2024 Kharkiv offensive order of battle explained

This is the order of battle for the 2024 Kharkiv offensive.^[1]

Russian forces

• Russian Airborne Forces
  • 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade - Guards Colonel Aleksandr Kornev^[2]
  • 98th Guards Airborne Division - Guards Colonel Viktor Igoryevich Gunaza
    • 217th Guards Airborne Regiment - Guards Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Vasilyevich Droedov
      • (Unknown air assault battalion)
• Russian Aerospace Forces^[3]
  • • Moscow Military District
    • 1st Guards Tank Army
      • 47th Tank Division^[4]
        • 153rd Tank Regiment^[5]
          • "Storm" detachment^[6]
        • 272nd Motor Rifle Regiment
        • 4th Volunteer Assault Brigade (Egyptian volunteers)^{[7] [8]}
        • 380th Motorized Rifle Regiment^[9]
    • 20th Guards Combined Arms Army - Major General Sukhrab Akhmedov
      • 3rd Motor Rifle Division - Major General Aleksei Vyacheslavovich Avdeyev
        • 237th Tank Regiment
      • 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Aleksey Alekseyevich Polyakov^[10]
        • 254th Motor Rifle Regiment
  • Southern Military District
    • 3rd Guards Combined Arms Army
      • 204th "Akhmat" Spetsnaz Regiment
        • "Okhotnik" Detachment
          • Chechen "Canada" group^[11]
    • 8th Guards Combined Arms Army
    • 51st Combined Arms Army
      • 9th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade^[12]
    • 58th Guards Combined Arms Army
      • 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade^[13]
    • 11th Separate Guards Engineering Brigade^[14]
  • Leningrad Military District
    • 6th Combined Arms Army - ^[15]
      • 25th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Colonel Andrei Arkhipov^[16]
      • 138th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Guards Colonel Sergei Maksimov^[17]
      • 4th Volunteer Reconnaissance and Assault Brigade^[18]
      • 1009th Motorized Rifle Regiment^[19]
    • 44th Army Corps
      • 72nd Motor Rifle Division
        • 30th Motor Rifle Regiment^[20]
        • 41st Motor Rifle Regiment^[21]
      • 104th Artillery Brigade
      • 128th Motorized Rifle Brigade^[22]
  • Central Military District
    • 90th Guards Tank Division - Colonel Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin
      • 228th Motorised Rifle Regiment
  • Unknown military district
    • Unknown army
      • Unknown division
        • 1008th Motor Rifle Regiment^[23]
        • 1486th Motor Rifle Regiment
  • Storm-Z - Yevgeny Burdinsky^[24]
    • Black Sea Fleet
    • 810th Naval Infantry Brigade^[25]
  • Baltic Fleet
    • Leningrad Military District
      • 11th Army Corps - Major General Andrey Ruzinsky^[26]
        • 18th Motor Rifle Division^[27]
          • 9th Motor Rifle Regiment
          • 11th Tank Regiment^[28]
          • 29th Artillery Regiment
          • 79th Motorized Rifle Regiment^[29]
        • 7th Motor Rifle Regiment^{[30] [31]}
        • 1427th Motor Rifle Regiment
  • Pacific Fleet
    • 155th Naval Infantry Brigade^[32]

National Guard of Russia

• Kadyrovites^[33]
• 116th Special Purpose Brigade^[34]

Main Directorate of the General Staff

• 2nd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade - Konstantin Bushuev^[35]

Wagner Group^[36]

• Africa Corps^[37]

