Odessa Brigade
| Odessa Brigade | |
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| Отдельная бригада особого назначения «Одесса» | |
Insignia of the Odessa Brigade | |
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| Dates of operation | c. March/May 2014 – January 2015 |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Allegiance | Luhansk People's Republic |
| Part of | Russian people's militias in Ukraine |
The Odessa Brigade, or officially the Separate Brigade of Special Purpose "Odessa" or OBrON "Odessa", was a pro-Russian militia in the war in Donbas. It originated as a militant anti-Maidan group which emerged in the Ukrainian city of Odesa in 2014. It emerged within the pro-Russian "Odesskaya Druzhina" movement which was involved in the 2014 Odesa clashes. Following this event, members of "Odesskaya Druzhina" (and others from Odesa and Russia) reorganized themselves into a separatist militia in the Donbas, fighting on behalf of the Luhansk People's Republic in the war in Donbas. The unit was disbanded in January 2015, probably as a result of inter-separatist power struggles.