Order of battle for the Pokrovsk offensive
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]
Russian forces
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Russian Ground Forces
Central Military District - Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev[5]
2nd Guards Combined Arms Army - Major General Vyacheslav Gurov[6]
15th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Sergeevich Marushkin[7]
27th Guards Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Dmitri Zavyalov- 30th Motor Rifle Brigade[8]
41st Guards Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Sergey Ryzhkov
35th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Oleg Vladimirovich Kurygin[9]
- 3rd “Atlant” Motorized Rifle Battalion[10]
90th Guards Tank Division - Colonel Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin[11]
228th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment[12]
239th Guards Tank Regiment
- 75th Motorized Rifle Brigade[13]
Southern Military District - Colonel General Gennady Anashkin
GRU
Russian Air Force[22]
Russian Navy
Russian Naval Infantry - Lt. Gen. Viktor Astapov
810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade - Colonel Aleksey Borisovich Berngard[b]
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Ukrainian forces
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Ukrainian Ground Forces
43rd Artillery Brigade[23]
9th Army Corps - Maj. Gen. Eduard Moskalyov
47th Mechanised Brigade - Col. Yan Yatsishen[24]
10th Army Corps
100th Mechanized Brigade - Col. Ruslan Tkachuk[25]
115th Mechanized Brigade - Ihor Ivanov [c]
Operational Command North - Brigadier General Dmytro Krasylnykov
31st Mechanized Brigade[28][29]
110th Mechanized Brigade - Mykola Chumak
Operational Command South - Brigadier General Hennadii Shapovalov
57th Motorized Brigade - Denys Yaroslavsky[25]
59th Motorized Brigade - Vadym Sukharevsky[30][31]
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Operational Command East - Oleh Mikats
53rd Mechanized Brigade[34]
54th Mechanized Brigade - Oleksiy Maistrenko[25]
55th Artillery Brigade - Roman Kachur[35][36]
93rd Mechanized Brigade - Col. Pavlo Palisa[37][38]
151st Mechanized Brigade - V. Samoilenko
Operational Command West - Brigadier General Volodymyr Shvediuk
68th Jaeger Brigade - Oleksiy Shum[39]
Ukrainian Marine Corps
35th Marine Brigade - Yuriy Andriyenko[40]
Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
25th Airborne Brigade - Col. Yevhen Kurash[41][42]
79th Air Assault Brigade - Col. Oleksandr Lutsenko[43]
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National Police of Ukraine[44]
National Guard of Ukraine
Offensive Guard
Azov Brigade - Denys Prokopenko[45]- Kara-Dag Brigade[46]
14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade[47]
Notes
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