3rd Guards Combined Arms Army

3rd Guards Lugansk-Severodonetsk Combined Arms Army
3-я гвардейская Луганско-Северодонецкая общевойсковая армия
Active7 October 2014 – 31 December 2022 (as part a breakaway state)
31 December 2022 – present (as part of Russia)
Country Russia
Branch Russian Ground Forces
TypeCombined arms
SizeArmy
Part ofSouthern Military District
Garrison/HQLugansk
Nickname(s)"Lugansk-Severodonetsk"
Battle honoursGuards unit 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]

  1. ^ "2-й гвардейский Луганско-Северодонецкий армейский корпус". Бывший корреспондент. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. ^ "'Sent there to be meat' Why Russian draftees are suddenly publishing so many video pleas to Putin". Meduza. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. ^ "В состав ВС России вошли армейские корпуса ДНР и ЛНР". РИА Новости (in Russian). 31 December 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Evocation.info". Telegram. Retrieved 24 August 2024.