Pokrovsk offensive order of battle#Ukrainian forces
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On 18 July 2024, Russian forces began an offensive with the goal of capturing the strategically important city of Pokrovsk.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/post/37345|title=All Eyes on Kursk, But Donetsk in Trouble – Special Forces Source Says|first=Kateryna|last=Zakharchenko|date=August 13, 2024|website=Kyiv Post|access-date=August 15, 2024|archive-date=August 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818045800/https://www.kyivpost.com/post/37345|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/15/ukraine-war-briefing-hottest-situation-around-pokrovsk-says-ukrainian-military|title=Ukraine war briefing: 'Hottest situation' around Pokrovsk, says Ukrainian military|first=Warren|last=Murray|date=July 15, 2024|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=August 15, 2024|archive-date=August 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822100447/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/15/ukraine-war-briefing-hottest-situation-around-pokrovsk-says-ukrainian-military|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/russia-says-its-forces-advance-towards-key-city-in-eastern-ukraine/86893111|title=Russia says its forces advance towards key city in eastern Ukraine|first=S. W. I.|last=swissinfo.ch|date=August 15, 2024|access-date=August 15, 2024|archive-date=August 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815173201/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/russia-says-its-forces-advance-towards-key-city-in-eastern-ukraine/86893111|url-status=live}} Pokrovsk serves as an important supply route and as a transportation hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-battles-pokrovsk-supply-route-zelenskyy-putin-rcna164018|title=Russian forces press forward to strategic Ukrainian city that serves as important supply route|date=July 29, 2024|website=NBC News|access-date=August 15, 2024|archive-date=August 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815021442/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-battles-pokrovsk-supply-route-zelenskyy-putin-rcna164018|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-frontline-at-risk-of-collapse-as-russian-troops-advance-towards-key-town-13258214|title=Ukraine frontline at risk of 'collapse' as Russian troops advance towards key town|website=Sky News}}{{Cite web|url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/russian-offensive-in-donetsk-oblast-ukrainian-armed-forces-say-how-close-russians-are-to-pokrovsk-50468960.html|title=Russian forces close in on Pokrovsk, Ukraine faces critical defense challenge|website=New Voice}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/09/19/battle-for-pokrovsk-why-is-russia-so-focused-on-the-eastern-ukrainian-town|title=Battle for Pokrovsk: Why is Russia so rapt with this Ukrainian town?|date=September 19, 2024|website=euronews}} Ukrainian soldiers on this part of the front are mostly made of poorly trained conscripts who reportedly had little to no training.{{Cite web|url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/attachment/206595/|title=AP24234490990553 (1)|date=August 22, 2024|website=japannews.yomiuri.co.jp}}https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-new-recruits-pokrovsk-ed2d06ad529e3b7e47ecd32f79911b83#:~:text=Commanders%20say%20the%20recruits%20have,of%20capturing%20the%20Donetsk%20region.{{Cite web|url=https://halifax.citynews.ca/2024/08/22/poorly-trained-recruits-contribute-to-loss-of-ukrainian-territory-on-eastern-front-commanders-say/|title=Poorly trained recruits contribute to loss of Ukrainian territory on eastern front, commanders say|first=News|last=Staff|date=August 22, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2024/Aug/22/poorly-trained-recruits-contribute-to-loss-of-ukrainian-territory-on-eastern-front-commanders-say-2|title=Poorly trained recruits contribute to loss of Ukrainian territory on eastern front, commanders say|agency=Associated Press|date=August 22, 2024|website=The New Indian Express}}https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/02/ukraine-training-soldiers-mobilization-war/{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b9396112-585a-4f7e-9628-13d500c99d93|title=Ukraine’s new infantry recruits ‘freeze’ in face of Russian onslaught|first=Christopher|last=Miller|date=September 27, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/ukrainian-recruits-trained-panic|title=Ukrainian Recruits Surviving Only a Few Days, Poorly Trained and Prone to Panic - British Sources|first=Military Watch Magazine Editorial|last=Staff|date=September 28, 2024|website=Military Watch Magazine}}{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=Another Ukrainian Brigade Is Disintegrating As It Deploys To Pokrovsk |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/01/27/another-ukrainian-brigade-is-disintegrating-as-it-deploys-to-pokrovsk/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Many Ukrainian conscripts had been reported to have deserted over the course of the offensive.