Between September 19 and 26, 2020, the 196th battalion took part in another exercise.[9][10]
Another exercise was held from April 7 to 16, 2021, at the cost of two and a half million
hryvnia.[11][12]
The 197th battalion had 70% of its contract positions filled by 16 February 2022.[13] However, this specific battalion had insufficient living conditions. Later, a new base was founded in Henichesk.[14]
Russo-Ukrainian War
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Memorial to Kherson Territorial Defense fighters in Lilac Park, Kherson
On February 24, Major Ihor Likhnov, commander of the 192nd Battalion, took a few hundred volunteers and began the
defense of Kherson. His first battle was for
Antonivka Road Bridge, where the battalion covered the retreat for regular army units. On March 1, one of his companies fought against a Russian tank company. After the city was occupied, a portion of the battalion remained in the city. Part of those were captured. Likhnov with 13 soldiers began to rebuild the battalion, which eventually was used in
Donetsk Oblast and in
Kherson Oblast.[15]
Also on 1 March, the 194th battalion took part in battle in Lilac Park where they suffered heavy casualties.[16] Lieutenant colonel
Dmytro Ishchenko was ordered to move to Mykolaiv in May.[17]
On April 16, 2023, the 193rd battalion together with other units destroyed an enemy ammo depot on the left bank of Dnipro river.[18]
Structure
As of 2022, the brigade's structure is as follows:[19]
Headquarters
192nd Territorial Defense Battalion (
Kherson)
MUN А7358
193rd Territorial Defense Battalion (
Beryslav)
MUN А7359
194th Territorial Defense Battalion (
Bilozerka)
MUN А7360
195th Territorial Defense Battalion (
Skadovsk)
MUN А7361
The emblem shows a silver cross with three gold crowns on a blue field, which is a proposed coat of arms of Kherson region during
Ukrainian People's Republic.[20]
^"110-та і 124-та бригади тероборони ЗСУ розпочали збори" [The 110th and 124th territorial defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have started their exercises]. ukrmilitary.com (in Ukrainian). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^Bratushchak, Oleksii; Reutskyi, Kostiantyn (9 November 2022).
"Подвиг у Бузковому парку. Невідома історія окупації Херсона" [A feat in Lilac Park. The unknown history of the occupation of Kherson]. tro.mil.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 May 2023.