The 53rd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (A4220) is a battalion of the Ukrainian ground forces acting as an independent unit, formerly subordinated to the 116th Mechanized Brigade. It has seen combat during the Russo-Ukrainian war, initially as a rifle battalion and has been performing reconnaissance and combat operations throughout the entire front. It was established in 2022.
History It was established in 2022 as the 53rd Rifle Battalion in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and was later subordinated to the 116th Mechanized Brigade.53rd Reconnaissance Battalion On 17 September 2022, two soldiers of the battalion (Baran Oleh BohdanovychНа Львівщині провели в останню путь військового, який загинув на фронті and Matush Maryan JosephovychMatush Mar’jan Josyfovych) were killed in action. On 27 September 2022, a soldier of the battalion (Bochek Yuri Viktorovych) died as a result of injuries sustained in combat.Воював на сході України: у боях проти російських окупантів загинув захисник зі Львівщини
On 19 February 2023, two soldiers of the battalion (Nykel Ivan IvanovychЗагинув уродженець с.Дубрівка- НИКЕЛЬ Іван and Kondzelko Andri Stepanovych) were killed during the Battle of Bakhmut. Two soldiers of the battalion (Rizak Maksym VolodymyrovychRizak Maksym Volodymyrovych and Moroz Volodymyr MykolaovychMoroz Volodymyr Mykolajovych) went MIA in Bakhmut on 19 and 21 February 2023. On 11 March 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Klontsak Mykola Volodymyrovych) was killed in Bakhmut.Klontsak Mykola Volodymyrovych On 13 March 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Lutsiv Vasyl Vasylovych) was killed in Bakhmut.На Львівщині провели в останню путь стрілецького командира On 22 March 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Synytsia Volodymyr Ivanovych) was killed in Bakhmut.Трьох воїнів з Яворівщини посмертно нагородили орденами та медаллю On 29 March 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Kinash Orest Myroslavovych) was killed in Bakhmut.Кінаш Орест Мирославович On 1 April 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Kaspryshyn Vasyl Romanovych) went MIA in Bakhmut.Kaspryshyn Vasyl' Romanovych On 13 September 2023, a soldier of the battalion (Vyshynsky Vasyl Yevstakhovych) was killed in action.Vyshyns'kyj Vasyl' Yevstakhovych
On 17 March 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Barna Andri Vasylovych) went MIA and was later confirmed to be dead in November 2024.Barna Andrij Vasyl'ovychЛьвівщина прощається із захисниками On 5 May 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Bilas Petro Petrovych) was killed in Staromaiorske.Білас Петро Петрович Another soldier of the battalion (Sakhno Mykhailo Romanovych) was killed in Staromaiorske on 7 May 2024.На Львівщині 14 березня попрощаються з п'ятьма військовими Two soldiers of the battalion (Khmilevsky Nazar IhorovychЗавтра Львів попрощається із захисниками Назаром Хмілевським та Андрієм Васьківим and Vaskiv Andri MykolaovychЗавтра Львів попрощається із захисниками Назаром Хмілевським та Андрієм Васьківим) were killed in Makarivka on 9 May 2024. On 9 August 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Vistovsky Volodymyr Vasylovych) was killed in Vozdvyzhenka.На війні загинув 39-річний Володимир Вістовський з Долини On 23 August 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Bohatishchev Bohdan Volodymyrovych) was killed in Novohrodivka.У Тростянці попрощалися із захисником Богданом Богатіщевим On 29 August 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Lopushynsky Petro Petrovych) was killed in action.Завтра Львів попрощається із трьома захисниками України On 30 November 2024, a soldier of the battalion (Kostenko Kostantyn Anatoliovych) went MIA in Kurakhove.Kostenko Kostjantyn Anatolijovych
On 10 March 2025, three soldiers of the battalion (Rachkevych Mykhailo Viktorovych,Львівщина прощається із захисниками Pikhurko Petro Bohdanovych and Kikh Petro Petrovych14 березня Львівщина попрощається з п`ятьма загиблими воїнами) were killed in Shevchenkove. On 20 April 2025, a soldier of the battalion (Nykyfyrov Vasyl Viktorovych) was killed in action.Nykyfyrov Vasyl' Viktorovych On 18 July 2025, a soldier of the battalion (Havile Andri Mykolaovych) was killed in action.На Харківщині проводили в останню путь командира підрозділу In August 2025, it became a reconnaissance battalion.
Equipment Autel EVO Max 4TThe 53rd Separate Rifle Battalion Receives Technical Reinforcement BRDM-2Lviv region sends BRDM armored scout cars to military unit Mitsubishi L200 Ford Ranger
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