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-new-recruits-pokrovsk-ed2d06ad529e3b7e47ecd32f79911b83|title=Poorly trained recruits contribute to loss of Ukrainian territory on eastern front, commanders say|date=August 22, 2024|website=AP News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/08/europe/ukraine-military-morale-desertion-intl-cmd/index.html|title=Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine's military is struggling with low morale and desertion|first=Ivana Kottasová, Kostya|last=Gak|date=September 8, 2024|website=CNN}}{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/21/why-is-ukraines-army-facing-a-desertion-crisis | title=Why is Ukraine's army facing a desertion crisis? }}{{Cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-10-14/alarm-in-ukraine-over-increasing-number-of-army-deserters.html|title=Alarm in Ukraine over increasing number of army deserters|first=Cristian|last=Segura|date=October 14, 2024|website=EL PAÍS English}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/13112024-ukraine-outgunned-and-outnumbered-desertions-en-masse-oped/|title=Ukraine ‘Outgunned And Outnumbered’: Desertions En Masse – OpEd|first=Patial|last=RC|date=November 13, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.intellinews.com/ukrainian-soldiers-increasingly-deserting-as-russia-advances-352478/|title=Ukrainian soldiers increasingly deserting as Russia advances|date=November 11, 2024|website=www.intellinews.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/ukraines-deserter-crisis-why-a-soldier-left-his-dugout-in-protest-vkzpcbqqf|title=Ukraine's deserter crisis: one soldier's reasons for quitting divide a nation|first=Tom Ball|last=Kyiv|date=October 10, 2024|website=www.thetimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/27/stanislav-asseyev-ukrainian-journalist-we-have-a-huge-army-of-deserters-roaming-the-country_6730638_4.html|title=Stanislav Asseyev, Ukrainian journalist: 'We have a huge army of deserters roaming the country'|date=October 27, 2024|via=Le Monde}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-desertion-russia-war-1993760|title=Number of Ukrainian soldiers accused of abandoning positions soars|first1=Ellie Cook|last1=Security|first2=Defense|last2=Reporter|date=December 1, 2024|website=Newsweek}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-ukraines-army-survive-its-deserter-crisis/|title=Can Ukraine’s army survive its deserter crisis?|first=Svitlana|last=Morenets|date=November 27, 2024|website=The Spectator}} The increased level of desertion has resulted in Ukrainian commanders increasing the use of blocking detachments.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-24 |title=It is obvious that the Russians managed to quickly advance to Hirnyk, since some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left their positions there |url=https://antikor.com.ua/en/articles/731174-ochevidno_chto_rossijane_sumeli_operativno_prodvinutjsja_v_gornjake_poskoljku_nekotorye_podrazdelenija_vsu_ostavili_tam_svoi_pozitsii |website=antikor.com.ua}} One Ukrainian commander told CNN that Ukrainian soldiers around Pokrovsk have been given orders to shoot unidentified persons on sight.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/europe/ukraine-drones-russian-advances-pokrovsk-intl/index.html|title=Ukraine is relying on drones to hold back Russian advances. Troops on the frontline are fearing the worst|first=Nick Paton|last=Walsh|date=November 27, 2024|website=CNN}}
Russian forces
{{armed forces|Russia}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Russian Federation Ground Forces.svg}} Russian Ground Forces
- 22px Central Military District - Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-26-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War|access-date=2024-08-15|archive-date=2024-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818045640/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-26-2024|url-status=live}}
- 22px 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army - Major General Vyacheslav Gurov{{Cite web|url=https://global.espreso.tv/russia-ukraine-war-russian-troops-plan-offensive-in-pokrovsk-and-kurakhove-areas|title=Russians plan offensive in Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions|website=global.espreso.tv|access-date=2024-08-15|archive-date=2024-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815174606/https://global.espreso.tv/russia-ukraine-war-russian-troops-plan-offensive-in-pokrovsk-and-kurakhove-areas|url-status=live}}
- 22px 15th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Sergeevich Marushkin{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-5-2024 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 22px 68th Tank Regiment{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-9-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- 1437th Motorized Rifle Regiment{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-18-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- 26x26px 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Dmitri Zavyalov
- 433rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
- 506th Motorized Rifle Regiment{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-15-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- 589th Motorized Rifle Regiment
- 22px {{ill|30th Motor Rifle Brigade|ru|30-я отдельная мотострелковая бригада}}{{Cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202407310006|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 31.07.2024 № 645 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов|access-date=2024-08-15|archive-date=2024-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812095215/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202407310006|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-23-2024 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 22px 385th Guards Artillery Brigade{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-23-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- 22px 41st Guards Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Sergey Ryzhkov
