22nd Mechanised Brigade ( Ukraine ) The 22nd Mechanised Brigade was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces from 2000 - 2003 . However most of its historical traditions stem from the 66th Guards Rifle Division , originally a formation of the Red Army and later of the Soviet Ground Forces . After 26 October 1999 , full name of the Division became 66th Guards Mechanized Bukovyna , Poltava Red Banner Division of the 38th Army Corps of the Western Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ( ) History . First Formation . The 293rd Rifle Division was formed on July 18 , 1941 from various units of the in Sumy Oblast , Chernivtsi Oblast and Kharkiv Oblast Ukraine . Major General Pavel Lagutin became Division ' s first commander . On August 24 , 1941 the Division was assigned to newly formed 40th Army . By early February 1942 the Division was transferred to 21st Army , Southwestern Front and participated in Second Battle of Kharkov . Remnants of the Division were located near Nizhny Kislyay , Voronezh Oblast by July 8 , 1942 . Division lost its combat capability . Command and Staff of the 293rd were relocated to the rear , sergeants and privates , weapons , transportation , supplies and 817th Artillery Regiment were transferred to 76th Rifle Division of 21st Army . On August 4 , 1941 the 293rd was removed from the 21st Army and moved to Buzuluk by rail where it was included into 4th reserve of the Supreme Commander . Second Formation . World War II . New formation of the 293rd Rifle Division by establishment № 04 / 300 from July 28 , 1942 was finished on October 12 , 1942 . Division was sent to front and by October 17 , 1942 it became part of 21st Army which from October 25 , 1942 became part of Southwestern Front where she took part in Operation Uranus . By Order of the People ' s Commissariat of Defence of the USSR № 034 from January 21 , 1943 the Division was reorganized into 66th Guards Rifle Division . Major General Akim Yakshin became Division ' s new commander after Pavel Lagutin was promoted to Executive officer of the 21st Army . On February 7 , 1943 most of the Divisions units were renamed . On March 17 , 1943 the 66th was assigned to 6th Guards Rifle Corps 1st Guards Army Southwestern Front , from May 5 , 1943 the 66th was assigned to 5th Guards Army Steppe Military District . From May 9 , 1943 the 66th was with 32nd Guards Rifle Corps 5th Guards Army . During Battle of Kursk and Lower Dnepr strategic offensive operation the 66th was with 33rd Guards Rifle Corps 5th Guards Army , later she was again assigned to 32nd Guards Corps . On September 23 , 1943 the 66th was awarded with the honorable name " Poltava " by Supreme Commander . By the end of October the 66th was with 53rd Army , 2nd Ukrainian Front . On November 28 , 1943 Major General Sergey Frolov became new Divisions commander , he would remain there until the end of the war . On November 30 , 1943 the 66th was with 20th Guards Rifle Corps 4th Guards Army . On January 3 , 1944 66th was assigned to 48th Rifle Corps 53rd Army . While taking part in Korsun - Shevchenkovsky Offensive Operation , 66th was with 75th Rifle Corps , later she was assigned to 26th Guards Rifle Corps . On March 1 , 1943 66th was with 69th Army reserve of Stavka near Shpola Cherkasy Oblast . On April 11 , 1944 Division was relocated by rail to Zaporizhia with 1st Ukrainian Front . During Lvov - Sandomierz Offensive 66th was with 95th Rifle Corps 18th Army 1st Ukrainian Front . During the East Carpathian Strategic Offensive Operation ( the Dnieper – Carpathian Offensive ? ) the division was assigned to 18th Guards Rifle Corps 18th Army 4th Ukrainian Front . From September 16 , 1944 , Division also took part in Carpathian - Uzhgorod Offensive Operation . On November 14 , 1944 66th with 18th Guards Rifle Corps was assigned to 2nd Ukrainian Front where she took part in Battle of Budapest . On January 23 , 1943 66th was with 104th Rifle Corps 4th Guards Army 3rd Ukrainian Front and took part in Balaton Defensive Operation . On April 5 , 1945 the Division was awarded Order of the Red Banner by Supreme Soviet of the USSR . From April 15 , 1945 66th was with 21st Guards Rifle Corps 4th Guards Army and took part in Vienna Offensive . Division finished combat operations in Austria on May 8 , 1945 1945 – 1992 . After Victory Day 66th with 27th Army from June 3 to August 23 , 1945 was relocating to Ukraine into Carpathian Military District . First base was in Haisyn Vinnytsia Oblast . From October 1946 Division was assigned to 38th Army in Chernivtsi . Division took part in Hungarian Revolution of 1956 . On June 15 , 1957 66th Guards Rifle Division became 66th Guards Motor Rifle Division . On September 15 , 1960 , 66th became 66th Guards Training Motor Rifle Division . In 1987 , 66th Guards Training Motor Rifle Division became 110th Guards Separate Training Center for junior specialists of motor rifle troops of the Carpathian Military District . Under Ukrainian control . The Training Center became under Ukrainian control after Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union . On January 19 , 1992 the Training Center along with all other units stationed in Ukraine , pledged their allegiance to Ukrainian people . In May 1992 , the 110th Guards District s Training Center was disbanded by the directive of the Ministry of Defense . On September 1 , 1992 a new 66th Mechanized Division started forming on the basis of units from the disbanded Training Center . A few units from the 17th Guards Motor Rifle Division were added to the Division , when the 17th was reduced to a Brigade . Division was a part of the 38th Army Corps ( former 38th Army ) Western Operational Command . On October 26 , 1999 President of Ukraine awarded the Division with Bukovyna title . On October 30 , 2000 all of the honorifics which the Division earned throughout her history were restored . Name of the Division became 66th Guards Bukovyna , Poltava Red Banner Mechanized Division . Soon after , the Division was reformed into the 22nd Mechanized Brigade , all of the Divisions regalia was lost . During 2003 only 300th Mechanized Regiment remained , the rest of the units of the Brigade were disbanded .