The 164th Radio Technical Brigade "Slobidska" is a Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force concerned with radar operations in Kharkiv Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, an area of about 200 thousand square kilometers and a population of eighteen million.

[13][14] In September 2014, the brigade received modernized P-18 radar systems to boost detection capabilities for UAVs.

[15] On 24 Match 2015, the 771st Separate Radar Company [d] was again attacked by a separatist sabotage and reconnaissance unit but again failed to cause any significant damage or casualties.

[16] The brigade's personnel defended the Butivka-Donetska mine near Spartak from September 2016 and on 3 April 2017 a soldier of the brigade (Artur Viktorovych Latchenko) was killed near the mine as a result of separatist shelling.

[25] On 18 August 2024, a soldier of the brigade (Shelengivsky Maksym Gennadiyovych) was killed in combat whilst serving on the frontlines.