- 22px 35th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Oleg Vladimirovich Kurygin{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-8-2024 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 3rd "Atlant" Motor Rifle Battalion
- "Veles" Battalion{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-10-2024 |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 22px 55th Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade - Colonel Denis Barilo{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-pokrovsk-donetsk-encirclement-1958326|title=Russian salients threaten Ukrainian forces with encirclement near Pokrovsk|first=Brendan Cole Senior News|last=Reporter|date=September 24, 2024|website=Newsweek}}
- 22px 74th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
- 22px 90th Guards Tank Division - Colonel Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=Fighting To Save Pokrovsk And Hundreds Of Vulnerable Ukrainian Troops, A Ukrainian Tank Blasted a Russian Vehicle From A Few Feet Away |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/09/04/fighting-to-save-pokrovsk-and-hundreds-of-vulnerable-ukrainian-troops-a-ukrainian-tank-blasted-a-russian-vehicle-from-a-few-feet-away/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
- 6th Guards Lvov Tank Regiment
- {{ill|80th Guards Tank Regiment|ru|80-й гвардейский танковый полк}}{{cite web | url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-4-2024 | title=Institute for the Study of War }}
- 22px 228th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-18-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War|access-date=2024-08-19|archive-date=2024-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819223648/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-18-2024|url-status=live}}
- 26x26px 239th Guards Tank Regiment
- 438th Motor Rifle Regiment{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-12-2024 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 30th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-28-2024 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 75th Motor Rifle Brigade{{Cite web |date=16 August 2024 |title=RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 16, 2024 |url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-16-2024 |website=ISW Press |access-date=18 August 2024 |archive-date=18 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818112652/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-16-2024 |url-status=live }}
- 137th Motorized Rifle Brigade{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-5-2025|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- 22px 119th Missile Brigade
- 22px 120th Artillery Brigade
- 22px Southern Military District - Colonel General Gennady Anashkin
- 22px 8th Guards Combined Arms Army{{Cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202408050017|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 05.08.2024 № 663 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов|date=August 5, 2024|access-date=August 16, 2024|archive-date=August 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805210611/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202408050017|url-status=bot: unknown}}
- 22px 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-30-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- 22px 255th Motorized Rifle Regiment{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-11-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-16-2025 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 242nd Motorized Rifle Regiment{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-16-2025 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 255th Motorized Rifle Brigade
- 22px 238th Artillery Brigade{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-24-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- 22px 150th Guards Motor Rifle Division{{Cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202408050018|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 05.08.2024 № 664 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов|date=August 5, 2024|access-date=August 16, 2024|archive-date=August 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805212403/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202408050018|url-status=bot: unknown}}
- {{ill|102nd Slonim-Pomeranian Motorized Rifle Regiment|ru|102-й мотострелковый полк}}{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=Popping Smoke And Dodging Drones, Ukrainian Tanks Blast Russian Assault Groups At Close Range |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/11/18/popping-smoke-and-dodging-drones-ukrainian-tanks-blast-russian-assault-groups-at-close-range/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
- {{ill|103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment|ru|103-й мотострелковый полк}}
- 22px 51st Guards Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Sergei Milchakov
- 22px 1st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
