Ministry of Defence (Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov) Ukrainian Armed Forces (Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi) Ukrainian Ground Forces (Major General Oleksandr Syrskyi) 93rd Mechanized Brigade (Colonel Vladislav Klochkov)[14] 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade[15] 1st Separate Tank Brigade[16] National Guard of Ukraine (Major General Yuriy Lebid) 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade[17] Azov Battalion[18] Ukrainian Navy (Rear Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa) Ukrainian Air Force (Major General Serhiy Drozdov) Ukrainian Air Assault Forces 79th Air Assault Brigade[19] Ukraine Citizens Militia[20] State Border Guard Service of Ukraine[21] Ministry of Internal Affairs (Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky) National Police of Ukraine[22]