The need for the brigade arose from having over 40 local defense units that lacked organized support.

On 28 January 2022 the brigade was 70% formed,[9] with a peacetime strength of over 400 soldiers and officers and over 4,000 planned in time of war.

[10] Units of the brigade took part in battles in Novoselivka, Shestovytsia, Yahidne, Lukashivka and near Chernihiv.

[13] In late December, Moldovan-born Oleksandr Matsievskyi, a sniper from the 163rd Battalion, was captured and executed by Russian soldiers during the battle of Bakhmut.

[16] In Spring 2023, units of the brigade were patrolling border areas and destroying HESA Shahed 136 drones.