- 22px 87th Rifle Regiment{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=A Day After Getting Surrounded Near Prohres, Two Ukrainian Battalions Overruled Their Commander—And Fought Their Way To Safety |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/07/25/a-day-after-getting-surrounded-near-prohres-two-ukrainian-battalions-overruled-their-commander-and-fought-their-way-to-safety/ |website=Forbes}}
- 1453rd Regiment{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-16-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- 22px 114th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Yuri Zazykin{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-2-2024 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 22px Pyatnashka Brigade - {{ill|Akhra Avidzba|ru|Авидзба, Ахра Русланович}}{{efn|The unit was transferred to Kursk on 12 August 2024}}
- 28x28px 5th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-11-2024 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 26x26px 9th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Timur Kurilkin
- 25x25px Separate Assault Battalion "Somalia"{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-4-2024 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 22px 110th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
- 22px 132nd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
- 22px Sparta Battalion{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-16-2025 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- 22px Eastern Military District - Lieutenant General Aleksandr Sanchik
- 22px 68th Army Corps - Lieutenant General Dmitry Glushenkov
- 22px 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division
- 22px 39th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
- Unknown military district
- "Fregat" battalion{{Cite web |title=Russians form a mechanized battalion from the crew of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/russians-form-a-mechanized-battalion-from-the-crew-of-the-admiral-kuznetsov-aircraft-carrier/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Militarnyi |language=en-US}}
- {{flagicon image|Maxim Krivonos Battalion.png}} "Maxim Krivonos" volunteer detachment{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-21-2024 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-25-2024 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-6-2025|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- "Mora" detachment
- 506th Motor Rifle Regiment
- 71st Separate Spetsnaz Brigade{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-26-2024 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- "Borz" assault battalion
- "Storm" assault battalion
- "Smuglyanka" detachment{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-29-2025 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- "Vizantiya" detachment{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-29-2025 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- "Vanya Ivanov" Group{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-16-2025 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- {{flagicon image|Флаг_Главного_разведывательного_управления_ГШ_ВС_РФ.png}} GRU
- 22px Spetsnaz GRU
- 22px 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade - Guards Col. Albert Ibragimovich Omarov{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-1-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- 22px 24th Separate Guards Special Forces Brigade{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-2-2024|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War}}
- "Vega" Spetsnaz Detachment{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-22-2024 |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
- {{air force|Russia|aerospace forces}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Russian_Air_Force.svg}} Russian Air Force{{Cite web|url=https://bukvy.org/en/one-third-of-all-enemy-attacks-target-pokrovsk-area-ukraines-general-staff-update/|title=One-third of all enemy attacks target Pokrovsk area - Ukraine's General Staff update|first=Скринський|last=Віталій|date=August 16, 2024|access-date=August 17, 2024|archive-date=August 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817161513/https://bukvy.org/en/one-third-of-all-enemy-attacks-target-pokrovsk-area-ukraines-general-staff-update/|url-status=live}}
- {{flagicon image|Naval ensign of Russia.svg}} Russian Navy
- 22px Russian Naval Infantry - Lt. Gen. Viktor Astapov
- 27x27px 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade - Colonel Aleksey Borisovich Berngard{{efn|The unit was transferred to Kursk on 12 August 2024{{Cite web|url=https://tsn.ua/en/ato/russia-s-offensive-on-pokrovsk-is-it-possible-to-stop-the-invaders-in-this-area-2639220.html|title=Russia's offensive on Pokrovsk: is it possible to stop the invaders in this area?|date=August 12, 2024|website=ТСН.ua|access-date=August 15, 2024|archive-date=August 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813004757/https://tsn.ua/en/ato/russia-s-offensive-on-pokrovsk-is-it-possible-to-stop-the-invaders-in-this-area-2639220.html|url-status=live}}}}
Ukrainian forces
{{armed forces|Ukraine}}
- {{flagicon image|Ensign_of_the_Ukrainian_Ground_Forces.svg}} Ukrainian Ground Forces
- 22px 9th Army Corps - Maj. Gen. Eduard Moskalyov
