5th Combined Arms Army of Russia
Russia's 5th Combined Arms Army is a formation of the Russian Ground Forces, headquartered in Vladivostok as part of the Eastern Military District. It groups several motorized rifle, tank and artillery brigades and supporting units stationed across the Russian Far East and parts of Siberia. The army has been involved in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, including operations on the Huliaipole axis in 2025.
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Ukrainian airborne assault forces report Russian attempts to exploit bad weather on Huliaypole front
Ukraine's 7th Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces reported that Russian forces are combining small-group infantry infiltrations with motorcycle movement and armored vehicles on the Huliaypole direction as weather conditions deteriorated over the past week. Multiple Russian combined-arms armies are committed on the axis, which the report identifies as a key southern thrust toward Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian forces destroyed a GRU-linked special-purpose brigade group and a logistics bridge used by the Russian army.