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6th Separate Guards Cossack Motor Rifle Brigade

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6th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Lisichansk Cossack Brigade named after Matvei Platov
6-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Лисичанская казачья бригада имени Матвея Платова
Active2014-present
Allegiance Luhansk People's Republic (2014–2022)
Russia (2022–present)
BranchArmy of the South-East (2014)
LPR People's Militia (2014–2022)
 Russian Ground Forces (2022–present)
RoleMotor Rifle Brigade
Part of 3rd Guards Combined Arms Army
PatronMatvei Platov
Engagements
Battle honoursGuards unit Guards
Commanders
Current
commander		Vladimir Sergeevich Polupoltinnykh

The 6th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Lisichansk Cossack Brigade named after Matvei Platov (Russian: 6-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Лисичанская казачья бригада имени Матвея Платова, 6 oмсбр; Military Unit Number 69647) is a military unit of Russian Ground Forces. Until January 1, 2023, it was part of the Luhansk People's Militia. It is attached to the 3rd Guards Combined Arms Army.

History

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War in Donbas

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The 6th Separate Cossack Motor Rifle Brigade was formed in 2014 as the 1st Cossack Regiment. It was under the command of Pavel Dremov.[1] On 9 January 2015, the regiment was renamed as the 6th Separate Cossack Motor Rifle Regiment. The regiment would then take part in the Battle of Debaltseve. On 12 December 2015, regiment's commander, Pavel Dremov was killed on a highway near Pervomaisk.[2] Later the regiment was awarded the honorary designation "Guards".[3]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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The regiment took part in the battle of Lysychansk, where 240 members of the regiment were killed. For the capture of the city the unit was awarded the honorary designation "Lisichansk".[4] In 2023, the regiment was transformed into a brigade and became attached to the 2nd Army Corps. The brigade took part in the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "5 февраля в рамках патриотического воспитания молодого поколения под руководством администрации ГОУ СПО ЛНР "Стахановский промышленно-экономический техникум" совместно с руководителем «Молодая гвардия – юнармия» Левченко И.В., организована экскурсия студентов 3 курса в Музей «Первого казачьего Полка им. М. Платова». | СПЭТ" (in Russian). 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  2. ^ "One by one, fall of rebel chiefs in east Ukraine". France 24. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  3. ^ "5 февраля в рамках патриотического воспитания молодого поколения под руководством администрации ГОУ СПО ЛНР "Стахановский промышленно-экономический техникум" совместно с руководителем «Молодая гвардия – юнармия» Левченко И.В., организована экскурсия студентов 3 курса в Музей «Первого казачьего Полка им. М. Платова». | СПЭТ" (in Russian). 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  4. ^ "Первая годовщина освобождения Лисичанска: интервью Виктора Водолацкого". tamlife.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  5. ^ "Russian Offensive Assessment September" (PDF). www.understandingwar.org.
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