# Pokrovsk offensive order of battle

On 18 July 2024, Russian forces began an offensive with the goal of capturing the strategically important city of Pokrovsk. Pokrovsk serves as an important supply route and as a transportation hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukrainian soldiers on this part of the front are mostly made of poorly trained conscripts who reportedly had little to no training. Many Ukrainian conscripts had been reported to have deserted over the course of the offensive. The increased level of desertion has resulted in Ukrainian commanders increasing the use of blocking detachments. One Ukrainian commander told CNN that Ukrainian soldiers around Pokrovsk have been given orders to shoot unidentified persons on sight.

## Russian forces

Russian Armed Forces
* Russian Ground Forces
** Central Military District - Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev
*** 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army - Major General Vyacheslav Gurov
**** 15th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Sergeevich Marushkin
***** 68th Tank Regiment
***** 1437th Motorized Rifle Regiment
**** 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division - Colonel Dmitri Zavyalov
***** 433rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
***** 506th Motorized Rifle Regiment
***** 589th Motorized Rifle Regiment
**** 30th Motor Rifle Brigade [ru]
**** 385th Guards Artillery Brigade
*** 41st Guards Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Sergey Ryzhkov
**** 35th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Oleg Vladimirovich Kurygin
***** 3rd "Atlant" Motor Rifle Battalion
***** "Veles" Battalion
**** 55th Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade - Colonel Denis Barilo
**** 74th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
**** 90th Guards Tank Division - Colonel Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin
***** 6th Guards Lvov Tank Regiment
***** 80th Guards Tank Regiment [ru]
***** 228th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
***** 239th Guards Tank Regiment
***** 438th Motor Rifle Regiment
***** 30th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
**** 75th Motor Rifle Brigade
**** 137th Motorized Rifle Brigade
**** 119th Missile Brigade
**** 120th Artillery Brigade
** Southern Military District - Colonel General Gennady Anashkin
*** 8th Guards Combined Arms Army
**** 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division
***** 255th Motorized Rifle Regiment
**** 255th Motorized Rifle Brigade
**** 238th Artillery Brigade
**** 150th Guards Motor Rifle Division
***** 102nd Slonim-Pomeranian Motorized Rifle Regiment [ru]
***** 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment [ru]
*** 51st Guards Combined Arms Army - Lieutenant General Sergei Milchakov
**** 1st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
***** 87th Rifle Regiment
***** 1453rd Regiment
**** 114th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Yuri Zazykin
**** Pyatnashka Brigade - Akhra Avidzba [ru]
**** 5th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
**** 9th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade - Timur Kurilkin
***** Separate Assault Battalion "Somalia"
**** 110th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
**** 132nd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
** Eastern Military District - Lieutenant General Aleksandr Sanchik
*** 68th Army Corps - Lieutenant General Dmitry Glushenkov
**** 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division
**** 39th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
** Unknown military district
*** "Fregat" battalion
*** "Maxim Krivonos" volunteer detachment
*** "Mora" detachment
*** 506th Motor Rifle Regiment
*** 71st Separate Spetsnaz Brigade
*** "Borz" assault battalion
*** "Storm" assault battalion
* GRU
** Spetsnaz GRU
*** 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade - Guards Col. Albert Ibragimovich Omarov
*** 24th Separate Guards Special Forces Brigade
**** "Vega" Spetsnaz Detachment
* Russian Aerospace Forces
** Russian Air Force
* Russian Navy
** Russian Naval Infantry - Lt. Gen. Viktor Astapov
*** 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade - Colonel Aleksey Borisovich Berngard
BARS
* BARS-14 "Sarmat"

## Ukrainian forces

Armed Forces of Ukraine
* Ukrainian Ground Forces
** 9th Army Corps - Maj. Gen. Eduard Moskalyov
*** 47th Mechanised Brigade - Col. Yan Yatsishen
** 10th Army Corps
*** 33rd Mechanized Brigade - Col. Ivan Voitenko
*** 100th Mechanized Brigade - Col. Ruslan Tkachuk
*** 115th Mechanized Brigade - Ihor Ivanov
*** 117th Mechanized Brigade
*** Skala Battalion - Major Yuriy Harkaviy ″Skala″
** Operational Command North - Brigadier General Dmytro Krasylnykov
*** 5th Assault Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Yakovenko
**** Aidar Battalion
*** 31st Mechanized Brigade
*** 110th Mechanized Brigade - Mykola Chumak
**** Unknown blocking detachment
*** 152nd Jaeger Brigade
** Operational Command South - Brigadier General Hennadii Shapovalov (until 4 February 2025);Major General Andrii Sokolov (after 4 February 2025)
*** 57th Motorized Brigade - Denys Yaroslavsky
**** 420th Rifle Battalion - Colonel Serhiy Lipsky †
*** 59th Motorized Brigade - Vadym Sukharevsky
**** 11th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion - Valeryi Vovk [uk]
**** Da Vinci Wolves Battalion - Serhii Filimonov
** Operational Command East - Oleh Mikats
*** 53rd Mechanized Brigade
*** 54th Mechanized Brigade - Oleksiy Maistrenko
*** 55th Artillery Brigade - Roman Kachur
*** 93rd Mechanized Brigade - Col. Pavlo Palisa
*** 151st Mechanized Brigade - V. Samoilenko
** Operational Command West - Brigadier General Volodymyr Shvediuk
*** 14th Mechanized Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Vasyl Lapchuk †
*** 68th Jaeger Brigade - Oleksiy Shum
*** 155th Mechanized Brigade - Colonel Dmytro Ryumshin (until 12 December); Colonel Taras Maksymov (after 12 December)
** Unknown operational command
*** Unknown brigade
**** 33rd Assault Battalion
*** 157th Mechanized Brigade
** International Legion
*** 2nd Battalion International Legion - Col. Ruslan Myroshnychenko
* Ukrainian Marine Corps
** 30th Marine Corps - Major General Dmytro Delyatsky
*** 35th Marine Brigade - Yuriy Andriyenko
*** 37th Marine Brigade - Vitaliy Napkhanenko
*** 38th Marine Brigade - Lt. Col. Yevheniy Bova
* Rocket Forces and Artillery
** 38th Separate Artillery Brigade [uk]
** 43rd Artillery Brigade - Oleh Shevchuk
* Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
** 7th Air Assault Corps - Col. Valery Kurach
*** 25th Airborne Brigade - Col. Yevhen Kurash
*** 46th Airmobile Brigade - Col. Valeriy Skred
*** 79th Air Assault Brigade - Col. Oleksandr Lutsenko [uk]
* Territorial Defense Forces
** Operational Command North
*** 117th Territorial Defense Brigade
** Operational Command South
*** 120th Territorial Defense Brigade - Colonel Yurii Paradiuk
**** 210th Territorial Defense Battalion
*** 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade - Col. Roman Viktorovych Tokarenko
**** 48th Separate Assault Battalion
National Police of Ukraine National Guard of Ukraine
* Offensive Guard
** Azov Brigade - Denys Prokopenko
** 14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade
** Kara-Dag Brigade - Colonel Ivan Bondarenko
Shkval Battalion - "Oleksandr"