Vovchansk is a city in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vovchansk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The Vovcha river, a tributary of the Donets river, runs through the city.
The Order of Lenin Leningrad Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1968. In 2010, it was merged with the Moscow Military District, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to form the new Western Military District. In December 2022, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu proposed to reestablish it along with the Moscow Military District, a decision confirmed in June 2023 by Deputy Chief of the General Staff Yevgeny Burdinsky. On December 17, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to recreate the Leningrad Military District as a reaction to Finland joining NATO. The district was formally reconstituted on 26 February 2024 by a Presidential Decree No.141, transferring the Northern Fleet under its command.
The 138th Guards Separate Motor Rifle Brigade is a formation of the Russian Ground Forces. It is stationed in the Leningrad Military District, in the village of Kamenka, Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast. It is Military unit No. 02511. It includes various components: air defense, artillery battalion, infantry and tank battalions.
The 27th Guards Omsk-Novoburgskaya Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Motorised Rifle Division is a Guards mechanised infantry division of the Russian Ground Forces. It was a Red Army rifle division in World War II which later became a Soviet Ground Forces motor rifle division. In 2009, it was reformed into the 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade. In the spring of 2024, the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division was revived.
The 47th Czestochowa Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Tank Division is a formation of the Russian Ground Forces. The late 6th Tank Brigade fought in the war in Donbas of 2014–2015. In 2022, the brigade was reorganized into the 47th Tank Division, retaining its historical form, awards, and combat glory.
The 14th Army Corps is a tactical formation of the Russian Navy formed in 2017 as part of the Northern Fleet and the Leningrad Military District. It is the tactical command of the Northern Fleet's coastal defence troops.
This is the order of battle for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It should neither be considered completely up-to-date nor accurate, being based on open-source press reporting.
The battle of Kharkiv was a military engagement that took place from February to May 2022 in and around the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine, as part of the eastern Ukraine offensive during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kharkiv, located just 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the Russia–Ukraine border and a predominately Russian-speaking city, is the second-largest city in Ukraine and was considered a major target for the Russian military early in the invasion.
Ukraine's easternmost oblasts, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv, have been the site of an ongoing theatre of operation since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The 3rd Army Corps is a military formation of the Russian Ground Forces formed in June 2022 to participate in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The 3rd Corps was raised in response to the depletion of trained manpower during the early months of the invasion. It was formed exclusively by volunteers, as at that point Russia had not yet begun the process of partial mobilization and preferred to avoid or delay doing so. Recruitment was on a regional basis, with federal subject administrations and local authorities conducting recruitment campaigns. Its planned strength was estimated to comprise 15,000–60,000 personnel, but as of January 2023, it only had 10,000–15,000. It originally belonged to the Western Military District, before moving under the command of the Central Military District in 2023.
The 51st Guards Combined Arms Donetsk Army is a military formation of the Russian Ground Forces as part of the Southern Military District, formerly the 1st Army Corps of the Donetsk People's Republic. It was officially incorporated into the Russian Federation on 31 December 2022, after Russia annexed the occupied territory of Donetsk, and then reformed into a Combined Arms Army in 2024.
The 3rd Guards Lugansk-Severodonetsk Combined Arms Army is a military formation in the Russian Ground Forces as part of the Southern Military District. Formerly the 2nd Army Corps of the Luhansk People's Republic, it was officially incorporated into the Russian Federation on 31 December 2022, after the Russian annexation of the Luhansk Oblast, and then reformed into a Combined Arms Army in 2024.
The battle of Chasiv Yar is an ongoing military engagement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine between the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine for control of the city of Chasiv Yar and surrounding villages. The battle began on 4 April 2024 with the first direct assault on the city by Russian forces, and has thus far seen the confirmed capture of the Kanal district and the claimed capture of the Novyi district by Russia, the two easternmost of the city, and the advance of their forces to all land east of the Siverskyi Donets – Donbas Canal separating the city.
On 10 May 2024, the Russian Armed Forces began an offensive operation in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, shelling and attempting to breach the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Vovchansk and Kharkiv. The Guardian reported that the offensive has led to Russia's biggest territorial gains in 18 months. By early June the Russian offensive stalled, with The Guardian reporting that the situation on the frontline had been "stabilized." Ukrainian forces then began small-scale counterattacks, which reportedly recaptured its first settlement on 19 June.
The 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive was a major offensive against Russian forces occupying Ukrainian territory with the goal of breaching the front lines. Efforts were made in many directions, primarily in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. In total, Ukraine recaptured 14 villages with a total pre-war population of around 5,000 but suffered heavy casualties in the process. Western officials have said that such losses were not unexpected for attacking forces. The counteroffensive was widely regarded as a crucial moment in the war but also as a failure for Ukrainian forces.
Krasne is a village in Kharkiv Raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of eastern Ukraine, 32.73 kilometres (20.34 mi) north-northeast (NNE) of the centre of Kharkiv city. It belongs to Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Tykhe is a village in Vovchansk urban hromada, Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located 60.48 kilometres (37.58 mi) northeast by east (NEbE) of the centre of Kharkiv city, about 4.09 kilometres (2.54 mi) south of the Russia–Ukraine border.
The 272nd Motor Rifle Regiment, is an active regiment of the Russian Ground Forces. It is a part of the Moscow Military District, the 1st Guards Tank Army anf the 47th Tank Division.
On 18 July 2024, Russian forces began an offensive with the goal of capturing the strategically important city of Pokrovsk. Pokrovsk serves as an important supply route and as a transportation hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Hlyboke is a village in Lyptsi rural hromada, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located 29.68 kilometres (18.44 mi) south-southwest (SSW) from the centre of Kharkiv city, at about 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) east-southeast (ESE) of the Russia–Ukraine border.
Russian Airborne Forces 
83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade - Guards Colonel Aleksandr Kornev [3] 
98th Guards Airborne Division - Guards Colonel Viktor Igoryevich Gunaza[ citation needed ]
217th Guards Airborne Regiment - Guards Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Vasilyevich Droedov[ citation needed ]
Russian Aerospace Forces [4] 
Russian Ground Forces 
Moscow Military District 
1st Guards Tank Army 
20th Guards Combined Arms Army - Major General Sukhrab Akhmedov 
3rd Motor Rifle Division - Major General Aleksei Vyacheslavovich Avdeyev[ citation needed ]
144th Guards Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Aleksey Alekseyevich Polyakov [11] 
Southern Military District 
8th Guards Combined Arms Army 
51st Combined Arms Army 
58th Guards Combined Arms Army 
Leningrad Military District 
6th Combined Arms Army - Alexander Vasilyevich Peryazev [15] 
25th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Colonel Andrei Arkhipov [16] 
138th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Guards Colonel Sergei Maksimov [17] 
90th Guards Tank Division - Colonel Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin[ citation needed ]
Storm-Z - Yevgeny Burdinsky [25] 
Russian Navy 
Black Sea Fleet 
Baltic Fleet 
Pacific Fleet 
Kadyrovites [33] 
Main Directorate of the General Staff 
2nd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade - Konstantin Bushuev [35] 
