18th independent Escort Brigade VV MVD SSSR

18-я отдельная конвойная бригада ВВ МВД СССР

Military Unit: 7446

Activated 30.4.86 in Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, from the 479th Escort Regiment.

Organisation 1986:

• 76th independent Escort Battalion (Kirovsk, Donetsk Oblast - military unit: 6727) - activated 30.4.86

17.3.89 the 89th independent Special Motorised Militia Battalion was activated.

18.1.90 the 129th independent Special Motorised Militia Battalion was activated.

Organisation 1986:

• 76th independent Escort Battalion (Kirovsk, Donetsk Oblast - military unit: 6727)

• 89th independent Special Motorised Militia Battalion (Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast - military unit: 5480)
• 129th independent Special Motorised Militia Battalion (Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast - military unit: 5509)

30.9.91 taken over by Ukraine (VV MVD Ukraine).

Bases:

• Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, 4.86 - 9.91 [48 01 53N, 37 46 43]

Subordination:

• Administration Interior Troops MVD SSSR for the Ukrainian SSR and Moldavian SSR, 1986 - 1991