The 21st separate motorized infantry battalion "Sarmat" (21st OMPB, military unit A2962, brigade B2604) - formation as part of the 56th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Velcro sleeve badge, sample 2020 To be worn on the right shoulder.
At the heart of the sleeve insignia is an ancient image of a Sarmatian warrior rider shooting from a bow. This image has survived to this day.
Sarmatians are an ancient people, consisting of nomadic Iranian-speaking tribes, from the 4th century BC. e. to the first centuries AD. e. inhabiting the steppe strip of Eurasia from the Danube to the Aral Sea (the territory of modern Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan).