Northern Kharkiv front of the Russo-Ukrainian war order of battle

This is the order of battle for the northern Kharkiv front of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Russian forces crossed the border with Ukraine north of the city of Kharkiv on 10 May 2024, opening a new front.

Russian forces

Northern Group of Forces

• 6th Combined Arms Army (elements) ^[1]
  • 25th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade ^{[1] [2] [3]}
  • 69th Guards Motor Rifle Division ^[4]
  • 1009th Motor Rifle Regiment (elements) ^{[5] [6] [7]}
• 11th Army Corps (majority) ^[1]
  • 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division (elements) ^{[8] [5] [9]}
    • 11th Tank Regiment elements ^[2]
    • 79th Motor Rifle Regiment ^[5]
  • 7th Motor Rifle Regiment elements ^{[10] [6] [11]}
• 44th Army Corps (majority) ^[1]
  • 128th Motor Rifle Brigade elements ^{[2] [5] [12] [13]}
  • 72nd Motor Rifle Division elements ^{[9] [5]}
  • 30th Motor Rifle Regiment elements ^[9]
  • 41st Motor Rifle Regiment elements ^[5]
• 155th Naval Infantry Brigade ^[1]
• 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade elements ^[14]
• 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade ^{[1] [2] [15]}
• 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade ^[16]
• 2nd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade ^[1]
• 47th Tank Division elements ^[17]
  • 380th Motor Rifle Regiment elements ^[18]
  • 245th Motor Rifle Regiment (elements) ^[19]
  • 153rd Tank Regiment (elements) ^{[5] [20] [21]}
    • "Storm" detachment ^[1]
  • 4th Volunteer Reconnaissance and Assault Brigade elements ^{[6] [7] [20] [21]}
• 18th Mechanized Brigade elements ^[14]
• 1008th Motor Rifle Regiment elements ^[13]
• "Phoenix" special mining battalion, 11th Engineering Brigade ^[22]
• Akhmat Spetsnaz elements ^[5]
  • "Vakha" battalion elements ^[19]
  • "Aida" group elements ^[2]
  • Zapad-Akhmat Battalion ^[23]
  • Akhmat Bati Spetsnaz ^[24]
  • "Okhotnik" detachment elements ^[25]
    • "Canada" group elements ^[25]
  • 204th Akhmat Spetsnaz Regiment
    • Izi Group ^[26]
• 9th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, 51st Guards Combined Arms Army (elements) ^[14]
• "Antagonist" drone detachment ^[27]
• National Guard of Russia
  • 116th Special Purpose Brigade ^[14]
  • Stal'naya Brigade ^[28]
• Storm-Z units ^[29]
• Africa Corps elements ^[29]
• Ministry of defense
  • Sheikh Mansur volunteer battalion ^[30]

Ukrainian forces

Vovchansk front:

• 3rd Assault Brigade ^[31]
• 36th Marine Brigade ^[32]
• 57th Motorised Brigade ^[33]
• 71st Jaeger Brigade ^{[34] [35] [36]}
• 82nd Air Assault Brigade ^{[37] [38]} (starting 12 May 2024) ^[38]
• 116th Mechanized Brigade ^[15]
• Liut Brigade ^[39]
• Russian Volunteer Corps ^[40]
• Active Action unit "Kraken" ^{[33] [41]}
• Freikorps ^[42]

Lyptsi front:

• 13th Khartiia Brigade ^[43]
• 42nd Mechanised Brigade ^[33]
• 92nd Assault Brigade ^{[33] [44]}

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