- 22px 47th Mechanised Brigade - Col. Yan Yatsishen{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/27/russia-adapting-tactics-advances-donetsk-takes-more-ukrainian-land/ |title=Russia, adapting tactics, advances in Donetsk and takes more Ukrainian land - the Washington Post |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2024-08-15 |archive-date=2024-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728082826/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/27/russia-adapting-tactics-advances-donetsk-takes-more-ukrainian-land/ |url-status=live }}{{efn|Transferred to Kursk in October{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/11/04/why-are-ukraines-best-armored-vehicles-fighting-pointless-skirmishes-around-a-tiny-russian-border-village/|title=Why Are Ukraine's M-2 Bradleys And M-1 Abrams Fighting Pointless Skirmishes Around A Tiny Russian Border Village?|first=David|last=Axe|website=Forbes}}{{Cite web|url=https://daxe.substack.com/p/ukraines-weary-m-1-abrams-brigade|title=Ukraine's Weary M-1 Abrams Brigade Is Back in Action|first=David|last=Axe|date=October 21, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/47th-brigade-overrun-new-russian-positions-in-kursk-oblast/|title=47th Brigade Overrun New Russian Positions in Kursk Oblast}}}}
- 22px 10th Army Corps
- 22px 33rd Mechanized Brigade - Col. Ivan Voitenko{{Cite web |title=Ukraine war: Troops fear encirclement in Pokrovsk as Russians near |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1epe546p5vo |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}
- 22px 100th Mechanized Brigade - Col. Ruslan Tkachuk{{Cite web|url=https://szru.gov.ua/en/news-media/news/ukraine-is-proving-that-it-really-knows-how-to-restore-justice--address-by-the-president|title=Ukraine Is Proving that it Really Knows How to Restore Justice – Address by the President|website=szru.gov.ua|access-date=2024-08-15|archive-date=2024-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815173201/https://szru.gov.ua/en/news-media/news/ukraine-is-proving-that-it-really-knows-how-to-restore-justice--address-by-the-president|url-status=live}}
- 22px 115th Mechanized Brigade - Ihor Ivanov {{efn|The brigade was later transferred to Kursk{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/08/15/ukraine-claims-control-of-82-settlements-in-kursk-region-including-town-of-sudzha_6716104_4.html|title=Ukraine claims control of 82 settlements in Kursk region, including town of Sudzha|date=August 15, 2024|via=Le Monde|access-date=August 20, 2024|archive-date=August 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822100524/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/08/15/ukraine-claims-control-of-82-settlements-in-kursk-region-including-town-of-sudzha_6716104_4.html|url-status=live}}}}
- 22px 117th Mechanized Brigade{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/02/key-ukrainian-city-pokrovsk-holds-on-as-russian-siege-tightens/|title=Ukrainian soldiers and shopkeepers hold on as Russia's siege of Pokrovsk tightens|website=opb}}
- 22px Skala Battalion - Major Yuriy Harkaviy ″Skala″{{Cite web|url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/425th-battalion-skala-storms-invader-s-positions-in-pokrovsk-sector/|title=425th Battalion “Skala” storms invader's positions in Pokrovsk sector}}
- 22px Operational Command North - Brigadier General Dmytro Krasylnykov
- 22px 5th Assault Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Yakovenko
- 22px Aidar Battalion{{Cite web|url=https://kyivindependent.com/outnumbered-and-outgunned-ukraine-struggles-to-halt-russian-advance-near-pokrovsk/|title=Outnumbered and outgunned, Ukraine struggles to halt Russian advance near Pokrovsk|date=December 14, 2024|website=The Kyiv Independent}}
- 22px 31st Mechanized Brigade{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/24/7467252/|title=Risk of encirclement near Prohres: Ukrainian forces say Russians are under their fire|website=Ukrainska Pravda|access-date=2024-08-15|archive-date=2024-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803135645/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/24/7467252/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1486631/article/2024-07-24/guerre-en-ukraine-situation-critique-pres-de-pokrovsk-la-russie-encercle-une|title=Guerre en Ukraine : " situation critique " près de Pokrovsk, la Russie encercle la 31e brigade ukrainienne|first=Félix|last=Pennel|date=July 24, 2024|website=La Voix du Nord|access-date=2024-08-15|archive-date=2024-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803213639/https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1486631/article/2024-07-24/guerre-en-ukraine-situation-critique-pres-de-pokrovsk-la-russie-encercle-une|url-status=live}}
- 22px 110th Mechanized Brigade - Mykola Chumak
- Unknown blocking detachment{{Cite web|url=https://antikor.com.ua/articles/731174-ochevidno_chto_rossijane_sumeli_operativno_prodvinutjsja_v_gornjake_poskoljku_nekotorye_podrazdelenija_vsu_ostavili_tam_svoi_pozitsii|title=..|website=antikor.com.ua}}{{Cite web|url=https://censor.net/en/resonance/3517417/chomu_syrskyyi_ne_zdatnyyi_vtrymaty_front|title=Why is Syrskyi unable to hold front?|website=censor.net}}
- 22px 152nd Jaeger Brigade{{cn|date=March 2025}}
- 22px Operational Command South - Brigadier General Hennadii Shapovalov (until 4 February 2025);{{Cite web|url=https://kyivindependent.com/shapovalov-steps-down/|title=Ukraine's Southern Operational Command chief steps down after being appointed NATO liaison|date=February 4, 2025|website=The Kyiv Independent}}Major General Andrii Sokolov (after 4 February 2025)
- 22px 57th Motorized Brigade - Denys Yaroslavsky
