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26th Artillery Brigade (2004 – present) 62nd Mechanized Brigade (2000 – 2004)
26-а артилерійська бригада імені генерал-полковника Романа Дашкевича
Active	July 5, 2004 – present
Country	Ukraine (from 1992)
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Rocket and Artillery Forces
Role	Artillery
Size	Brigade
Part of	Operational Command North 16th Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast
Nickname	Major general Roman Dachkevitch Brigade
Patron	Roman Dachkevitch
Mottos	Ultima ratio (Latin) Last Resort
Engagements	Russo-Ukrainian War Battle of Bakhmut Battle of Chasiv Yar
Decorations	For Courage and Bravery
Website	Official Facebook page
Commanders
Current commander	Serhiy Marceniuk

The 26th Separate Artillery Brigade named after Major General Roman Dachkevitch (MUN  A3091) is an artillery formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, based in Berdychiv. It traces its history to the 117th Guards Rifle Division of the Second World War.^[1]

After the second world war, and several redesignations, the 117th Guards Rifle Division became the 117th Guards Tank Training Division. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the 117th Guards Tank Training Division was succeeded by the 62nd Mechanized Brigade, which, in turn, was created 26th Artillery Brigade (based on the Directive of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine from 18.06.2004 № 312/1/014).

In 1945, the 117th Guards Rifle Division became the 32nd Guards Mechanized Division. It moved to Berdichev and later became part of the 8th Mechanized Army.^[2]

On 4 June 1957, the division was converted into the 41st Guards Tank Division and the army became the 8th Tank Army. The 76th Separate Tank Training Battalion was disbanded in 1960. On 19 February 1962, the 685th Separate Missile Battalion and 437th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion were activated.

On 11 January 1965, the division was renamed the 117th Guards Tank Division, restoring its World War II number. In 1968, the 129th Separate Guards Sapper Battalion became an engineer-sapper unit. On 1 November of that year, the division became a training tank division and was directly subordinated to the Carpathian Military District. On 1 September 1987, it became the 119th Guards District Training Center.^[3]

On 1 December 2000, the training center was disbanded, and its units used to form the 62nd Mechanized Brigade. In 2004, the brigade was converted into the 26th Artillery Brigade.^[4]

In May 2019 the brigade was given the honorary title named after Major General Roman Dachkevitch in a decree of former President Petro Poroshenko.^[5]

The brigade is operating Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers gifted by Germany and the Netherlands during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, artillery used in the Battle of Bakhmut.^[6]

The unit is active in the Russo-Ukrainian War and operates polish made AHS Krab.

On 22 May 2022 the unit was awarded the Presidential Award For Courage and Bravery by the PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy.^[7]

As of 2017 the brigade's structure is as follows:

• Michael Holm, 117th Guards Tank Division, 2015.