23rd Airborne Brigade (Jan 1990 – 1992) 23rd Airmobile Brigade (1992 – 1 Jul 1995) Soviet airborne (1990–1992) Ukrainian Airmobile Forces (1992–1995) Ukrainian Border Troops (1995–1997) The 23rd Airborne Brigade (Ukrainian: 23-тя аеромобільна бригада, romanized: 23-tya aeromobil'na bryhada) was a military formation of the Soviet Airborne Forces.

[1] The 23rd Separate Air Assault Brigade was activated on 25 September 1986 in Kremenchuk[2] as part of the Southwestern Theatre of Military Operations.

On 1 June 1990, the brigade was transferred to the Soviet airborne and redesignated as the 23rd Separate Airborne Brigade after its air assault battalion was disbanded.

[3] After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the brigade was transferred to Ukraine.

In 1997, it was transferred to the Security Service of Ukraine and reformed as a special unit.