Units & Formations
Every organisation with a published structural profile. The Structure tab shows where each sits in its force tree; profiles stay broad, historical and non-operational.
Ukrainian forces
7 profiledGround Forces
BranchThe largest branch — mechanised, motorised and infantry brigades.
Air Force
BranchFighter aviation and ground-based air defence — never ceded the sky, never controlled it.
Air Assault Forces
BranchElite rapid-reaction light infantry, used as a mobile "fire brigade".
Unmanned Systems Forces
BranchA dedicated drone branch stood up in 2024 — an organisational first.
Navy & Naval Infantry
BranchA small navy that has nonetheless pushed the Black Sea Fleet back from the northwest.
Azov Brigade
FormationAssault infantry formation, most associated with the 2022 defence of Mariupol.
Kraken
Special unitA Kharkiv-based special unit associated with military intelligence; rose to prominence in the 2022 northeast counteroffensive.
Russian forces
5 profiledGround Forces
BranchCombined-arms armies providing the bulk of the invasion's manpower.
Airborne Forces (VDV)
BranchElite light infantry — doctrinally airborne, used in practice as line assault troops.
Naval Infantry
BranchMarine brigades committed as ground assault troops, notably in the south.
Aerospace Forces (VKS)
BranchAir force and air-defence arm; central to the glide-bomb and missile strike campaigns.
Wagner successor / Africa Corps
PMC lineageAfter the 2023 mutiny and the death of its founder, Wagner's structures were reorganised under Ministry of Defence control.