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2022 Ukrainian Eastern Counteroffensive
On September 6, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a major counteroffensive against the Russian military during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As Ukraine announced the start of the Kherson counteroffensive in southern Ukraine in late August, Ukrainian forces also began a second counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. As the Ukrainian military broke through Russian defensive lines, it recaptured major cities in the matter of days. On September 7, the second day of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian military advanced over into Russian-held territory. The next day, Ukraine recaptured Balakliia and Shevchenkove as Russian forces withdrew and fled. On the 9th, Russia began announcing for evacuations in nearby areas as the Ukrainian military continued its advance. The next day, Ukraine retook the key cities of Izium and Kupiansk, securing access to the Oskil River. By the 11th, Ukraine has successfully advanced up to from the pre-cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Front Of The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
Ukraine's easternmost Oblasts of Ukraine, oblasts, Donetsk Oblast, Donetsk, Luhansk Oblast, Luhansk, and Kharkiv Oblast, Kharkiv, have been the site of an ongoing Theater (warfare)#Theater of operations, theatre of operation since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The battle of Donbas (2022), battle of Donbas was a major offensive in the eastern theatre that took place in mid-2022. By the culmination of the offensive in July 2022, Russian forces and their separatist allies had captured the cities of Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Rubizhne and Izium. However, in early September, Ukraine 2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive, launched a major counteroffensive in the east, which recaptured the cities of Izium, Balakliia, Kupiansk, Sviatohirsk and the strategic city of Lyman, Ukraine, Lyman. The counteroffensive stalled east of the Oskil river, and Luhansk Oblast campaign, a campaign in eastern Kharkiv Oblast and western Luhansk Oblast has continued sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
49th Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)
The Carpathian Sich 49th Infantry Battalion is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces established in May 2022. It previously existed from 2014 to 2016. History Following the beginning of the war in Donbas, Oleh Kutsyn organised a group of volunteers dedicated to providing aid to Ukrainian soldiers. In the summer of 2014, the volunteers joined the National Guard of Ukraine. On 23 May 2015, they officially became part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The same year, they participated in the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, the Battle of Debaltseve, and the Battle of Marinka. However, on 13 April 2016, the Carpathian Sich Battalion was disbanded. Kutsyn claimed he had been deceived by the leadership of the 93rd Mechanised Brigade, which it had subordinated itself to under the condition that it was permitted to remain in the Donbas. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces disputed this, saying the volunteer battalion had been dissolved to bring the Armed Forces of Ukraine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donetsk People's Militia
Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, primarily the People's Militias of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), were pro-Russian paramilitaries in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. They were under the overall control of the Russian Federation. They were also referred to as Russian proxy forces. They were active during the war in Donbas (2014–2022), the first stage of the Russo-Ukrainian War. They then supported the Russian Armed Forces against the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the 2022 Russian invasion. In September 2022, Russia annexed the DPR and LPR, and began integrating the paramilitaries into its armed forces. They are designated as terrorist groups by the government of Ukraine. The separatist paramilitaries were formed during the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. The Donbas People's Militia was formed in March 2014 by Pavel Gubarev, who proclaimed himself "People's Governor" of Donetsk Oblast, while the Army of the South-Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
The 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Military Unit Number 51460) is a motorized infantry brigade of the Russian Ground Forces. Based at Knyaze-Volkonskoye, near Khabarovsk, the brigade is part of the Eastern Military District's 35th Army. The brigade's acting commander in May 2022 was Lt. Colonel Vasiliy Shcherbakov. The brigade was formed as the 882nd Motor Rifle Regiment, which transferred to the Far East in 1967, and which was converted into a brigade in 2009. The brigade was among the units that perpetrated the Bucha massacre during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. After the Russian retreat from Kyiv Oblast, the brigade was elevated to a guards unit, before being redeployed to fight in the battle of Donbas in the beginning of April, attempting to advance in the Izium sector. While attempting to do so it engaged in near constant attacks, resulting in it being rendered combat ineffective by the end of June, and completely obliterated during the Kharkiv countero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Guards Tank Division
The 4th Guards Tank Division is a Russian Guards, Guards armoured division of the Russian Ground Forces. The division is named after Yuri Andropov. The division has the Military Unit Number 19612 and is one of the key formations of the Moscow Military District. All of the division's units, as well as headquarters, are based in Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast, southwest of Moscow. History World War II The direct ancestor of the Division was the Red Army's 17th Tank Corps, initially formed in Stalingrad in 1942 shortly after the 1941 start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. The 17th Tank Corps commenced combat operations on 26 June 1942, when it deployed to the west of Voronezh, just before the Battle of Voronezh (1942), Battle of Voronezh. For distinction in combat during Operation Little Saturn between 17 December and 30 December 1942, the 17th Tank Corps was renumbered the 4th Guards Tank Corps in January 1943. The Corps received the honorific ''Kant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division
The 2nd Guards Mikhail Kalinin, M. I. Kalinin Taman Motor Rifle Division is a Russian Guards, Guards Mechanized infantry, mechanised infantry Division (military), division of the Russian Ground Forces. Its Military Unit Number is 23626. The 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division was formed in 1941, seeing extensive combat during World War II for which it became one of the most famous and decorated Military formation, formations in the Soviet military. It was named in honor of Mikhail Kalinin and the town of Taman, Russia, Taman, remaining intact until it was disbanded in 2009, before being reformed in 2013. Since 2016, it is part of the 1st Guards Tank Army (Russia), 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District, and most of its units are based in the town of Kalininets, Moscow Oblast, south-west of Moscow. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, units of the division invaded Ukraine's Sumy Oblast, and engaged in combat near the city of Trostianets. History The 127th R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Army Corps (Russian Federation)
