Sirdo

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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.

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THREAD 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.

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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)

Unit Observer@warunitobserver.bsky.social · last yr.

THREAD The city of Pokrovsk, a major supply hub, has been under attack since early 2024 following the fall of Avdiivka. This is the first of a three part series on the events in January and February We will also release a comprehensive article at @tochnyi.info

(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.

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THREAD 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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Ok, so, a quick little something to breathe life into this profile. Lately i've been working on locating the areas where Ukrainian units, down to Battalion-level, are operating. Which is obviously not very twittable or anything. So anyway, as filler, here's the current Operational Command East

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I've put together a starter pack of people I know who were posting Order of Battle graphics on Twitter and some other ORBAT enthusiasts. Give them a follow to pressure them into make ORBATs for my amusement go.bsky.app/PBJpoMy

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