Full name: 8th Air Assault Corps
Ukrainian: 8-й Десантно-Штурмовий Корпус
2025 – Today
Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast
Corps
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Airborne Troops
8th Air Assault Corps is a corps formation of the Air Assault Forces, formed in 2025 during the transformation of the Defense Forces to corps structure. The army corps was formed on the basis of 82nd Air Assault Brigade.
Colonel
Dmytro, a native of Verkhivtseve village in Dnipro Oblast, has held various positions within Ukraine’s elite airborne and airmobile units, including the 25th Airborne Brigade, the 81st Airmobile Brigade, and the 46th Airmobile Brigade. In 2024, he was appointed commander of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade. Under his leadership, the brigade played a crucial role in halting the Russian offensive toward Kharkiv and participated in the Kursk offensive. In April 2025, Dmytro was promoted to lead the 8th Air Assault Corps.
The corps is formed based on the 82nd Air Assault Brigade and brings together five brigades.
The list of all Ukrainian Army Corps units includes the various corps across the Ground Forces, Air Assault Forces, and Naval Forces.
The fate of the 148th Artillery Brigade has now been officially decided.
Here you can find the last known structure of the unit, including their insignia if available.
The unit includes the headquarters, management and commandant platoon.
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