The 36th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade was a military unit that was part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that existed from 2004 to 2014. The Coastal Defense brigade was subordinate to the Ukrainian
Sleeve patch of the Brigade
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine, occupied it, and then annexed it after an illegitimate referendum. This took place amid the uncertainty that immediately fo
36th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade
…Naval Infantry Battalion in Kerch. The 5,600 Ukrainian personnel stationed on the peninsula attempted to resist the 30,000 Russian troops during the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. Early in the morning of February 27, 2014, the Brigade awoke to find their barracks surrounded by unmarked Russian speaking special forces. According…
Top: Unmarked Russian troops occupying Crimea, 3 March 2014. Bottom: Vladimir Putin signs the treaty of accession with Russian-installed Crimean leaders in Moscow, 18 March 2014.
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Euromaidan in Kyiv, 29 December 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in March 2014