New Airborne Brigade created in Ukrainian Army

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"The young brigade is armed exclusively with new models of equipment and weapons, including BTR-3DA armed personnel carrier, automated system of management of forces, new artillery fire control systems," reads the statement, according to BBC Ukrainian Service.

The unit is composed both of the ATO troops and those who "just joined the military service".

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