[3] The brigade's units are designed to conduct combat operations in forest and swampy areas, and are staffed by military personnel with experience in combat operations or with civilian activities related to the specifics of the brigade.

[4] On 11 June 2023, as part of a Ukrainian counteroffensive, the brigade and several territorial defence battalions took the village of Blahodatne.

[1][5][6] In August 2023, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the brigade was engaged in combat on the Lyman front.

[7] As of September 2024, the brigade was still in Donetsk Oblast, defending the front against the Russian offensive.

It had fought and lost the battle for Novohrodivka, suffering "a lot of losses", according to a commander.