- Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance
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In brief
The Donetsk 'people's republic' corps of 2014–2022; integrated into regular Russian structures after annexation, reported as the 51st Combined Arms Army.
- Scope
- Structure, role, lineage and links. No subordinate records published.
- Subordination
- Historical subordination
- Sources
- 4 on the record
- Record state
- Partial
- Broad area of activity
- The Donetsk oblast fronts, 2014–2022.
- Notable history
- The proxy corps built from 2014 around local separatist formations under de facto Russian direction, manned increasingly by forced local mobilisation in 2022. After the September 2022 annexation its structures were folded into the regular Russian military, reported as the 51st Combined Arms Army.
- Strengths
- Local manpower and eight years of positional-war familiarity on the Donetsk front.
- Limitations
- Chronically under-equipped relative to regular Russian formations; its 2022 forced mobilisation is among the war's most documented manpower abuses.
Lineage & institutional history
Successors: 51st Combined Arms Army of the Russian Ground Forces (reported)
Campaigns
Campaigns naming this organisation as a participant. The campaign record owns the relationship and grades it; this list is computed.
- The eastern attritional campaign Supporting force · Since April 2022 · moderate confidence · as of 2026-06
Quick actions
System access
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Sensitivity: Historical Confidence: High Sources: Established historical record · Established international media reporting · ISW campaign assessments↗ · IISS Military Balance↗ Methodology Corrections
Assessed as of — 2026-07 Last reviewed — 2026-07
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