✦ History

Part of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Pokrovsk offensive

2024 · Donbas

Russian forces advanced on the Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast after taking Avdiivka. The battle became one of the longest and most costly of the war.

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Strength and losses

Strength
110,000–112,000 disputed
Strength
c. 12,000

Units

1st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
110th Mechanized Brigade 25th Airborne Brigade 59th Assault Brigade 68th Airmobile Brigade Azov Brigade 425th Assault Regiment (Ukraine)
41st Guards Combined Arms Army 51st Guards Combined Arms Army Pyatnashka Brigade 150th Guards Motor Rifle Division 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division 90th Guards Tank Division (2016–present) 5th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 79th Air Assault Brigade 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade 201st Guards Military Base 60th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Battalion