- 22px 420th Rifle Battalion - Colonel Serhiy Lipsky{{KIA}}{{Cite web|url=https://novynarnia.com/2024/10/26/vidmovyvsya-vid-terminovoyi-operacziyi-bo-boyavsya-pidvesty-lyudej-na-fronti-pomer-komandyr-420-go-okremogo-bataljonu-sergij-chornomor-lipskyj/|title=Відмовився від термінової операції, бо боявся підвести людей: помер командир 420-го окремого батальйону Сергій "Чорномор" Ліпський|date=October 26, 2024|website=novynarnia.com}}{{efn|Disbanded on 19 November 2024{{cn|date=March 2025}}}}
- 22px 59th Motorized Brigade - Vadym Sukharevsky{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/06/russias-bloody-summer-offensive-is-hurting-ukraine|title=Russia's bloody summer offensive is hurting Ukraine|newspaper=The Economist |access-date=2024-08-15|archive-date=2024-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815173201/https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/06/russias-bloody-summer-offensive-is-hurting-ukraine|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-reports-heavy-fighting-eastern-front-after-russia-incursion-2024-08-15/|title=Ukraine reports heavy fighting on eastern front after Russia incursion}}
- 22px 11th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion - {{ill|Valeryi Vovk|uk|Вовк Валерій Анатолійович}}{{Cite web |title=✙DeepState✙🇺🇦 |url=https://t.me/DeepStateUA/20245 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Telegram}}{{Cite web |last=Ukraine |first=Reporting from |date=2024-09-05 |title=Frontline report: Russians make significant advances toward Pokrovsk amid heavy fighting |url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/09/05/frontline-report-russianss-make-significant-advances-toward-pokrovsk-amid-heavy-fighting/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Euromaidan Press |language=en-US}}
- 22px Da Vinci Wolves Battalion - Serhii Filimonovhttps://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-pokrovsk-d33999044aea4cf2173cbcf294bd8843
- 22px Operational Command East - Oleh Mikats
- 22px 53rd Mechanized Brigade{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=Reinforced By The National Guard, the Ukrainian Army Is Counterattacking—And Just Liberated Part Of A Town Called New York |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/09/07/reinforced-by-the-national-guard-the-ukrainian-army-is-counterattacking-and-just-liberated-part-of-a-town-called-new-york/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
- 22px 54th Mechanized Brigade - Oleksiy Maistrenko
- 22px 55th Artillery Brigade - Roman Kachur{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-official-says-civilians-week-110836993.html|title=Ukraine official says civilians have 'week or two' to evacuate key hub Pokrovsk|date=August 19, 2024|website=Yahoo News|access-date=August 19, 2024|archive-date=August 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819233419/https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-official-says-civilians-week-110836993.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-official-says-civilians-have-week-or-two-evacuate-key-hub-pokrovsk-2024-08-19/|title=Ukraine official says civilians have 'week or two' to evacuate key hub Pokrovsk}}
- 22px 93rd Mechanized Brigade - Col. Pavlo Palisa{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukrainian-strikes-on-donetsk-capital-wound-seven-people-russian-official-says/ar-AA1oUF0l?ocid=BingNewsVerp |title=Archived copy |website=MSN |access-date=2024-08-17 |archive-date=2024-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822100503/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukrainian-strikes-on-donetsk-capital-wound-seven-people-russian-official-says/ar-AA1oUF0l?ocid=BingNewsVerp |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/soldiers-of-the-93rd-separate-mechanized-brigade-kholodnyi-yar-liberated-the-captured-position-near-klishchiyivka/|title=Soldiers of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" liberated the captured position near Klishchiyivka|access-date=2024-08-17|archive-date=2024-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822100449/https://mil.in.ua/en/news/soldiers-of-the-93rd-separate-mechanized-brigade-kholodnyi-yar-liberated-the-captured-position-near-klishchiyivka/|url-status=live}}
- 22px 151st Mechanized Brigade - V. Samoilenko
- 22px Operational Command West - Brigadier General Volodymyr Shvediuk
- 22px 14th Mechanized Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Vasyl Lapchuk{{KIA}}{{Cite web|url=https://golossokal.com.ua/en/ato/sohodni-lvivshchyna-proshchaietsia-iz-p-iatma-zakhysnamy-21.html|title=Today Lviv region says goodbye to five defenders|first=Андрій|last=Гаврилюк|date=September 28, 2024|website=Voice of Sokal - news about Sokal, Sheptytskyi}}
- 22px 68th Jaeger Brigade - Oleksiy Shum{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=Hundreds Of Ukrainian Troops Are About To Get Surrounded South Of Pokrovsk |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/09/02/hundreds-of-ukrainian-troops-are-about-to-get-surrounded-south-of-pokrovsk/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241216-the-last-days-of-a-ukrainian-ghost-town-within-russia-s-grasp|title=The last days of a Ukrainian ghost town within Russia's grasp|date=December 16, 2024|website=France 24}}
