Luhansk Oblast campaign order of battle
This is the order of battle for the Luhansk Oblast campaign of the eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian forces
Kupiansk front
- Russian Armed Forces
- Russian Ground Forces
- Moscow Military District
- 1st Guards Tank Army[1]
- 2nd Motorized Rifle Division[2]
- 4th Guards Tank Division[2]
- 12th Tank Regiment[4]
- 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade[5]
- 47th Tank Division[6]
- 272nd Motorized Rifle Regiment[7]
- 375th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion[8]
- 20th Combined Arms Army[1]
- 1st Guards Tank Army[1]
- Leningrad Military District
- Moscow Military District
- Main Intelligence Directorate
- Russian Ground Forces
Borova front
- Russian Ground Forces
- Moscow Military District
- 1st Guards Tank Army
- 4th Guards Tank Division
- 12th Tank Regiment[8]
- 423rd Motorized Rifle Regiment[8]
- 4th Guards Tank Division
- 20th Combined Arms Army
- 3rd Motorized Rifle Division[8][9]
- 237th Tank Regiment[3]
- 252nd Motor Rifle Regiment[3]
- 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment[12]
- 3rd Motorized Rifle Division[8][9]
- 1st Guards Tank Army
- Leningrad Military District
- Moscow Military District
- Main Intelligence Directorate
Northeast Donetsk front
- Russian Armed Forces
- Russian Ground Forces
- Moscow Military District
- Central Military District
- 25th Combined Arms Army
- 67th Motorized Rifle Division
- 31st Motorized Rifle Regiment[16]
- 67th Motorized Rifle Division
- 25th Combined Arms Army
- Southern Military District
- 3rd Combined Arms Army
- 2nd Artillery Brigade[17]
- 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade[7]
- 3rd Combined Arms Army
- Russian Ground Forces
- Main Intelligence Directorate
Ukrainian forces
Kupiansk front
- Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Ukrainian Ground Forces
- Operational Command North
- Operational Command East
- 92nd Assault Brigade[20]
- 429th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Aerial Systems[21]
- 43rd Mechanized Brigade[22]
- 92nd Assault Brigade[20]
- Operational Command West
- 14th Mechanized Brigade[23]
- 10th Mountain Assault Brigade
- 8th Mountain Assault Infantry Battalion[24]
- Operational Command South
- Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
- Unmanned Systems Forces
- Territorial Defence Forces
- Ukrainian Ground Forces
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- State Border Guard Service
- Pomsta Brigade
- Phoenix Regiment of Unmanned Systems[29]
- Pomsta Brigade
- National Guard of Ukraine
- Offensive Guard
- 15th Operational Brigade
- 2nd Operational Battalion[30]
- 1st Presidential Operational Brigade[21]
- 15th Operational Brigade
- Offensive Guard
- State Border Guard Service
Borova front
Northeast Donetsk front
- 3rd Assault Brigade[32]
- 60th Mechanized Brigade[33][34]
- 63rd Mechanized Brigade[33][34]
- 66th Mechanized Brigade[35]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 29, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. November 29, 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
Mashovets stated that elements of the Russian 1st Guards Tank Army, 6th Combined Arms Army, 11th Army Corps, and several battalions of the 20th CAA are conducting offensive operations to eliminate the Ukrainian bridgehead on the east (left) bank of the Oskil River southeast of Kupyansk
- ^ a b c "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 1, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
Russian 1st Guards Tank Army, including its 2nd Motorized Rifle Division and elements of its 4th Tank Division, are operating in the Pishchane-Kolisnykivka-Kruhlaykivka area. Elements of the Russian 16th Spetsnaz Brigade are reportedly operating near Zarichne and Novolyubivka
- ^ a b c d e f "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 27, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. December 27, 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
Mashovets reported that elements of the Russian 1st Motorized Tank Regiment, 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment, and separate detachments of the 15th Motorized Riffle Regiment are reportedly operating in the direction of Krukhlyakivka-Zahryzove. Mashovets stated that the Russian military command had likely deployed additional detachments of the 237th Tank Regiment and 252nd Motorized Rifle Regiment and units of the 25th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 27th Motorized Brigade to conduct assaults in the Borova direction
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 25, 2025". Institute for the Study of War. January 25, 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
Mashovets stated that elements of the Russian 12th Tank Regiment and 272nd Motorized Rifle Regiment are unsuccessfully attacking east of Kupyansk near Kotlyarivka
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 18, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. December 18, 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
Russian drone operators from the Russian 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade are reportedly operating near Kupyansk
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 8, 2025". Institute for the Study of War. January 8, 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
Mashovets stated that elements of the Russian 2nd Motorized Rifle Division and the 47th Tank Division are advancing on the east (left) bank of the Oskil River, most likely referring to the section of the bank of the Oskil River near Kolisnykiva
- ^ a b "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 2, 2025". Institute for the Study of War. January 2, 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
Kupyansk=Elements of the Russian 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade are reportedly operating near Kupyansk; elements of the 15th Motorized Rifle Regiment are reportedly operating near Zahryzove; and elements of the 272nd Motorized Rifle Regiment, including a TOS thermobaric artillery system, are reportedly operating near Stepova Novoselivka.
