9th Strategic Reserve Corps

9th Strategic Reserve Corps
9 армійський корпус

Active	2023–present
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Engagements	Russian invasion of Ukraine 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive

The 9th Strategic Reserve Corps (Ukrainian: 9 армійський корпус; 9 АК) is an active formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, formed for the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.^[1]

History

The first public mention of the 9th Corps was in April 2023, after a series of classified US Department of Defense papers were leaked.^[2]

Units of the corps made up much of the first wave of the 2023 summer counteroffensive.^[3]

Structure

As of 2023 the corps' structure is as follows:^[4]

IX Army Corps, Lutsk, Volyn Oblast
- 81st Corps HQ and HQ Battalion
- 3rd Assault Infantry Brigade (Mech)
- 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 67th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 4th Tank Brigade
- 47th Field Artillery Brigade
- 150th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 93rd Combat Engineer Battalion
- 228th Logistics Battalion (Sustainment)
- 474th Separate Guard and Service Battalion. Involved in fire support, defense activities and assistance to units in the combat zone.^[5]
- 747th Maintenance Battalion
- MP Battalion
- 180th Corps Training Battalion (Basic Training)

References

^ "Perseverance and Adaptation: Ukraine's Counteroffensive at Three Months". War on the Rocks. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ "U.S. intelligence leak sheds light on Ukrainian weapons shortages". Yahoo News. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ "Ukrainian counteroffensive's slow going offers reality check but could yet pay off | Ukraine | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ "9th Army Corps". 3 August 2023.
^ "ПОМІЧНИК КОМАНДИРА БАТАЛЬЙОНУ З ПРАВОВОЇ РОБОТИ". www.lobbyx (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 30 July 2024.

Ukrainian Ground Forces

Corps

Strategic Groups

Pivnich: (Sumy, Chernihiv, Kiyv, Volyn)
Khortytsia: (Kharkiv, Lyman, Soledar, Chasiv Yar)
Tavria: (Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Kryvyi Rih)
Odesa: (Kherson, Dunay, Vinnitsia)
Aleksandriya: (Kakhovka, Primorye)

Brigades

Army Aviation

11
12
16
18

Infantry¹

Artillery

26
38
40
43
44
45
47
48
49
55
Reconnaissance
- 15
Missile
- 19
Rocket
- 27
- 107

Tank

1
3
4
5
14
17

Engineering

Regiments

Tank	300th Training
Mechanized	354 Training 355 Training
Anti-Aircraft Missile	38 39 1039 1121 1129
Artillery	356 Training
Engineering	Operational Support 12 16 70 91 703 Maintenance 31 50 145 146 532 Pontoon bridge 210 808
Signal	5 7 55 121

Battalions

Motorized Infantry	1st Assault 1 2 3 3rd Mechanized 4 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24th Assault 25 25th Assault 33rd Assault 34 40 42 43rd Territorial Defense 46th Assault 48th Assault 49th Assault 97th Mechanized 108th Assault 117th Assault 214th OPFOR 225th Assault 425th Assault
Tank	12
Mountain	8 15 108 109
Reconnaissance	54 74 120 129 130 131 143
Rifle	1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 46 48 50 51 52 (Airmobile) 53 54 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 65 66 67 68 70 210th Special Purpose 211th Special Purpose 403 405 407 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 451 Infantry 452 Infantry 453 Infantry 454 Infantry 455 Infantry 456 Infantry 457 Infantry 459 460 468
Engineering	308 309 310 311 321 507 534 Pontoon bridge 11
Electronic Warfare	20 520
Others	78 181 182 183 224 225 226 227 307 718

Educational
Institutions

Training
Centers

International
Units

¹Unless stated otherwise, the brigade is mechanized.

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