59th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine)

59th Separate Motorized Brigade "Yakiv Handziuk"
59-та окрема мотопіхотна бригада «Якова Гандзюка» 59 okrema motopіkhotna bryhada "Yakiv Handziuk"
Brigade insignia
Active	8 December 2014 – present
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Motorized infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	Operational Command South
Garrison/HQ	Haisyn, Vinnytsia Oblast
Nickname(s)	"Steppe Predators" ("Stepovi Khyzhakhy")
Motto(s)	"To Victory"
Engagements	Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbas Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign Battle of Kherson Battle of Mykolaiv Eastern Ukraine campaign Battle of Donbas Battle of Bakhmut Battle of Avdiivka
Website	Official Facebook page
Commanders
Current commander	Vadym Sukharevsky
Insignia
Former sleeve patch

The 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade (59-та окрема мотопіхотна бригада) is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2014. The brigade was activated on 8 December 2014 in the city of Haisyn in Vinnytsia Oblast and took command of three volunteer territorial defense battalions.

On 24 August 2015, Ukraine's Independence Day, the brigade received its flag and became fully operational. The brigade fought in the war in Donbas and will become a mechanized formation in the future.