On 18 February, the brigade along with other Ukrainian forces withdrew from Debaltseve when it was ambushed and fired upon by small arms and heavy artillery.

Four soldiers of the brigade (Bohdan Ihorovych Vovk,[6][7][8] Khoroshkovsky Vyacheslav Dmytrovych,[9][10] Shepherd Serhii Petrovych,[11][12][13] and Vasyl Mykolayovych Hrytsenko[14][15]) were killed in the ambush.

[1] On 14 October 2020, the brigade was awarded the honorary name of Petro Bolbochan, a Colonel of the UPR who led the successful Crimea Operation (1918) against the Bolsheviks.

[33] On 1 March 2022, four soldiers of the brigade (Maksymchyk Volodymyr Volodymyrovy,[34][35][36] Vasyl Ivanovych Konets,[37][38][39] Berezenko Vladyslav Leonidovych.

[27][48] During these battles, the brigade destroyed about 2 companies of Russian servicemen, 2 tanks, 8 BMPs, 2 ZU-23-2 installations, 22 vehicles and a Multiple Rocket Launcher.

The commander of the brigade's second company (Koval Vitaly Borisovych) was killed on 6 January during the battle[56] and was awarded the Hero of Ukraine.

[58] During the battle a sniper of the brigade (Mykyta Stanislavovich Kolisnyk) distinguished himself by personally killing 39 Russian soldiers including a group of paratroopers in an armored personnel carrier as well as destroying a BTR-82A and a BMP whilst saving the lives of wounded.

On 15 January 2023, during the Battle of Bakhmut, the sniper (Mykyta Stanislavovich Kolisnyk) was besieged but still managed to kill eleven Russian soldiers and destroyed two BMPs but was mortally wounded leading to his death,[59][60] for his actions during the battle he was posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine, which is the highest military award for Ukrainian personnel.

[32] On 1 June 2023, an officer of the brigade (Mykola Dmytrovych Bomko) was killed in combat in Spirne[62] and was posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine.

[63] Since July 2023, the brigade operated in Zaporizhzhia Oblast for the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive destroying multiple pieces of Russian equipment.