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The Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps (3AK), based on the infamous 3rd Assault Brigade, revealed part of its subordinate Brigades last week.

Their sector is the Izyum axis and, as was previously reported by Ukrainian press, they replaced Tactical Group "Kreminna" in June.

41st Brigade joins 12th Army Corps The 41st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces has officially joined the 12th Army Corps, headquartered in Kyiv, according to announcements made by both the corps and the brigade on their…

A new Ukrainian mechanized brigade has joined the 12th Army Corps. ↓↓ #UkrainianArmy
militaryland.net/news/41st-br...

If you've ever wondered how and why Russia sometimes manages to advance quicker than usual, here's the overview (by yours truly) of the most recent example: the southern Kostyantynivka axis.

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Additional Army Corps Units Surface Two more Ground Forces Army Corps have been identified.

Two additional Army Corps formations have been identified, including one based in Kharkiv Oblast. All known details, along with a high-quality image of the available insignia, now on MilitaryLand! #UkrainianArmy #army #corps
militaryland.net/news/additio...

We have found the first insignia for a subunit of the newly formed 68th Motorized Rifle Division. It likely belongs to its 122nd Motorized Rifle Regiment.
For this Regiment we also managed to figure out its unique Military Unit Number, namely 50333

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In March Ukrainian forces attacked Belgorod oblast, capturing the villages of Demidovka and Popovka.
Apparently, more Ukrainian units than initially believed are involved, including several brigades previously in Kursk oblast and soldiers transferred from support branches.

This is the first part of what i've been focusing on with
@geschlittert.bsky.social over the past couple months: a comprehensive overview of the units in the Pokrovsk front down to Battalion level.

(in January and February - more recent changes will be discussed in a later post)

Armored Cavalry Regiments are so back, and no one will be able to prove me wrong on this.

ACR bros keep winning

(1) Aleksandr Sergeevich Kovalev went missing in action on January 26th 2025, near Udachne, Donetsk Oblast, under questionable circumstances. He was a thrice wounded veteran of the 15th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade "Black Hussars" (15th MRB), MUN: 9 0 6 0 0.

Three Army Corps Officially Named and Revealed The formation of three new Army Corps within the Ground Forces is currently underway.

The formation of three new Army Corps within the Ukrainian Ground Forces is underway. We’re the first to report and reveal their high-definition insignias, redrawn by our contributor! #UkrainianArmy #Ukraine

Ukrainian Abwehrschlacht: Defense in Depth in Modern Warfare Dispatches from the Frontline and Lessons Learned

I’ve spent the last few months working on this article, doing deep background on Ukraine’s tactical shifts that helped them withstand Russia’s 2024 offensives. Through the eyes of one UAF battalion commander, the piece details how his unit adapted and embraced Abwehrschlacht, defensive battle

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Russian Nuclear Forces are used as assault infantry in the Toretsk direction.
In November 2024, trucks belonging to the 🇷🇺 12th Main Directorate crossed the border into Ukraine near 47.845276, 39.762979.
At that time we didn't know what their purpose was.
Now we do.

Russian manpower shortages:
The 🇷🇺 90th Tank Division is using military police in their assaults, specifically the 152nd commandant's company the 159th commandant's office, MUN 35822.
They have been used in attacks against Nadiivka, Donetsk.

The 🇷🇺 3rd Special Purpose Brigade, MUN 21208, has seen unprecedented losses since their shift from the Pokrovsk front towards Toretsk.
Their transfer happened around Oct/Nov 2024, with the first MIA from Toretsk showing up on 2024.11.02 and the first geolocation on 2024.12.06

facts.

The Russian 1st Tank Army has slowly been moving
forward in order to shift the front line in Kharkiv
towards the Oskil river. In this thread we present
where each unit in this front sector is located. Sources: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The Ukrainian army is engaging in fierce battles and retreating on key front lines. An explanation with maps After interviewing frontline soldiers, Ukrainska Pravda reports on the most critical areas of the front, detailing the risks and threats posed by ongoing events.

This is a useful assessment of the situation on the ground in eastern #Ukraine, from the Ukrainian perspective, by @pravda.ua. A number of issues, some specified & some implied, are apparent. 1/8 🧵🇺🇦
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles...

I believe this is economic aid, not equipment

Absolute LIONS of Bilohorivka. Super overlooked unit, yet arguably the most solid section of the front

BACK WITH THE ORBATS

I've long been looking for the structure of the Iraqi Army from the Gulf War period and someone was able to share it with me a couple weeks ago. I've put together this graphic on what an Iraqi Armored Division would have looked like when they invaded Kuwait in 1990. #ORBATboys

Some of y'all Attrition Advocates need to take a good, long look at this one.
#ManeuverMonarchs we reign supreme brothers.

The recent article about the switch to Army Corps mentions they're not doing a Corps-Divisions system because they lack resources (material and human) for it.

My guess is they don't want to put 2 BDEs together, so they'd need to expand the current ones into DIVs and don't have the manpower for that

Main one is MilitaryLand.com

Other than that, (and this is what we do on ML) is basically scour Facebook and the internet as a whole for data. FB has both the Brigades' official pages and a lot of useful posts by relatives and soldiers.

Also this video is a good starter: youtu.be/uCjY1xeL5qU?...

Typically we mentioned Velyka Novosilka, and then another geolocation emerged showing a large attack yesterday

3rd & 20th battalions of Presidential Brigade strike Russian mechanized column that advanced to within 4km east of Velyka Novosilka

Geo: 47.816167, 36.873165

Source: t.me/creamy_capri...

Corps CO Lutsenko is commander of OTU Donetsk btw, which covers the Pokrovsk front.
None of his maneuver units are deployed there.

(By the way, 58th Motorized Brigade hasn't been featured on 9AK's FB page for months and has been posted by OC North, so it's likely back under it)

Current structure of Ukrainian 9th Army Corps.

Included map of the units' rough locations, to show how spread out they are - we'll see if the rumored reorganization of ZSU into Corps will change how they're employed and actually make them cohesive units or not.

#ORBATBoys

Once again, GenStab does fuckall while i could've predicted this push coming at least 3 weeks ago (obvious after the villages west of Vuhledar fell and RU started pushing north).

Meanwhile, 47th is up in Kursk..... together with 4 other high quality brigades (36th, 80th, 82nd, 95th)

Just crazy.

The strength of these defenses, and the difficulty of attacking this ground, allowed Ukraine to underman these areas to shift forces to other areas. That's over. Now you need to begin sacrificing other areas to defend here. Russia cannot, under any circumstance, be allowed to advance here.

I have updated the graphics on Ukrainian and Russian forces deployed to the Kursk front.

Thanks to @imi-m.bsky.social, @geschlittert.bsky.social, Sirdo, @uacontrolmap.bsky.social and Fisken for providing the information.

Estimated in total:
29x Mechanized/Motorized/Assault battalions
26x Rifle/TDF battalions
7x Tank battalions
17x Artillery battalions

(all are missing 17th BDE's new org since it's unknown for now)