On 18 July 2024, Russian forces began an offensive with the goal of capturing the strategically important city of Pokrovsk. [1] [2] [3] Pokrovsk serves as an important supply route and as a transportation hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. [4] [5] [6] [7] Ukrainian soldiers on this part of the front are mostly made of poorly trained conscripts who reportedly had little to no training. [8] [9] [10] Many Ukrainian conscripts had been reported to have deserted over the course of the offensive. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] The increased level of desertion has resulted in Ukrainian commanders increasing the use of blocking detachments. [21] One Ukrainian commander told CNN that Ukrainian soldiers around Pokrovsk have been given orders to shoot unidentified persons on sight. [22]
National Police of Ukraine [106]
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The 1st Guards Tank Red Banner Army is a tank army of the Russian Ground Forces.
The 144th Guards Yelnya Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Division is a motorized infantry division of the Russian Ground Forces, reestablished in 2016 with its headquarters at Yelnya, Smolensk Oblast.
The 90th Guards Tank Division was a division of the Soviet Army, and then of the Russian Ground Forces.
The 42nd Guards Evpatoriyskaya Red Banner Motor Rifle Division is a Russian military unit.
The 72nd Mechanized Brigade named after theBlack Zaporozhians is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was previously named the 29th Rifle Division and then the 72nd Guards Rifle Division of the Soviet Ground Forces. In 1957, it became a motor rifle division.
The 128th Mountain Assault Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
The 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 1992. It has been described as "one of the most brutally effective" of Ukraine’s front-line brigades.
The 92nd Assault Brigade "Ivan Sirko", abbreviated 92 OShBr, is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Its honorific name is after Cossack military leader Ivan Sirko. The unit was formed in 1999 as the 6th Mechanized Division based on the 6th Division of the National Guard of Ukraine. In 2000 it was reorganized as the 92nd Mechanized Brigade. Following the Russo-Ukrainian war and the 2015 decommunization in Ukraine, the brigade's Soviet honors and heritage were purged.
The 41st Guards Combined Arms Army is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces, currently part of the Central Military District. Originally, it was formed in 1942 as part of the Soviet Red Army, during World War II. It was reformed in 1998, when the Transbaikal Military District and Siberian Military District were amalgamated.
The 22nd Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It traces its origins to the 66th Guards Rifle Division, originally a formation of the Red Army and later of the Soviet Ground Forces.
The Western Military District was a military district of Russia, in existence from 2010 until its abolishment as a unitary military command on February 26, 2024, succeeded by the newly reconstituted Moscow Military District and Leningrad Military District.
The Order of the Red Banner Southern Military District is a military district of Russia.
The 200th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Pechenga Order of Kutuzov Brigade is a military formation of the 14th Army Corps, part of the Leningrad Military District, based at Pechenga in Murmansk Oblast. The brigade was formed from the 131st Motor Rifle Division in 1997 and was one of the two Russian Arctic warfare brigades.
The 21st Separate Guards Red Banner Omsk-Novobug Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Motorized Rifle Brigade, or simply the 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade was a formation of the Russian Ground Forces based in Orenburg Oblast. It was formed on 1 June 2009 from the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division as a result of the 2008 Russian military reform.
The 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade is a mechanised infantry brigade of the Russian Ground Forces.
90th Guards Tank Vitebsk-Novgorod Twice Red Banner Division is a Russian armoured division. The division was formed by December 2016 in the Central Military District.
The 11th Army Corps, is a tactical formation of the Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy, formed in 2016 as part of the Baltic Fleet, currently in the Leningrad Military District.
This is the order of battle for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It should not be considered complete; up-to-date; nor fully accurate, being based on open-source press reporting.
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. Casualty estimates for Ukrainian forces during the counteroffensive range from 90,000 to 400,000. On the other side, Newsweek estimated Russian forces to have suffered 11,000 casualties during the counteroffensive. The counteroffensive was widely regarded as a crucial moment in the war but also as a failure for Ukrainian forces.
This is the order of battle for the 2024 Kharkiv offensive.
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