2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive order of battle
The 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive was a major offensive against Russian forces occupying Ukrainian territory with the goal of breaching the front lines.[1][2][3][4][5] 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.[6][7][8][9] Western officials have said that such losses were not unexpected for attacking forces.[10][11] Casualty estimates for Ukrainian forces during the counteroffensive range from 90,000[12] to 400,000.[13] On the other side, Newsweek estimated Russian forces to have suffered 11,000 casualties during the counteroffensive.[14][15] The counteroffensive was widely regarded as a crucial moment in the war but also as a failure for Ukrainian forces.[16][17]
Ukrainian forces
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Ukrainian Ground Forces
9th Army Corps - Maj. Gen. Eduard Moskalyov[18]
3rd Assault Brigade - Andriy Biletsky
4th Tank Brigade - Oleh Chernov[19][20]
47th Mechanised Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Sak (until 16 September);[21][22] Colonel Oleksandr Pavlii (after 16 September)
58th Motorized Brigade - Oleksandr Saltytskyi[23]
13th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion - Semenyuk Oleg Mykolayovych †
10th Army Corps - Brig. Gen. Vasily Zubanich
Skala Battalion - Major Yuriy Harkaviy "Skala"[24]
5th Tank Brigade - Col. Andriy Shchukin[25]
33rd Mechanised Brigade - Colonel Ivan Voitenko[26][27]
116th Mechanised Brigade[28]
117th Mechanised Brigade[28][29]
118th Mechanised Brigade[30][31]
11th Army Corps - Maj. Gen. Volodymyr Mirnoyuk
3rd Tank Brigade - Colonel Roman Sheremet[32]
60th Mechanised Brigade - Viktor Skaternoi[33]
62nd Mechanised Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Serhiyevich Moroz[34]
Operational Command North - Brigadier General Dmytro Krasylnykov
5th Assault Brigade - Oleksandr Yakovenko
30th Mechanised Brigade - Colonel Ihor Dovhan[35][36]
31st Mechanised Brigade[37]
32nd Mechanised Brigade - Denis Merzlikin
44th Mechanised Brigade - Viktor Hryhorovych Fedorenko †[38]
110th Mechanised Brigade - Mykola Chumak[40]
Operational Command East - Major General Oleh Mikats
23rd Mechanised Brigade[41]
43rd Mechanised Brigade
93rd Mechanised Brigade - Colonel Pavlo Palisa[42]
142nd Rifle Brigade - Andrii Dzhuk
Operational Command South - Major General Andrii Kovalchuk
21st Mechanised Brigade[43]
22nd Mechanised Brigade[44]
42nd Mechanised Brigade[45]
56th Motorized Brigade - Col. Serhii Sirchenko[46]
59th Motorised Brigade - Vadym Sukharevsky
Operational Command West - Major General Serhiy Litvinov
10th Mountain Assault Brigade[51]
44th Artillery Brigade - Roman Dudchenko[52]
65th Mechanised Brigade - A. Kravets[53]
68th Jaeger Brigade - Oleksiy Shum
128th Mountain Assault Brigade - Colonel Dmytro Lysyuk[54]
141st Infantry Brigade - Colonel Serhii Nazvanov[55]
Special Police Forces - Ihor Klymenko
Khyzhak Brigade
Liut Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Netrebko
Norman Brigade - Jean-Francois Ratelle "Hrulf"[56][57]- Black Maple Company[58][59]
Ukrainian Marine Corps
35th Marine Brigade - Yuriy Andriyenko
36th Marine Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Sikoza
37th Marine Brigade
38th Marine Brigade
Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
46th Airmobile Brigade - Colonel Valeriy Skred
79th Air Assault Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Lutsenko
80th Air Assault Brigade - Colonel Ihor Skybyuk
82nd Air Assault Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Pavlo Rozlach[60]
95th Air Assault Brigade - Dmytro Bratishko
Offensive Guard
3rd Operational Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Vasyliovych Khilchenko
14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Okhrimenko[63]
15th Operational Brigade - Colonel Ivan Bondarenko[64]
Territorial Defence Forces - Major General Ihor Tantsyura (until 9 October); Lieutenant General Anatoliy Barhylevych (after 9 October)[65]
100th Territorial Defence Brigade - Colonel Ruslan Tkachuk
104th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Tsys (until 4 June); Lieutenant Colonel Serhii Kasprov (after 4 June)[66]