- 22px 155th Mechanized Brigade - Colonel Dmytro Ryumshin (until 12 December);{{Cite web|url=https://strana.today/news/476748-jurij-butusov-zajavil-o-massovom-dezertirstve-v-brihade-vsu-anna-kievskaja.html|title=Более тысячи ушли в СЗЧ. Что произошло со 155-й бригадой "Анна Киевская", которая воевала под Покровском|website=strana.today}}{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=Ukraine’s New Mechanized Brigade And Its Leopard 2 Tanks May Reinforce Pokrovsk—Right Before Russia Attacks |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/12/27/ukraines-new-mechanized-brigade-and-its-leopard-2-tanks-may-reinforce-pokrovsk-right-before-russia-attacks/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Colonel Taras Maksymov (after 12 December)https://antikor.com.ua/ru/articles/740082-v_155_omb_kotoraja_vernulasj_s_uchenij_vo_frantsii_smenili_komandira{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/01/03/as-ukraines-new-leopard-2-brigade-disintegrates-the-russians-advance-on-pokrovsk/|title=As Ukraine’s New Leopard 2 Brigade Disintegrates, The Russians Advance On Pokrovsk|first=David|last=Axe|website=Forbes}}{{efn|Destroyed and disbanded on 4 January 2025{{Cite news |date=2025-01-04 |title=Ukraine's 'Anne of Kyiv' brigade, trained in France then dispersed to the front line, suffers setbacks |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/01/04/ukraine-s-anne-of-kyiv-brigade-trained-in-france-then-dispersed-to-the-front-line-suffers-setbacks_6736700_4.html |access-date=2025-01-17 |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2025-01-06 |title='Dozens' of Ukraine soldiers deserted while training in France, says French army official |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/01/06/dozens-of-ukraine-soldiers-deserted-while-training-in-france-says-french-army-official_6736765_4.html |access-date=2025-01-17 |language=en}}}}
- Unknown operational command
- Unknown brigade
- 33rd Assault Battalion{{Cite web |title=Soldiers of 33rd Battalion seize invaders' dugout near Pokrovsk |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/soldiers-of-33rd-battalion-seize-invaders-dugout-near-pokrovsk/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Military. Honest news about the army, war and defense. |language=en-US}}
- 22px 157th Mechanized Brigade
- 22px International Legion
- 22px 2nd Battalion International Legion - Col. Ruslan Myroshnychenko{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3950271-belarusian-woman-fighting-in-2nd-international-legion-dies-on-ukraines-battlefield.html|title=Belarusian woman fighting in 2nd International Legion dies on Ukraine’s battlefield|date=January 19, 2025|website=www.ukrinform.net}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukrainian Naval Infantry.png}} Ukrainian Marine Corps
- 22px 30th Marine Corps - Major General Dmytro Delyatsky
- 22px 35th Marine Brigade - Yuriy Andriyenko{{Cite web|url=https://www.slidstvo.info/english-stories/she-fought-to-the-end-marine-oksana-who-fought-in-krynky/|title="She fought to the end" — Marine Oksana, who fought in Krynky|access-date=2024-08-15|archive-date=2024-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822100521/https://www.slidstvo.info/english-stories/she-fought-to-the-end-marine-oksana-who-fought-in-krynky/|url-status=live}}
- 22px 37th Marine Brigade - Vitaliy Napkhanenko{{Cite web|url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/37th-marine-brigade-repulses-attack-in-kurakhove-sector/|title=37th Marine Brigade Repulses Attack in Kurakhove Sector}}
- 22px 38th Marine Brigade - Lt. Col. Yevheniy Bova{{Cite web|url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/pokrovsk-is-of-strategic-importance-for-ukrainian-armed-forces-and-putin-what-is-happening-there-50473727.html|title=Military expert highlights critical importance of defending Pokrovsk|website=New Voice}}{{Cite web|url=https://unn.ua/en/news/we-have-to-make-non-standard-decisions-syrskyi-on-the-situation-in-the-pokrovske-direction|title=We have to make non-standard decisions: Syrskyi on the situation in the Pokrovske direction | УНН|date=December 11, 2024|website=unn.ua}}
- 22px Rocket Forces and Artillery
- {{ill|38th Separate Artillery Brigade|uk|38-ма окрема артилерійська бригада (Україна)}}{{Cite web|url=https://kyivindependent.com/tough-battles-in-pokrovsk-demand-non-standard-decisions-syrskyi-says/|title=Tough battles, lost positions in Pokrovsk demand 'non-standard decisions,' Syrskyi says|date=December 12, 2024|website=The Kyiv Independent}}
- 20px 43rd Artillery Brigade - Oleh Shevchuk{{Cite web |date=2024-09-02 |title=Undistracted by Kursk offensive, Russia cuts deeper toward Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast |url=https://kyivindependent.com/undistracted-by-kursk-offensive-russia-cuts-deeper-toward-pokrovsk-in-donetsk-oblast/ |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240915-deadly-shelling-in-ukraine-s-pokrovsk-as-russia-gains-ground|title=Deadly shelling in Ukraine's Pokrovsk as Russia gains ground|date=September 15, 2024|website=France 24}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces.svg}} Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
- 22px 7th Air Assault Corps - Col. Valery Kurach
