Update on Status of Elite Corps in the Armed Forces of Ukraine 25 APR 2025
Update on Status of Elite Corps in the Armed Forces of Ukraine 25 APR 2025
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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.

Image Credits

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

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

Ukrainian Naval Forces - By svg by en:user:miko3k - Указ Президента України «Про символіку, яка використовується у Збройних Силах України», Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9097068

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