The 200th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Pechenga Order of Kutuzov Brigade (Russian: 200-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Печенгская ордена Кутузова бригада) is a Russian Armed Forces formation of the 14th Army Corps, part of the Leningrad Military District, based at Pechenga in Murmansk Oblast.
At the beginning of 2006, during a trip to the Leningrad Military District, the 200th Brigade was visited by the Minister of Defence, Sergei Ivanov.
[2] In October 2014, Senior Lieutenant Yevgeny Trundayev, commander of the anti-tank platoon of the 1st Motorized Infantry Battalion, was killed in the clashes for 32nd checkpoint, a battle in Luhansk region.
A platoon sized element was seen entering the city on MT-LBs accompanied by a T-80 tank and anti-aircraft gun.
[17] Pro-Ukrainian sources reported that the commander of the brigade's 382nd Separate Rocket Artillery Battalion, LtCol Dinar Khametov, was killed during the battle.
Deployed troops of the brigade suffered heavy casualties near Kharkiv with more than 30 units of equipment destroyed or captured.
[21] The Governor of Murmansk Oblast regularly announced the deaths of prominent members of the brigade including Maj. Leonid Belyakov.
[21] To replace the losses the brigade suffered, a battalion tactical group consisting of reservist, coastal troops, and sailors, reportedly with little combat training, was sent to Ukraine in July.
[22] It is estimated that by late May 2022, the brigade had suffered heavy casualties and had fewer than 900 soldiers, compared to more than 1,400 at the beginning of the invasion.