The 11th Army Corps () is a tactical formation of the Russian Ground Forces, formed in 2016 as part of the Coastal Troops of the Baltic Fleet, currently in the Leningrad Military District. The corps is located in Kaliningrad Oblast, with its headquarters in the city of Gusev. The corps was formed on 1 April 2016, and operates from Kaliningrad Oblast. Its first commander was . On 1 February 2021 the revival of the 75th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment at Sovetsk (until 1946 - the city of Tilsit), formerly part of the 40th Guards Tank Division, was reported. It was reported that the new regiment would form part of the newly forming motor rifle division of the 11th Army Corps, likely a revived 1st Guards Motor Rifle Division. Sovetsk is located on the banks of the Neman River on the border with Lithuania, where the shortest land route to the border with the main part of Russia begins. In 2024 the Сorps was transferred to the newly formed Leningrad Military District. The Corps i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian National Guard
The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; , ; /NHU ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and Internal Troops, internal military force. It is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine), Ministry of Internal Affairs, responsible for public security. Originally created as an agency under the direct control of the Verkhovna Rada on 4 November 1991, following Ukrainian independence, it was later disbanded and merged into the Internal Troops of Ukraine in 2000 by President Leonid Kuchma as part of a "cost-saving" scheme. Following the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, amidst the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, Russian intervention, the National Guard was re-established, and the Internal Troops were disbanded. The purpose of the National Guard is to serve as a military unit with law enforcement powers. Its mission is to ensure state security, protect state borders (supporting the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, State Border Service), participate in activities to neutralize pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
107th Rocket Artillery Brigade
The 107th Rocket Artillery Brigade is a rocket-launcher brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, stationed at Kremenchuk. It was formed from a reorganisation of the previous 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment which itself was formed out of the 107th Rocket Brigade. It is now part of Operational Command East. History The brigade traces its lineage back to the Red Army's 67th Howitzer Artillery Brigade, formed on 16 December 1942 near Moscow. In May 1943 it had completed training and was armed with the 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30). The brigade fought near Leningrad and in Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, and Hungary. The brigade finished the war in Austria. During the war, the brigade received seventeen thanks from Stalin. The brigade received the honorific "Leningrad" and was awarded the Order of Kutuzov 2nd class. Postwar, the brigade was based in Ukraine and Hungary. The brigade was successively based in Dnipropetrovsk, Bila Tserkva, and Kiev. It later moved to Kremenchuk. The 107th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
44th Artillery Brigade
The 44th Separate Artillery Brigade " Hetman Danylo Apostol" ( Ukrainian: ''44-та окрема артилерійська бригада імені гетьмана Данила Апостола;'' 44 ОАБр) is an artillery brigade of the operational command West of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, based in Ternopil. Its military unit number is А3215, and its military mail code is В1428. History The creation of the 44th separate artillery brigade began in September 2014 in the Lviv Oblast, on the basis of the International Center for Peacemaking and Security of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachny National Army Academy. In May 2016, soldiers from the Band of the 44th artillery brigade performed ''Shche ne vmerla Ukraina'' nearly 300 metres underground, breaking a world record. Formation Combat training of the brigade's servicemen took place at the Yavorovsky military training ground. On December 10, 2014, the completion of the formation of the brigade was announced. By D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
43rd Artillery Brigade
The 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade named after Hetman Taras Tryasyl (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: 43-тя окрема артилерійська бригада імені гетьмана Тараса Трясила) is a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Ground Forces iDivychky On 14 October 2020 by presidential decree the brigade was assigned the honorary name "named after Hetman Taras Fedorovych, Taras Tryasyl", a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporizhian Cossacks. On 3 November 2022, the brigade was awarded the honorary award For Courage and Bravery, "For Courage and Bravery" by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Structure As of 2025, the 43rd Artillery Brigade's known structure is as follows: * 43rd Artillery Brigade ** Brigade Headquarters *** Management *** Commandant Platoon ** 1st Artillery Battalion ** 2nd Artillery Battalion ** 3rd Artillery Battalion ** 4th Artillery Battalion ** Rocket Artillery Battalion ** 191st Self-propelled Artillery Battalion (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
40th Artillery Brigade
The 40th Artillery Brigade is an artillery formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, based in Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast, Pervomaisk. The unit was activated on 25 May 2015. On 23 August 2020, the Brigade was awarded the honorific "Grand Duke Vytautas". During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the brigade was rendered the recently established honorary award of "For Courage and Bravery" by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for its service in defense of Kharkiv Oblast, Kharkiv. Structure As of 2024 the brigade's structure is as follows: * 40th Artillery Brigade, Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast, Pervomaisk ** Headquarters & Headquarters Battery ** 1st Artillery Battalion (152 mm gun 2A36, 2A36 Hyacinth-B) ** 2nd Artillery Battalion (152 mm gun 2A36, 2A36 Hyacinth-B) ** 3rd Artillery Battalion (152 mm howitzer 2A65, 2A65 Msta-B) ** 4th Artillery Battalion (152 mm howitzer 2A65, 2A65 Msta-B) ** Anti-tank Artillery Battalion (MT-12 Rapira) ** Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion ** U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
