The Offensive Guard () is a project of Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs with the aim to form new assault brigades in the structure of National Guard, National Police and Border Guards. The project commenced in January 2023. History The formation envisions a strength of eight exclusively volunteer assault brigades, to be active by April 2023. It was initially created by the inclusion of the Azov Brigade (formerly Azov Regiment), and a call for volunteers, especially from active members of the National Police, Border Guards, and National Guard and veterans of the Russo-Ukrainian War that started when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2014. In just over a week, Internal Affairs registered 27,000 enquiries including 15,000 applications for admission, 500 of them female candidates, while more than 800 had already passed medical examinations in the enlistment process. Structure As of 2023, the structure is as follows: Border Guard Stalevyi Kordon Brigade National Guard Azov Assault Brigade, Yurivka, Donetsk Oblast Brigade HQ and HQ Company 1st Company 2nd Company 3rd Company 4th Company Tank Company 1st (Presidential) Bureviy Brigade Petro Doroshenko, Vyshorod, Kyiv Oblast Brigade HQ and HQ Company 1st Infantry Battalion 2nd Infantry Battalion 3rd Infantry Battalion Artillery Battalion Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion 14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade Ivan Bohun, Kalynivka, Vinnytsia Oblast Brigade HQ and HQ Company 1st Infantry Battalion 2nd Infantry Battalion 3rd Infantry Battalion 12th Kara-Dag Brigade, Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast Brigade HQ and HQ Company 1st Infantry Battalion 2nd Infantry Battalion 3rd Infantry Battalion Tank Company Artillery Battalion Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion Reconnaissance Company 4th Rubizh Brigade, Hostomel, Kyiv Oblast Brigade HQ and HQ Company 1st Guardsmen Battalion 2nd Guardsmen Battalion Svoboda Battalion Tank Company Artillery Battalion Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion 3rd Spartan Brigade, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast Brigade HQ and HQ Company 1st Infantry Battalion 2nd Infantry Battalion 3rd Infantry Battalion 4th Infantry Battalion Tank Company Artillery Battalion Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion Reconnaissance Company National Police Liut Brigade, Kyiv Brigade HQ and HQ Company Tsunami Assault Regiment Safari Assault Regiment Luhansk-1 Special Purpose Battalion References External links Offensive Guard, official website 2023 establishments in Ukraine Military units and formations established in 2023 Paramilitary forces of Ukraine Volunteer National Guard units of Ukraine Military units and formations of the Russo-Ukrainian War