The brigade was formed on 1 December 2014 in Volodymyr Volynskyi, part of Operation Command West. It was led by Colonel Oleksandr Zhakun, former commander of the 13th Territorial Defence Battalion "Chernihiv-1". The brigade was formed from the remnants of the 51st Mechanized Brigade, which had been disbanded earlier. It also included personnel from newly mobilized units. The brigade included 120 officers from the 51st. The 51st Brigade's reactive artillery battalion, tank battalion, antitank battery and repair battalion were transferred as whole units. The tank battalion was equipped with new tanks from the Lviv Tank Factory. The 1st Territorial Defence Battalion "Volyn" joined the brigade was the 99th Separate Mechanized Infantry Battalion.