260th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade "Khortytsia"

The brigade that would become "Khortytsia" began forming on July 28, 2018, as the 110th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade under the Zaporizhzhia regional military commissariat. On February 24, 2022 — the first day of the full-scale invasion — it was moved to wartime footing and immediately went into defense.

Its battalions have held positions across Zaporizhzhia region and beyond since the war's first days — Orikhiv, Vasylivka, Malinivka, Novodarivka, and dozens of other villages fought over for years. Some units operated under the temporary command of the 128th and 65th brigades on the same axis.

On September 30, 2022, in Kyiv, on the President's instruction, the commander of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces presented the brigade with its Battle Flag and a presidential citation.

In July 2025, a presidential decree granted the brigade its honorary name, "Khortytsia" — after the island that is a symbol of Zaporizhzhian Cossack heritage. That October, it was renumbered from the 110th to the 260th, keeping its full history and name.

"The spirit of Khortytsia in the heart, a weapon in the hands!"

— the brigade's motto

The 260th continues to defend the Zaporizhzhia region it was formed to protect in 2018.