The military unit was created in January 2023 as part of the Offensive Guard, recruitment campaign of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

[11] In April 2023, over 7,000 volunteers applied to join Steel Border[12] and the whole Offensive Guard aimed to recruit 40,000 personnel to become the main assault unit of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

[13] On 29 October 2023, a guardsman of the brigade (Andriy Petrovych Sheverdin) was killed under undisclosed circumstances.

[14] On 14 November 2023, an officer of the brigade (Efrosynenko Andriy Vasyliovych) was killed in combat in Kharkiv Oblast[15] and was posthumously awarded the "Hero of Ukraine" for his actions.

[16] On 21 January 2024, a guardsman of the brigade (Mazur Oleg Anatoliyovych) was killed in combat in the village of Nesterne [uk], near Vovchansk.