
This is an update on the status of elite corps from in a previous article.
Many corps have been formed (20 are expected), we are focusing on the elite corps likely to participate in offensive and counter-offensive operations.
1st National Guard Corps is based on the 12th Operational Brigade Azov and will be called Azov. The corps has a new insignia. The assignment of combat brigades are complete. The brigades assigned are the 1st Bureviy Operational Brigade, the 14th Chervona Kalyna Operational Brigade, the 20th Lyubart Operational Brigade, the 12th Azov Special Purpose Brigade, and the 15th Kara-Dag Operational Brigade.
2nd National Guard Corps is based on the 13th Operational Brigade Khatia and will be called Khartia. The corps insignia is the same as the 13th Operational Brigade. The assignment of combat brigades are complete. The brigades assigned are the 3rd Spartan Operational Brigade, the 4th Rubizh Operational Brigade, the 13th Khartia Operational Brigade, the 17th Separate Poltavska Brigade, and the 18th Slovyansk Brigade.
3rd Army Corps is based on the 3rd Assault Brigade. No specific name has been given to the corps. One source (Reporting from Ukraine) implies that the assignment of combat brigades are complete. UVD cannot identify the specific brigades assigned to the 3rd Army Corps apart from the 3rd Assault Brigade.
UVD cannot confirm the number, name, or insignia of the army corps based on the 92nd Assault Brigade (Ivan Sirko). Militaryland.net suspects that the corps will be 92nd Army Corps. UVD cannot confirm the brigades assigned to the army corps based on the 92nd Assault Brigade.
The 7th Rapid Response Corps has a separate insignia and has been restructured. The assignment of combat brigades are complete. The brigades assigned are the 25th Airborne Brigade, the 77th Airmobile Brigade, the 79th Air Assault Brigade, and the 81st Airmobile Brigade. The 78th Air Assault Regiment is also included and may be scaled up to a Brigade. Four Brigades were reassigned to the 8th Air Assault Corps.
The 8th Air Assault Corps has been created and the insignia has been confirmed. This corps was not in the initial list but was needed as there were more air assault brigades not assigned to a combat corps. The assignment of combat brigades are complete. The brigades assigned are the 46th Airmobile Brigade, the 71st Jaeger Brigade, the 80th Air Assault Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, and the 95th Air Assault Brigade.
The 30th Marin Corps has been created and the insignia has been confirmed. The assignment of combat brigades are complete. The brigades assigned are the 35th Marine Brigade, the 36th Marine Brigade, the 37th Marine Brigade, and the 38th Marine Brigade.
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3rd Separate Assault Brigade Insignia. By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - https://t.me/azovsof, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128133189
92nd Assault Brigade. By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86184944
12th Brigade of the National Guard (Azov). By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - Own work, виконана на основі растрового зображення емблеми. / Inkscape'r, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46758588
13th Brigade of the National Guard (khartia) By Jerome, founder of MilitaryLand - https://militaryland.net/ukraine/national-guard/khartia-brigade/, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=130665173
35th Marine Brigade. By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - https://militaryland.net/ukraine/marine-corps/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146045595
36th Marine Brigade. By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - https://militaryland.net/ukraine/marine-corps/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146045597
37th Marine Brigade. By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - https://militaryland.net/ukraine/marine-corps/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146045596
38th Marine Brigade. By MilitaryLand - https://militaryland.net/ukraine/marine-corps/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=134052155
46th Airmobile Brigade. By Avhaz - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138354025
79th Air Assault Brigade. By Векторизація від Olexa Andryuschenko - Нове Військо, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83176757
80th Air Assault Brigade. By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - Нове Військо Векторизація від Olexa Andryuschenko, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83176756
81st Airmobile Brigade. By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - Нове Військо Vectorization by Olexa Andryuschenko, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83359294
82nd Air Assault Brigade. By Avhaz - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138355052
95th Air Assault Brigade. By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - Нове Військо Векторизація від Olexa Andryuschenko, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83359305
1st Presidential Operational Brigade - By Андрій Корень - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=127656565
15th Operational Brigade Kara-Dag_Brigade - By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - https://militaryland.net/ukraine/national-guard/kara-dag-brigade/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=144422231
14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade - By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - https://militaryland.net/ukraine/national-guard/chervona-kalyna-brigade/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=130847560
1st AZOV Corps - By Davomme - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=163666644
20th Operational Brigade "Liubart"- By Unknown author - https://militaryland.net/ukraine/national-guard/lyubart-brigade/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=163653339
7th Rapid Response Corps - By MilitaryLand - https://militaryland.net/ukraine, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=148309333
30th Marine Corps - By Davomme - https://militaryland.net/ukraine/marine-corps/30th-marine-corps/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=153289730
3rd Operational Spartan Brigade - By AlexSmith2121 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=120896157
4th Operational Rubizh Brigade - By This image is a work of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense. According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights this work is in the public domain within Ukraine and possibly in other jurisdictions because it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. - http://www.sammler.ru/index.php?showtopic=141827&page=8, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=134190844
17th Separate Poltavska Brigade from https://www.facebook.com/17brigadeNGU/
18th Slovyansk Brigade From https://www.facebook.com/ngu3035
25th Airborne Brigade - By Векторизація від Olexa Andryuschenko - Нове Військо, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83359293
77th Airmobile Brigade - By Avhaz - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138354835
78th Air Assault Regiment - By Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138392402
8th Air Assault Corps - By Davomme - https://militaryland.net/ukraine, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=164009153
71st Jaeger Brigade - By Avhaz - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138354620
Ukraine Ground Forces - By svg by user:miko3k - Own work using: Указ Президента України «Про символіку, яка використовується у Збройних Силах України», Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10540969
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Air Assault Forces - By В.В. Гайдукевич, О.О. Лєжнєв, О.В. Руденко, О.І. Сопін, Т.О. Сопіна векторизація від Olexa Andryuschenko - Указ Президента України №379/2017 від 21 листопада 2017 року «Про внесення змін до деяких указів Президента України», Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64277919
National Guard of Ukraine - Художник Академічного ансамблю пісні й танцю МВС України підполковник запасу Андрій Некрасов, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_National_Guard_of_Ukraine.svg