Ukrainian forces

• • • Operational Command North
    • 3rd Assault Brigade - Andriy Biletsky^[38]
  • Operational Command South
    • 42nd Mechanised Brigade
    • 57th Motorised Brigade - Denys Yaroslavsky^[39]
  • Operational Command East
    • 92nd Assault Brigade - Pavlo Fedosenko
  • Offensive Guard
    • 13th Khartiia Brigade^[40]
    • Liut Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Netrebko^[41]
  • Russian Volunteer Corps - Denis Kapustin^[42]
    • 36th Marine Brigade - Lt. Col. Viktor Sikoza^[43]
• ^[44]
• Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
  • 71st Jaeger Brigade^{[45] [46]}
  • 82nd Air Assault Brigade - Lt. Col. Pavlo Rozlach^[47]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olena . Ivashkiv . One unit of Russian 44th Army Corps refuses to storm Kharkiv Oblast – underground resistance . . 17 May 2024.
2. https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-June-16-2024
3. Web site: 23 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 23, 2024 . ISW Press.
4. Web site: 22 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 22, 2024 . ISW Press.
5. Web site: 21 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 21, 2024 . ISW Press.
6. Web site: 7 August 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 7, 2024 . ISW Press.
7. Web site: Egyptian citizens fighting on Russian side in Kharkiv Oblast – Ukrainian forces . 2024-08-04 . Ukrainska Pravda . en.
8. Web site: 4 August 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 4, 2024 . ISW Press.
9. Web site: 6 August 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 6, 2024 . ISW Press.
10. Web site: 24 June 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 24, 2024 . ISW Press.
11. Web site: Institute for the Study of War . 2024-11-27 . Institute for the Study of War . en.
12. Web site: 18 June 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 18, 2024 . ISW Press.
13. Web site: Evans . Angelica . Wolkov . Nicole . Mappes . Grace . Zehrung . Haley . Hird . Karolina . Barros . George . Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 11, 2024 . . 24 September 2024.
14. https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-26-2024
15. Web site: ISW: Ukraine bolsters defenses in response to potential Russian offensive on Kharkiv . 2024-05-18 . odessa-journal.com . en.
16. Web site: 2024-06-03 . The occupiers have advanced: the situation in Vovchansk . 2024-06-15 . ТСН.ua . en.
17. Web site: 2024-06-03 . The occupiers have advanced: the situation in Vovchansk . 2024-06-15 . ТСН.ua . en.
18. https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-18-2024
19. Web site: 21 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 21, 2024 . ISW Press.
20. Web site: 17 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 17, 2024 . ISW Press.
21. Web site: 21 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 21, 2024 . ISW Press.
22. Web site: 16 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 16, 2024 . ISW Press.
23. Web site: 21 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 20, 2024 . ISW Press.
24. Web site: Manley . Cameron . Russia's Africa Corps, which includes former Wagner mercenaries, has been deployed in Kharkiv, UK Intel says . 2024-05-26 . Business Insider . en-US.
25. Web site: 18 June 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 18, 2024 . ISW Press.
26. Web site: Russia's army tricking AFU with fake offensive, analysts say. May 12, 2024. news.online.ua. May 12, 2024. May 12, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240512183454/https://news.online.ua/en/russias-army-tricking-afu-with-fake-offensive-analysts-say-878303/. live.
27. Web site: Stepanenko . Kateryna . Harward . Christina . Wolkov . Nicole . Mappes . Grace . Barros . George . Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 17, 2024 . . 18 June 2024.
28. Web site: 23 June 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 23, 2024 . ISW Press.
29. Web site: 21 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 21, 2024 . ISW Press.
30. Web site: 6 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 6, 2024 . ISW Press.
31. Web site: 17 August 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 17, 2024 . ISW Press.
32. Web site: Stepanenko . Kateryna . Harward . Christina . Wolkov . Nicole . Mappes . Grace . Barros . George . Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 17, 2024 . . 18 June 2024.
33. Web site: Popeski . Ron . Chechen leader Kadyrov says Russian troops capture Ukrainian border village . Reuters . Reuters . 10 June 2024.
34. Web site: 18 June 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 18, 2024 . ISW Press.
35. Web site: 2 July 2024 . RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 2, 2024 . ISW Press.
36. Web site: Evans . Angelica . Harward . Christina . Bailey . Riley . Gasparyan . Davit . Kagan . Frederick W. . Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 22, 2024 . . 28 September 2024 . en.
37. Web site: Manley . Cameron . Russia's Africa Corps, which includes former Wagner mercenaries, has been deployed in Kharkiv, UK Intel says . 2024-05-26 . Business Insider . en-US.
38. Web site: Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade Repels Invaders in Kharkiv Region. 2024-05-14. 2024-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20240514081829/https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-3rd-assault-brigade-repels-invaders-in-kharkiv-region/. live.
39. Web site: Axe . David . It's Possible The Russian Army Is Tricking The Ukrainian Army With A Fake Offensive . . 15 May 2024.
40. Web site: Ukraine’s National Guard posts video of Russian positions being stormed in Kharkiv Oblast . 2024-09-05 . Ukrainska Pravda . en.
41. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/05/30/7458336/
42. Web site: Битва за Волчанск — бойцы РДК продемонстрировали мастерские кадры работы трофейного БТР-82. May 13, 2024. novyny.live.
43. Web site: Ukrainian marines capture group of Russian assault troopers in Vovchansk – video . 2024-06-08 . Ukrainska Pravda . en.
44. Web site: Ukraine Air Force Hits Invaders at Vovchansk Factory with Precision Bombs . 2024-06-17 . Militarnyi . en-US.
45. Web site: budynok_zletiv_u_povitrya_razom_z_okupantamy_u_vovchansku . censor.net.
46. News: Farmer . Ben . 2024-06-05 . ‘We need to kill them so they don’t come here’: Ukrainian troops celebrate chance to strike Russia . 2024-06-14 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
47. Web site: Axe . David . In Vovchansk, Ukrainian Paratroopers In Stryker Vehicles Are Fighting Russian Infantry Attacking From All Directions . 2024-05-24 . Forbes . en.