3rd Guards Lugansk-Severodonetsk Combined Arms Army | |
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3-я гвардейская Луганско-Северодонецкая общевойсковая армия | |
Active | 7 October 2014 – 31 December 2022 (as part a breakaway state) 31 December 2022 – present (as part of Russia) |
Country | Russia |
Branch | Russian Ground Forces |
Type | Combined arms |
Size | Army |
Part of | Southern Military District |
Garrison/HQ | Lugansk |
Nickname(s) | "Lugansk-Severodonetsk" |
Battle honours | Guards |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Major General Dmitry Sergeevich Ovcharov[1] |
Insignia | |
Sleeve patch | |
Flag of the Luhansk People's Republic |
The 3rd Guards Lugansk-Severodonetsk Combined Arms Army (Russian: 3-я гвардейская Луганско-Северодонецкая общевойсковая армия) is a military formation in the Russian Ground Forces as part of the Southern Military District. Formerly the 2nd Army Corps of the Luhansk People's Republic,[2] it was officially incorporated into the Russian Federation on 31 December 2022, after the Russian annexation of the Luhansk Oblast,[3] and then reformed into a Combined Arms Army in 2024.[4]