- 22px 25th Airborne Brigade - Col. Yevhen Kurash{{Cite web|url=https://censor.net/en/video_news/3504024/desantnyky_znyschyly_voroju_sau_pion|title=The paratroopers destroyed the enemy self-propelled gun "Pion" | Censor.NET|access-date=2024-08-18|archive-date=2024-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818153559/https://censor.net/en/video_news/3504024/desantnyky_znyschyly_voroju_sau_pion|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3896224-ukrainian-paratroopers-destroy-two-russian-grads-in-pokrovsk-axis.html|title=Ukrainian paratroopers destroy two Russian Grads in Pokrovsk axis|date=August 18, 2024|website=www.ukrinform.net|access-date=August 18, 2024|archive-date=August 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818153559/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3896224-ukrainian-paratroopers-destroy-two-russian-grads-in-pokrovsk-axis.html|url-status=live}}
- 22px 46th Airmobile Brigade - Col. Valeriy Skred{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian paratroopers stop major Russian mechanized assault in the Kurakhove sector |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-paratroopers-stop-major-russian-mechanized-assault-in-the-kurakhove-sector/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Militarnyi |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=98 Russian Vehicles Barreled Toward Kurakhove in Back-To-Back Record Assaults. Fire-Spewing Ukrainian Thermite Drones Were Waiting. |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/09/20/98-russian-vehicles-barreled-toward-kurakhove-in-back-to-back-record-assaults-fire-spewing-ukrainian-thermite-drones-were-waiting/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
- 22px 79th Air Assault Brigade - Col. {{ill|Oleksandr Lutsenko|uk|Луценко Олександр Дмитрович}}{{Cite web |url=https://geoconfirmed.org/ukraine/44567f0c-13d8-4b78-f865-08dc3fa15d29 |title=Ukraine - Geoconfirmed |access-date=2024-08-15 |archive-date=2024-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514224518/https://geoconfirmed.org/ukraine/44567f0c-13d8-4b78-f865-08dc3fa15d29 |url-status=live }}
- 22px Territorial Defense Forces
- 22px Operational Command North
- 22px 117th Territorial Defense Brigade{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/09/02/hundreds-of-ukrainian-troops-are-about-to-get-surrounded-south-of-pokrovsk/|title=Hundreds Of Ukrainian Troops Are About To Get Surrounded South Of Pokrovsk|first=David|last=Axe|website=Forbes}}
- 22px Operational Command South
- 22px 120th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Yurii Paradiuk{{Cite web|url=https://censor.net/en/news/3503312/rumours_about_the_defeat_of_the_120th_territorial_defence_brigade|title=Rumours about defeat and enormous losses of 120th TDF brigade in Donetsk region are lie - brigade’s press centre|website=censor.net}}
- 210th Territorial Defense Battalion
- 22px 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade - Col. Roman Viktorovych Tokarenko
- 22px 48th Separate Assault Battalion{{Cite web |date=2025-01-18 |title='Direct threat' — Ukraine's 48th Separate Assault Battalion denounces commander replacement |url=https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-48th-assault-battalion-denounces-commander-replacement/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}
22px National Police of Ukraine{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-pokrovsk-kursk.html|title=Russia Closes In on Key Eastern Ukrainian City Despite Kursk Incursion|first=Constant|last=Méheut|work=The New York Times |date=August 16, 2024|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=August 17, 2024|archive-date=August 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818050125/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-pokrovsk-kursk.html|url-status=live}}
{{flagicon image|Ensign of the National Guard of Ukraine.svg}} National Guard of Ukraine
- 20px Offensive Guard
- 20px Azov Brigade - Denys Prokopenko{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=Ukrainian Reinforcements Are Counterattacking Outside Pokrovsk |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/09/06/ukrainian-reinforcements-are-counterattacking-outside-pokrovsk/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
- 22px 14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade{{Cite web |title=Soldiers of the 14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade defeated Russian positions in the Pokrovsk sector |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/soldiers-of-the-14th-chervona-kalyna-brigade-defeated-russian-positions-in-the-pokrovsk-sector/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Militarnyi |language=en-US}}
- 22px Kara-Dag Brigade - Colonel Ivan Bondarenko{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=Desperate To Save Pokrovsk, The Ukrainian National Guard Has Deployed One Of Its Few Offensive Brigades |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/08/30/desperate-to-save-pokrovsk-the-ukrainian-national-guard-has-deployed-one-of-its-few-offensive-brigades/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901100351/https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/08/30/desperate-to-save-pokrovsk-the-ukrainian-national-guard-has-deployed-one-of-its-few-offensive-brigades/ |url-status=live }}
Shkval Battalion - "Oleksandr"{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/15/7465711/|title=Ukraine's Armed Forces show how former prisoners cleared Russian position in Donetsk Oblast – video|website=Ukrainska Pravda}}{{Cite web|url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/bradley-supported-shkval-unit-prevents-russian-foothold-in-novoselivka-persha/|title=Bradley-Supported "Shkval" Unit Prevents Russian Foothold in Novoselivka Persha}}
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