2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive order of battle
The 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive was a major offensive against Russian forces occupying its territory with a goal of breaching the front lines.[1][2][3][4][5] Efforts were made in many directions, primarily in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, among others. In total, Ukraine recaptured 14 villages in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, with a total pre-war population of around 5,000 but took heavy casualties.[6] Western officials have said that such losses were not unexpected for attacking forces.[7] The counteroffensive was widely regarded as a failure but also a crucial moment in the war.
Ukrainian forces
- Ukrainian Ground Forces
- 3rd Assault Brigade - Andriy Biletsky
- 5th Assault Brigade - Oleksandr Yakovenko
- 21st Mechanized Brigade[8]
- 23rd Mechanized Brigade[9]
- 30th Mechanized Brigade - Colonel Ihor Dovhan[10][11]
- 31st Mechanized Brigade[12]
- 32nd Mechanized Brigade - Denis Merzlikin
- 33rd Mechanized Brigade - Col. Ivan Voitenko[13]
- 42nd Mechanized Brigade[14]
- 43rd Mechanized Brigade
- 47th Mechanized Brigade - Lt. Col. Oleksandr Sak (until 16 September) Col. Oleksandr Pavlii (after 16 September 2023)
- 60th Mechanized Brigade - Viktor Skaternoi[15]
- 65th Mechanized Brigade - A. Kravets[16]
- 68th Jaeger Brigade - Oleksiy Shum
- 93rd Mechanized Brigade - Pavlo Palisa[17]
- 110th Mechanized Brigade - Mykola Chumak[18]
- 116th Mechanized Brigade[19]
- 117th Mechanized Brigade
- 118th Mechanized Brigade
- 128th Mountain Assault Brigade - Colonel Dmytro Lysyuk[20]
- 142nd Rifle Brigade
- Liut Brigade - Colonel Oleksandr Netrebko
- Norman Brigade - Jean-Francois Ratelle ("Hrulf")[21][22]
- Skala Battalion - Maj. Yuriy Harkaviy ″Skala″[23]
- Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment - Dzianis Prokharaŭ
- Black Maple Company[24][25]
- Ukrainian Marine Corps
- 35th Marine Brigade - Yuriy Andriyenko
- 36th Marine Brigade - Lt. Col. Viktor Sikoza
- 37th Marine Brigade
- 38th Marine Brigade
- Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
- 46th Airmobile Brigade - Col. Valeriy Skred
- 80th Air Assault Brigade - Col. Ihor Skybyuk
- 82nd Air Assault Brigade - Lt. Col. Pavlo Rozlach[26]
- 95th Air Assault Brigade - Dmytro Bratishko
- Territorial Defense Forces
- 100th Territorial Defense Brigade - Col. Ruslan Tkachuk
- 129th Territorial Defense Brigade
- Ukrainian Volunteer Army - Dmytro Yarosh
- 7th Battalion Arei - Oleksandr Hryshchuk
- International Legion - Colonel Ruslan Miroshnichenko[27]
Russian and Separatist forces
- Russian Ground Forces
- Southern Military District - Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev
- 8th Guards Combined Arms Army - Colonel General Gennady V. Anashkin[28][29]
- 18th Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Andrey Seritsky[30][31]
- 40th Army Corps[32]
- 58th Combined Arms Army - Major general Ivan Ivanovich Popov (until 11 July 2023) Lieutenant General Denis Lyamin (after 11 July 2023)
- 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Roman Demurchiyev[33]
- Western Military District - Colonel General Yevgeny Nikiforov
- 3rd Army Corps - Major General V. A. Belyaevsky[34]
- 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[35]
- 127th Motor Rifle Division - Major General Kuzmenkov Igor Anatolyevich
- 35th Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Aleksandr Semyonovich Sanchik
- 5th Combined Arms Army - Major General Aleksey Podivilov[35]
- Central Military District - Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev
- 25th Combined Arms Army - Major General Andrey Seritsky
- 41st Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Sergey Ryzhkov
- Southern Military District - Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev
- Russian Airborne Forces
- 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division - Col. Aleksandr Kornev
- 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade - Colonel Andrey "Dunai" Kondrashkin †[36][37]
- 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade - Col. Vadim Pankov
- 76th Guards Air Assault Division - Guards Colonel Denis Shishov
- 98th Guards Airborne Division - Guards Colonel Viktor Igoryevich Gunaza
- 104th Guards Airborne Division[38]
- 106th Guards Airborne Division - Major General Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Selivyorstov
- GRU
- 22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade - Lt. Col. Aleksei Nikolayevich Savchenko[39]
- Russian Navy
- Pavel Sudoplatov Battalion - Yevgeny Balitsky
- Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion - Andrii Tyshchenko[40]
- Storm Ossetia - Ayvengo Tekhov †
- Wagner Group - Andrei Troshev[41]
- 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 Motorized Rifle Brigade - Vladimir Sergeevich Polupoltinnykh[44]
- Prizrak Brigade - Artur Bogachenko †[45][46]
- 2nd Guards Lugansk-Severodonetsk Army Corps
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