108th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Dmytro Herasymenko[67]
- 98th Territorial Defense Battalion[68]
110th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Ihnatiev
- 111th Territorial Defense Battalion[69]
114th Territorial Defense Battalion - Major Ivan Ivanovich Yankivskyi[70]
111th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Vadym Bondarenko - Colonel Vadym Bondarenko (until 30 June);[71] Colonel Serhii Mamchenko (after 30 June)[72]
116th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Chakhlov Oleksandr[73]
119th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Vysotskyi Oleksii
- 167th Territorial Defense Battalion[74]
128th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Rostyslav Rehinskyi[75]
129th Territorial Defence Brigade
Ukrainian Volunteer Army - Dmytro Yarosh
- 7th Battalion Arei - Oleksandr Hryshchuk
International Legion - Colonel Ruslan Miroshnichenko[76][77]
2nd Battalion International Legion[78]
3rd Battalion International Legion - "Bohdan"[79]
Bolívar Battalion - José David Chaparro Martínez[80][81]
Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment - Dzianis Prokharaŭ[82]
Pahonia Regiment[a]
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Russian forces
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Russian Ground Forces
Southern Military District - Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev
8th Combined Arms Army - Colonel General Gennady V. Anashkin[84][85]
18th Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Andrey Seritsky[86][87]- 40th Army Corps[88]
58th Guards Combined Arms Army - Major General Ivan Ivanovich Popov (until 11 July); Lieutenant General Denis Lyamin (after 11 July)
19th Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Dmitri Ivanovich Uskov[89]
- 429th Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment[89]
42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Roman Demurchiyev[90]
70th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
291st Motor Rifle Regiment
Western Military District - Colonel General Yevgeny Nikiforov
3rd Army Corps - Major General V. A. Belyaevsky[91]
20th Guards Combined Arms Army - Major General Sukhrab Akhmedov
144th Guards Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Aleksey Alekseyevich Polyakov
Eastern Military District - Colonel General Andrey Kuzmenko
5th Combined Arms Army - Major General Aleksey Podivilov[92]
57th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade[93][94]
127th Motor Rifle Division - Major General Kuzmenkov Igor Anatolyevich
305th Artillery Brigade[95]
35th Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Aleksandr Semyonovich Sanchik
Central Military District - Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev
25th Combined Arms Army - Major General Andrey Seritsky[96]
41st Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Sergey Ryzhkov
Russian Airborne Forces
7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division - Colonel Aleksandr Kornev
31st Guards Air Assault Brigade - Colonel Andrey "Dunai" Kondrashkin †[100][101]
45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade - Colonel Vadim Pankov
76th Guards Air Assault Division - Guards Colonel Denis Shishov
98th Guards Airborne Division - Guards Colonel Viktor Igoryevich Gunaza
104th Guards Airborne Division[102]
106th Guards Airborne Division - Major General Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Selivyorstov[103]
GRU
22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Aleksei Nikolayevich Savchenko[104]
Russian Navy
336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade - Colonel Igor Kalmykov[92]
Pavel Sudoplatov Battalion - Yevgeny Balitsky
Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion - Andrii Tyshchenko[105]- Storm Ossetia - Ayvengo Tekhov †
- Wagner Group - Andrei Troshev[106]
Storm-Z - Yevgeny Burdinsky
- Storm Gladiator
Storm-V
Donetsk People's Militia
Luhansk People's Militia
2nd Guards Lugansk-Severodonetsk Army Corps
6th Separate Cossack Motorised Rifle Brigade - Vladimir Sergeevich Polupoltinnykh[109]
Prizrak Brigade - Artur Bogachenko †[110][111]
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Notes
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