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114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
114-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая бригада
ActiveMay 2014–present
CountryVostok Brigade Donetsk People's Republic
Vostok Brigade Russia (2022–present)
BranchDonetsk People's Republic DPR People's Militia (2014–2022)
Russian Armed Forces (2022–present)
SizeBrigade
Part of 1st Donetsk Army Corps
Nickname(s)East Brigade
EngagementsWar in Donbas
  • Battle of Karlivka
  • Battle of Avdiivka (2017)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • Battle of Volnovakha
  • Siege of Mariupol
  • 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
  • Battle of Avdiivka (2023–2024)
Commanders
Current
commander
Alexander Khodakovsky

The Vostok Brigade (Russian: Бригада «Восток») or 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade (Russian: 114-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая бригада, 114 омсбр; Military Unit Number 08818) is a military unit of Russian Ground Forces. Until January 1, 2023, it was part of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" (DPR). It is attached to the 1st Donetsk Army Corps. The brigade was created and is commanded by Alexander Khodakovsky. According to an interview with The Washington Post, DPR president Denis Pushilin, the battalion was formed by local separatists and has nothing to do with the Chechen unit of the same name.[1]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140602100857/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/01/us-ukraine-crisis-vostok-idUSKBN0EC1LL20140601

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