A few Ukrainian brigades just got some help from an interesting source

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have received a small batch of Ukrainian-made mortars from the Come Back Alive Foundation according to a post on the group’s social media.  

Sixteen new 82mm mortars made in Ukraine were distributed among four brigades of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, and a photographer from the foundation was on hand to take pictures of the deliveries. 

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The Come Back Alive Foundation reported on its Facebook page that four mortars were delivered to the 28th Mechanized Brigade and four to the 54th Mechanized Brigade. 

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The 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade received six mortars and the final two of the sixteen were transferred to the reconnaissance battalion of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. 

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All sixteen of the mortars were purchased using money that was fundraised for the army from partners and Ukrainian citizens. The cost of the weapons was 7,652,160 hryvnia or roughly $188,000 dollars. 

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“Mortars are still relevant and remain one of the most needed types of weapons. We need hundreds and thousands of them! And we are ready to buy them for the army,” the Come Back Alive Foundation wrote according to a translation from Militarnyi. 

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The Come Back Alive Foundation has previously donated a wide range of weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including a recent cache of drones and mortars to the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade. 

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Militarnyi also reported that the foundation donated 175 DJI Mavic 3 Drones, including 50 that were fitted with thermal optics for a total cost of 21,041,112 hryvnia or just over half a million dollars ($517126.36). 

The Come Back Alive Foundation often posts on social media about its efforts to supply Ukrainian troops with the weapons they need to defend their country against Russian forces. Donations are often of small arms and other infantry weapons and materials. 

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In May 2024, the foundation donated another small cache of eight 120mm mortars to the 82nd Air Assault Brigade in partnership with the Ukrnafta oil company in order to help provide the soldiers of the brigade with break Russian assaults. 

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“Despite the fierce assaults of Russian troops, the paratroopers managed to hold back the onslaught of the Russian invaders,” The Come Back Alive Foundation wrote on its Facebook page according to a translation from Militarnyi. 

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“These 8 mortars contributed to the fact that many invaders will never be able to harm our soldiers again,” the Come Back Alive Foundation added. 

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The soldiers of the 82nd Brigade were also previously provided with 2,000 first-person view drones, 200 night vision devices, and 50 generators in March as part of a total package that cost the foundation ₴62 million hryvnia or just over $15,300,000 dollars. 

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The weapons and equipment supplied to the 82nd Brigade were intended for use near Robotyne, one of the hottest areas of the frontline at the time the foundation supplied the donations to the brigade.

Militarnyi reported that first-person view drones would be used against Russian armor to stop assaults while the generators would be put to work as backup systems and to charge some of the brigade’s electronic equipment. 

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The night vision devices sent to the brigade were military standard devices and were intended to help the brigade’s soldiers “conduct field reconnaissance or observation in the dark, during night battles and assaults."

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