3rd Army Corps Ukraine

First photos from liberated Shandryholove show village virtually wiped out

The village of Shandryholove in northern Donetsk Oblast has been almost completely destroyed, with the frontline sweeping directly through the settlement four separate times over the past five years, the 66th Mechanized Brigade reported on Sept. 24.

24 September, 02:00 PM

3rd Corps liberates 40 sq km on Lyman axis amid first-ever ground robot airdrop

Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps executed the world's first combat airdrop of ground kamikaze robots into enemy rear lines and advanced another 40 square kilometers, the command reported on Sept. 21.

21 September, 09:16 AM

Russia suffers frontline infantry deficit that mobilization cannot fix

Russian forces are facing an infantry shortage that cannot be remedied even by a post-election mobilization, 3rd Army Corps Commander Andrii Biletskyi said on National TV broadcast on Sept. 17.

17 September, 01:50 PM

Ukraine's Lyman push collapses Kremlin plan to encircle Donbas fortress cities — ISW

Ukrainian forces disrupted Russia's plan to encircle Donbas fortress cities through Operation Vivaldi, the Institute for the Study of War reported on Sept. 15.

16 September, 10:32 AM

Ukraine unveils British RapidRanger air defense system mounted on Spanish VAMTAC vehicle

Ukraine has publicly shown the British-made RapidRanger short-range air defense system mounted on a Spanish URO VAMTAC 4x4 armored vehicle and armed with LMM Martlet missiles, a combination that analysts say gives Ukrainian forces a mobile point-defense tool against Russian drones and other low-flying threats across the battlefield, Army Recognition reported on Sept. 3, explaining the system’s likely battlefield role.

3 September, 06:46 PM

Ukrainian officer: Russian bloggers' panic over Lyman may be valid

Panic expressed by Russian military bloggers over the situation on the Lyman front may be justified, Lt. Col. Rodion Kudryashov, deputy commander of Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps, said in an interview with Radio NV on Sept. 1.

2 September, 12:02 PM

Ukrainian middle strikes severely disrupt Russian logistics in east and south - video

Ukrainian middle strikes continue to degrade Russian logistics in occupied southern and eastern Ukraine, with operational effects likely to intensify in the near future, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on June 7.

8 June, 10:54 AM

Ukraine has 6 months to seize initiative and strengthen peace talks position, 3rd Corps' Biletsky says

Ukraine has about six months to seize the initiative on the battlefield and strengthen its position in possible peace talks, Andriy Biletsky, commander of Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps, told Reuters in an interview on May 27.

27 May, 06:02 PM

3rd Army Corps reveals details of world's first all-drone assault

The first assault on Russian positions using exclusively unmanned platforms in the history of the war took place in the summer of 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Defense Industry Workers' Day on April 13.

15 April, 11:53 AM

Ukraine's Third Army Corps and Khartiia launch shared training programs

Ukraine’s Third Army Corps and the National Guard’s Khartiia Second Corps have launched joint development of training programs for service members across all levels, with plans to scale the initiative throughout the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Third Corps press release said on March 20.

20 March, 02:26 PM

Officer ties Russian energy strikes to negotiation leverage

Russia’s massive strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure are an attempt to gain negotiating leverage at the Abu Dhabi talks, as the enemy lacks frontline success, Deputy Commander of Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps Maksym Zhorin said in a Telegram post on Feb. 3.

3 February, 05:51 PM

How the 3rd Assault Brigade became a model for Ukraine’s future forces

Since March, Andriy Biletskyi—the founder and commander of Ukraine’s highly effective 3rd Assault Brigade—has been appointed to lead the newly formed 3rd Army Corps. But this isn’t just a promotion—it’s a central part of one of the most important structural reforms within Ukraine’s Defense Forces in recent years.

14 May 2025, 04:34 PM

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