The 55th Separate Artillery Brigade Zaporozhian Sich (Ukrainian: 55-ÃÂð þúÃÂõüð ðÃÂÃÂøûõÃÂÃÂùÃÂÃÂúð ñÃÂøóðôð ÃÂðÿþÃÂÃÂ÷ÃÂúð áÃÂÃÂ), is a Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
The personnel of the 55th Artillery Division took the oath of allegiance to the people of Ukraine on 19th January 1992. The Division was reorganized into the 2nd Tactical Artillery Group, and in October 2005 the Group and the 20th Artillery Regiment were reorganized into the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade.
The Unit has been participating in the war since 2014.
The Brigade is one of the five recipients of the For Courage and Bravery Award of the President of Ukraine which it received during the independence day parade on 24th August 2015.
In 2018, the brigade was awarded the honorific title Zaporozhian Sich.
During the full-scale invasion the brigade took part in the Pokrovsk offensive.
The brigade operates a squadron consisting of six batteries, each with three units, of CAESAR self-propelled howitzers donated by France following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The brigade mainly operates self-propelled and towed howitzers. Besides tube artillery it also operates the rocket artillery system RM-70 and various Anti-tank guided missiles, including Shturm-S in 2014.