The 39th Separate Air Assault Brigade became the 224th Training Center after transfer back to the Soviet airborne in 1990.

The 39th Separate Air Assault Brigade was formed from elements of the regiment at Khyriv in Lviv Oblast on 19 December.

Between January and April 1990, the 39th Separate Air Assault Brigade was deployed to restore order in during the first Nagorno-Karabakh War.

[14][15] In June 1990 the 39th Separate Air Assault Brigade became the 224th Training Center of the Soviet Airborne Forces.

[18] The troops were part of Multinational Division Central-South and were withdrawn at the end of the year, the last Ukrainian unit in Iraq.

[23] In the spring of 2014, after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the brigade covered the Ukraine–Russia border in Poltava and Sumy Oblasts.

[27] On 5 September, personnel from the brigade and the Aidar Battalion were ambushed [uk] between Luhansk and Metalist at Vesela Hora.

[29] On the night of 13–14 October, the brigade reconnaissance group repulsed attacks by the separatist Don Battalion, which was attempting to penetrate Ukrainian territory at the 32nd Checkpoint [uk].

Along with the 90th Separate Airborne Battalion of the 81st Airmobile Brigade, the unit was forced to retreat from the new airport terminal,[32] reportedly under heavy artillery fire and chemical attack.

[36] Brigade Junior sergeant and medic Igor Zinych was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine on 14 October for his actions in caring for the wounded at Donetsk Airport.

[38] In June 2016, a platoon of the brigade participated in the multinational Anakonda 16 exercise at Nowa Dęba training ground, attached to a Polish battalion.

[39] In August 2016, the brigade's mortar platoon and some of its staff officers participated in the multinational Flaming Thunder exercises Pabradė Training Area in Lithuania.

[24] Early into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, units of the 80th Brigade took up the defense of Shylova Balka near Nova Kakhovka, participating in battles for the area until 28 February 2022.

[46] By September 2022, elements of the brigade were also identified via social media posts to be taking part in the southern counteroffensive.

That same day, the Kyiv Post announced the liberation of the city, despite the Ukrainian Armed Forces operational silence.

[48] The UK Ministry of Defence commented, suggesting that the capture of the city dealt a "significant blow" due to Russian supply nodes routing to the Donbas region.