2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive order of battle
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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 advanced 17 kilometres but suffered heavy casualties in the process.[6][7][8][9][10] Western officials have said that such losses were not unexpected for attacking forces.[11][12] The counteroffensive was widely regarded as a crucial moment in the war but also as a failure for Ukrainian forces.[13][14]
Ukrainian forces
Ukrainian Ground Forces
9th Army Corps - Maj. Gen. Eduard Moskalyov[15]
3rd Assault Brigade - Andriy Biletsky
4th Tank Brigade - Oleh Chernov[16][17]
47th Mechanised Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Sak (until 16 September);[18][19] Colonel Oleksandr Pavlii (after 16 September)
58th Motorized Brigade - Oleksandr Saltytskyi[20]
13th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion - Semenyuk Oleg Mykolayovych †
67th Mechanized Brigade - Andriy Stempitsky (until October 2023); Roman Korenyuk (after October 2023)[21]
10th Army Corps - Brig. Gen. Vasily Zubanich
Skala Battalion - Major Yuriy Harkaviy "Skala"[22]
5th Tank Brigade - Col. Andriy Shchukin[23]
33rd Mechanised Brigade - Colonel Ivan Voitenko[24][25]
116th Mechanised Brigade[26]
117th Mechanised Brigade[26][27]
118th Mechanised Brigade[28][29]
11th Army Corps - Maj. Gen. Volodymyr Mirnoyuk
3rd Tank Brigade - Colonel Roman Sheremet[30]
45th Artillery Brigade - Colonel Oleg Faidyuk[31]
60th Mechanised Brigade - Viktor Skaternoi[32]
62nd Mechanised Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Serhiyevich Moroz[33]
63rd Mechanized Brigade - Colonel Skyba Petro Pavlovych[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]
107th Rocket Artillery Brigade - Colonel Kelembet Oleksandr Mykhailovych (until 12 August), Colonel Savchenko Serhiy Anatoliyovych (after 12 August)[43][44]
142nd Rifle Brigade - Andrii Dzhuk
Operational Command South - Major General Andrii Kovalchuk
21st Mechanised Brigade[45]
22nd Mechanised Brigade Colonel Zavadsky Dmytro Vadymovich[46]
42nd Mechanised Brigade[47]
56th Motorized Brigade - Col. Serhii Sirchenko[48]
59th Motorised Brigade - Vadym Sukharevsky
Operational Command West - Major General Serhiy Litvinov
10th Mountain Assault Brigade[53]
44th Artillery Brigade - Roman Dudchenko[54]
65th Mechanised Brigade - A. Kravets[55]
68th Jaeger Brigade - Oleksiy Shum
128th Mountain Assault Brigade - Colonel Dmytro Lysyuk[56]
141st Infantry Brigade - Colonel Serhii Nazvanov[57]
Special Police Forces - Ihor Klymenko
Khyzhak Brigade
Liut Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Netrebko
Norman Brigade - Jean-Francois Ratelle "Hrulf"[58][59]- Black Maple Company[60][61]
Ukrainian Marine Corps
35th Marine Brigade - Yuriy Andriyenko
36th Marine Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Sikoza
37th Marine Brigade
38th Marine Brigade
140th Marine Reconnaissance Battalion - Oleksandr Mykolayovych Staryna[62]
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[63]
95th Air Assault Brigade - Dmytro Bratishko
Ukrainian Air Force
1st Air Force Combined Rifles Brigade - Colonel Bohdan Bondar[64]
National Guard of Ukraine
11th Public Order Brigade - Colonel Vyacheslav Krasnopolskyi[65]
Offensive Guard
1st Presidential Operational Brigade - Colonel Mykola Mykolayovych Mishakin (until 28 July); Colonel Anton Olegovich (after 28 July)[66]
3rd Operational Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Vasyliovych Khilchenko
Rubizh Brigade - Colonel Artem Ilyukhin[69]
14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Okhrimenko[70]
15th Operational Brigade - Colonel Ivan Bondarenko[71]
Steel Border Brigade - Colonel Valerii Padytel[72][73]
Territorial Defence Forces - Major General Ihor Tantsyura (until 9 October); Lieutenant General Anatoliy Barhylevych (after 9 October)[74]
100th Territorial Defence Brigade - Colonel Ruslan Tkachuk
104th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Tsys (until 4 June); Lieutenant Colonel Serhii Kasprov (after 4 June)[75]
106th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Bihus Valentyn[76]
107th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Andrii Tsisak[77][78]
108th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Dmytro Herasymenko[79]
- 98th Territorial Defense Battalion[80]
110th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Ihnatiev
111th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Vadym Bondarenko - Colonel Vadym Bondarenko (until 30 June);[83] Colonel Serhii Mamchenko (after 30 June)[84]
116th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Chakhlov Oleksandr[85]
119th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Vysotskyi Oleksii
- 167th Territorial Defense Battalion[86]
121st Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Serhii Zadorozhnyi[87]
128th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Rostyslav Rehinskyi[88]
129th Territorial Defence Brigade
Ukrainian Volunteer Army - Dmytro Yarosh
- 7th Battalion Arei - Oleksandr Hryshchuk
International Legion - Colonel Ruslan Miroshnichenko[89][90]
2nd Battalion International Legion[91]
3rd Battalion International Legion - "Bohdan"[92]
Bolívar Battalion - José David Chaparro Martínez[93][94]
Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment - Dzianis Prokharaŭ[95]
Pahonia Regiment[a]
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Russian forces
Russian Ground Forces
Southern Military District - Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev
8th Combined Arms Army - Colonel General Gennady V. Anashkin[97][98]
18th Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Andrey Seritsky[99][100]
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[102]
- 429th Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment[102]
42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Roman Demurchiyev[103]
70th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
291st Motor Rifle Regiment
Western Military District - Colonel General Yevgeny Nikiforov
3rd Army Corps - Major General V. A. Belyaevsky[104]
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[105]
57th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade[106][107]
127th Motor Rifle Division - Major General Kuzmenkov Igor Anatolyevich
305th Artillery Brigade[108]
35th Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Aleksandr Semyonovich Sanchik
Central Military District - Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev
25th Combined Arms Army - Major General Andrey Seritsky[109]
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 †[113][114]
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
106th Guards Airborne Division - Major General Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Selivyorstov[115]
GRU
22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Aleksei Nikolayevich Savchenko[116]
Russian Navy
336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade - Colonel Igor Kalmykov[105]
Pavel Sudoplatov Battalion - Yevgeny Balitsky
Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion - Andrii Tyshchenko[117]- Storm Ossetia - Ayvengo Tekhov †
- Wagner Group - Andrei Troshev[118]
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[121]
Prizrak Brigade - Artur Bogachenko †[122][123]
123rd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Denis "Tashkent" Ivanov †[124]
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