard | September 2, 2022 |
| 42 | 3rd (Luhansk) Border Detachment "Hero of Ukraine Colonel Yevgeny Pikus" | State Border Guard Service | September 7, 2022 |
| 43 | 11th (Kramatorsk) Border Detachment | State Border Guard Service | September 7, 2022 |
| 44 | 1st "Severia" Tank Brigade | Ground Forces | September 24, 2022 |
| 45 | 40th Separate Field Artillery Brigade "Grand Duke Vytautas" | Ground Forces | September 24, 2022 |
| 46 | 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade "Otaman Kost Hordiienko" | Ground Forces | September 24, 2022 |
| 47 | 12th Operational Brigade "Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi" | National Guard | October 27, 2022 |
| 48 | 9th Operational Regiment "Lieutenant Bohdan Zavada" | National Guard | October 27, 2022 |
| 49 | 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade "Hetman Taras Tryasyl" | Ground Forces | November 3, 2022 |
| 50 | 44th Separate Artillery Brigade "Hetman Danylo Apostol" | Ground Forces | November 3, 2022 |
| 51 | 122nd Separate Airmobile Battalion, 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade | Air Assault Forces | November 17, 2022 |
| 52 | 132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion | Air Assault Forces | November 17, 2022 |
| 53 | 148th Separate Howitzer Self-propelled Artillery Battalion (Air-Transportable) (currently Brigade) | Air Assault Forces | November 17, 2022 |
| 54 | 3rd Battalion Tactical Group, 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade | Air Assault Forces | November 17, 2022 |
| 55 | 13th Separate Airborne Assault Battalion "Hero of Ukraine Colonel Taras Senyuk", 95th Air Assault Brigade | Air Assault Forces | November 17, 2022 |
| 56 | 90th Separate Airmobile Battalion "Hero of Ukraine Senior Lieutenant Ivan Zubkov", 81st Airmobile Brigade | Air Assault Forces | November 17, 2022 |
| 57 | 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade "Koshovo Ataman Pyotr Kalnyshevskyi" | Ground Forces | December 6, 2022 |
| 58 | 808th Pontoon Bridge Regiment | Ground Forces | December 6, 2022 |
| 59 | 302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment Kharkiv | Air Force | December 6, 2022 |
| 60 | 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Hetman Ivan Mazepa" | Ground Forces | December 6, 2022 |
| 61 | 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade | Air Assault Forces | December 6, 2022 |
| 62 | 71st Separate Jaeger Infantry Brigade (Airmobile) | Air Assault Forces | December 6, 2022 |
| 63 | 15th Separate Mountain Assault Battalion, 28th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade | Ground Forces | December 6, 2022 |
| 64 | 138th Center for Special Purposes (Anti-Sabotage and Anti-Terrorism) of the Military Police "Prince Volodymyr Svyatoslavych" | Military Law Enforcement Service | December 6, 2022 |
| 65 | 4th (Kharkiv) Border Detachment | State Border Guard Service | February 11, 2023 |
| 66 | 5th (Sumy) Border Detachment | State Border Guard Service | February 11, 2023 |
| 67 | 27th Regiment | National Guard | February 11, 2023 |
| 68 | 2nd Shostkin Protection Regiment | National Guard | February 11, 2023 |
| 69 | 79th (Kherson) Border Detachment | State Border Guard Service | April 30, 2023 |
| 70 | 105th (Chernihiv) Border Detachment "Prince Volodymyr the Great" | State Border Guard Service | April 30, 2023 |
| 71 | 10th Mobile Border Detachment | State Border Guard Service | April 30, 2023 |
| 72 | 10th "Edelweiss" Separate Mountain Assault Infantry Brigade | Ground Forces | May 5, 2023 |
| 73 | 14th Separate Mechanized Infantry Brigade "Prince Roman the Great" | Ground Forces | May 5, 2023 |
| 74 | 56th "Mariupol" Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade | Ground Forces | May 5, 2023 |
| 75 | 406th Marine Artillery Brigade "Brigadier General Oleksii Almazov" | Marine Corps | May 23, 2023 |
| 76 | 35th Marine Brigade "Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi" | Marine Corps | May 23, 2023 |
| 77 | 18th Marine Battalion, 35th Marine Brigade | Marine Corps | May 23, 2023 |
| 78 | 137th Marine Battalion, 35th Marine Brigade | Marine Corps | May 23, 2023 |
| 79 | Marine Corps General Command | Marine Corps | May 23, 2023 |
| 80 | 140th Marine Force Reconnaissance Battalion UkrMC | Marine Corps | May 23, 2023 |
| 81 | 88th Marine Battalion (Air Assault), 35th Marine Brigade | Marine Corps | June 2, 2023 |
| 82 | 10th Naval Aviation Brigade "Hero of Ukraine Colonel (NA) Ihor Bedzay", Ukrainian Naval Aviation | Navy | June 2, 2023 |
| 83 | 540th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment | Air Force | August 5, 2023 |
| 84 | 201st Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade | Air Force | August 23, 2023 |