Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Mayu 1943, ragowar 1st Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion da 1st Czechoslovak Reserve Regiment an sake tsara su zuwa 1st Czechoslovak Independent Brigade. The reinforcements sun fi yawa Rusyn da Ukrainian fursunoni saki daga gulags. Rundunar ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin
1943 yakin Kiev, kuma dakarunta na daga cikin na farko da suka isa tsakiyar babban birnin Ukraine. Brigade ya sha wahala kawai ƙananan asarar: 33 ya mutu kuma ya ɓace, 82 ya ji rauni. A lokacin brigade yana da ƙarfin ma'aikata 3,348.