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The 3rd Guards Lugansk-Severodonetsk Combined Arms Army () is a military formation in the
4th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
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** 14th Territorial Defense Battalion "Prizrak"
** 2nd Motor Rifle Territorial Defense Battalion
*** "Akhmat" Spetsnaz group
**** "Shustry" detachment
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88th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
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123rd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (formerly 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Brigade)
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2nd Guards Artillery Brigade (formerly 10th Guards Artillery Brigade)
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* 201st Motor Rifle Regiment
* 39th Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Regiment
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* 4th Separate Tank Battalion (formerly Separate Mechanised Battalion "August")
* Separate Anti-aircraft Missile Defense Artillery Battalion
* Separate Repair and Recovery Battalion
* Separate Command and Security Battalion
* Separate Material Support Battalion
* Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
* Special Purpose Battalion
* 204th "Akhmat" Spetsnaz Regiment
** "Okhotnik" Detachment
*** Chechen "Canada" group
*Reserve units:
**202nd Motor Rifle Regiment (disbanded September 2022)
**204th Motor Rifle Regiment (disbanded September 2022)
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**254th Motor Rifle Regiment
Russian Ground Forces
The Russian Ground Forces (), also known as the Russian Army in English, are the Army, land forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, ...
as part of the Southern Military District
The Order of the Red Banner Southern Military District () is a military district of Russia.
It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the North Caucasus region of the country ...
. Formerly the 2nd Army Corps of the Luhansk People's Republic
The Luhansk People's Republic (LPR; , ) is a disputed territory administered as a republic of Russia in the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, with its capital in Luhansk. The LPR was proclaimed by Russian-backed paramilitar ...
, it was officially incorporated into the Russian Federation on 31 December 2022, after the Russian annexation of the Luhansk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast (; ), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (), is the easternmost Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk. The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the n ...
, and then reformed into a Combined Arms Army in 2024.
History
War in Donbas
The 2nd Army Corps was formed on 7 October 2014 as an effort to unite numerous volunteer units under one command. Considered by Ukrainian and Western analysts as a formal part of the Russian8th Combined Arms Army
The 8th Guards Combined Arms Army (abbreviated 8th GCAA) is an army of the Russian Ground Forces, headquartered in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, within Russia′s Southern Military District, that was formed in 2017. Military Unit в/ч 61877.
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, it nevertheless had a certain degree of autonomy.
The Corps was deployed along the contact line that stretched from the Russian border to the DPR border north of Debaltseve
Debaltseve (, ) or Debaltsevo (), is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia as part of the Donetsk People's Republic. The city is situated on the eastern edge of Donetsk Oblast, and borders Luhansk Oblas ...
, where it met with the 1st Army Corps.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
In January 2023, it was officially incorporated into the Russian Armed Forces and became part of the 8th Combined Arms Army. In the summer of 2024, the 2nd Army Corps was reorganised into the 3rd Guards Combined Arms Army.Structure
* 4th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
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** 14th Territorial Defense Battalion "Prizrak"
** 2nd Motor Rifle Territorial Defense Battalion
*** "Akhmat" Spetsnaz group
**** "Shustry" detachment
* 6th Separate Guards Cossack Motor Rifle Brigade
The 6th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Lisichansk Cossack Brigade named after Matvei Platov (; Military Unit Number 69647) is a military unit of the Russian Ground Forces. Until January 1, 2023, it was part of the Luhansk People's Militia. It is atta ...
* 7th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
* 85th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
* 88th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
* 123rd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (formerly 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Brigade)
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* 2nd Guards Artillery Brigade (formerly 10th Guards Artillery Brigade)
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* 201st Motor Rifle Regiment
* 39th Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Regiment
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* 4th Separate Tank Battalion (formerly Separate Mechanised Battalion "August")
* Separate Anti-aircraft Missile Defense Artillery Battalion
* Separate Repair and Recovery Battalion
* Separate Command and Security Battalion
* Separate Material Support Battalion
* Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
* Special Purpose Battalion
* 204th "Akhmat" Spetsnaz Regiment
** "Okhotnik" Detachment
*** Chechen "Canada" group
*Reserve units:
**See also
*51st Guards Combined Arms Army
The 51st Guards Combined Arms Donetsk Army (Russian: 51-я гвардейская общевойсковая Донецкая армия) is a military formation of the Russian Ground Forces as part of the Southern Military District, formerly th ...
, formerly the 1st Donetsk Army Corps
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