Norttheast donetsk = Geolocated footage published on January 2 indicates that elements of the Russian 7th Motorized Rifle Brigaderecently advanced in central Bilohorivka - ^ a b c d "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
Elements of the Russian 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade are reportedly operating near Kupyansk and Lozova; elements of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division are reportedly operating near Lozova; elements of the 423rd Motorized Rifle Regiment and the 12th Tank Regiment are reportedly operating near Zeleny Hai; and elements of the 375th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion are operating in the Kupyansk direction
- ^ a b c "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 19, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. December 19, 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
Mashovets stated that elements of the Russian 3rd Motorized Rifle Division and 25th Motorized Rifle Brigade are attacking south of Kupyansk from Lozova towards Borivska Andriivka, Nova Kruhlyakivka, Zelenyi Hai, and the Pershotravneve-Kopanky area. Mashovets stated that elements of the Russian 69th Motorized Rifle Division and 9th Artillery Brigade are concentrating forces near the Masyutivka-Zapane bridgehead
- ^ a b c d "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 17, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
Mashovets stated that elements of the Russian 25th Motorized Rifle Brigade, the 7th Motorized Rifle Regiment, and the 344th and 350th motorized rifle regiments are operating in the Synkivka-Petropavlivka direction northeast of Kupyansk
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 7, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
Drone operators of the Russian 16th Spetsnaz Brigade reportedly continue operating near Kupyansk
- ^ a b c "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 11, 2025". Institute for the Study of War. January 11, 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
Borova = 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment are reportedly operating near Nadiya.
Northeast Donetsk = Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets stated that elements of the Russian 488th and 283rd motorized rifle regiments are operating near Ivanivka - ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 21, 2025". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
Drone operators of the Russian 16th Spetsnaz Brigade are reportedly operating southwest of Nadiya
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 30, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. November 30, 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
the Russian 144th Motorized Rifle Division near Terny; and drone operators of the Russian 16th Spetsnaz Brigade near Zarichne
- ^ a b c Evans, Angelica; Gibson, Olivia; Novikov, Daria; Harvey, Anna; Kagan, Frederick W.; Runkel, William (2 May 2025). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 2, 2025". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
Elements of the Russian 144th Motorized Rifle Division, including its 283rd, 488th, and 1428th motorized rifle regiments, reportedly participated in the recent seizure of Nove
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 14, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
Elements of the Russian 31st Motorized Rifle Regiment reportedly continue operating in the Lyman direction
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 29, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. December 29, 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
Elements of the Russian 2nd Artillery Brigade are reportedly operating near Verkhnokamyanske
- ^ "Enemy tries to attack in Kupiansk direction with small infantry groups - 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade". April 5, 2025.
- ^ Кушніков, Кирило (January 15, 2025). "30th Brigade's shotgun drone destroyed over 20 Russian UAVs". militarnyi.com.
- ^ "Ситуація на фронті - військовий розповів, яка ситуація на Куп'янському напрямку". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ a b "Defence forces repelled enemy assault attempts and attacked 2 IFVs and 2 tanks in Kupiansk sector". Cencor.net. April 7, 2025.
- ^ Kushnikov, Vadim (March 25, 2025). "Trench battle: a Ukrainian soldier killed invader using a helmet and an assault rifle".
- ^ Kushnikov, Vadim (December 22, 2024). "14th Brigade defeats Russian armored group in the Kupiansk sector".
- ^ "Ukrainian forces expel Russians from bridgehead on right bank of Oskil River near Novomlynsk". www.ukrinform.net. 2024-12-03. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ "AFU defeat enemy armored convoy carrying troops in Kupiansk sector". www.ukrinform.net. 2025-04-11. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ "Ukrainian troops halted enemy assault in Kupiansk direction and destroy 2 tanks, IFVs and MTLB". censor.net. January 1, 225.
- ^ Axe, David. "A Ukrainian Night Drone Bombed A North Korean 'Wonder Weapon' Howitzer". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "Ukrainian forces repel Russian assault, destroy enemy equipment on Kupiansk axis". www.ukrinform.net. 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ "Phoenix unit has deployed a comprehensive infrastructure for drone operations". militarnyi.com. December 12, 2024.
- ^ "National Guard captures Russian infantrymen in Kupiansk direction". April 21, 2025.
- ^ "Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade liberates village of Nadiya in Luhansk Oblast, releases video of operation". The Kyiv Independent. 2025-03-23. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "Russian forces 'took a beating' from Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade near Lyman — Khortytsia command". New Voice. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ a b "AFU soldiers eliminate 22 russian soldiers". censor.net.
- ^ a b "Frontline report: Tactical missteps doom Russian offensive on Terny". Euromaidan Press. 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Russia used Easter truce to regroup in Lyman sector, launched offensive after, military says". The Kyiv Independent. 2025-04-22. Retrieved 2025-04-24.