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Russian and other forces[edit]
Organisational Structure[edit]
- Russia (President of the Russian Federation: Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin)
- Security Council (СБРФ)
- Rosgvardiya (General of the Army Viktor Zolotov; Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Roman Gavrilov)[1]
- OMON (ОМОН)[2]
- SOBR (СОБР)[3]
- Kadyrovites (Head: Colonel general Ramzan Kadyrov)
- Rosgvardiya (General of the Army Viktor Zolotov; Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Roman Gavrilov)[1]
- Federal Security Service (ФСБ России) (General of the Army Alexander Bortnikov)[4]
- Border Service (ПС ФСБ России) (Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service and Head of the Border Service: Vladimir Kulishov)[5]
- Federal Protective Service (ФСО России) (Director of the Federal Protective Service: General Dmitry Kochnev)[6]
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (МВД) (Minister of Internal Affairs: Vladimir Kolokoltsev)
- Ministry of Defence (Минобороны России) (Minister of Defence: General of the Army Sergei Shoigu) [a]
- Russian Armed Forces (ВС РФ)
- General Staff (ГенштаБ, ГШ ВС РФ) (Chief of the General Staff: General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff Nikolay Bogdanovsky)
- National Defense Management Center (Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev) [b][8]
- GRU (Director: Admiral Igor Kostyukov)
- 8th Directorate - Directorate Spetsnaz (Spetsnaz GRU)[9]
- GRU (Director: Admiral Igor Kostyukov)
- Special Operation Forces (ССО) (Major General Valery Flyustikov)[10]
- National Defense Management Center (Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev) [b][8]
- Ground Forces (СВ) (Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces and Deputy Minister of Defence: General of the Army Oleg Salyukov)
- Engineer Troops (ИВ) (Lieutenant General Yuri Stavitsky)
- Missile Troops and Artillery (РВиА) (Lieutenant-General Mikhail Matveyevsky)
- Tank Troops
- Air Defence Troops of the Ground Forces (ПВО СВ)
- Army Aviation component
- Logistical Support of the Armed Forces (МТО ВС) (Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, who replaced Army General Dmitry Bulgakov in September 2022)[11]
- Railway Troops (ЖДВ)
- Aerospace Forces (ВКС) (Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces and Deputy Minister of Defence: General of Army[ISW Pubs 1] Sergey Surovikin)
- Air Force (ВВС) (Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces: Lieutenant General Sergey Dronov)
- Airborne Forces (ВДВ) (Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces: Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinsky who replaced Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov in June 2022[12][13]
- Navy (ВМФ) (Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy and Deputy Minister of Defence: Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov)
- Coastal Troops (БВ ВМФ) (Lieutenant General Viktor Astapov)
- Naval Infantry (Lieutenant General Aleksandr Kolpachenko )
- Naval Aviation (МА ВМФ) (Major-General Igor Kozhin)
- Coastal Troops (БВ ВМФ) (Lieutenant General Viktor Astapov)
- Military Districts / Joint Strategic Commands
- Central Military District (ЦВО) Commander: Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev from 17 February 2023 (formerly Major General Alexander Linkov)[14] [15]
- Eastern Military District (ВВО) (Lieutenant-General Andrei Kuzmenko[ISW ROCAs 1] (unconfirmed) (from late March 2023) (formerly Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov (from June 2022, dismissed April 2023) )[16][17]
- Western Military District (ЗВО) (Commander: Lieutenant General Yevgeny Nikiforov,[18] (formerly Colonel General Sergei Kuzovlev (October 2022 to December 2022)), (formerly Colonel General Alexander Lapin (September 2022 to October 2022)) (replaced Lieutenant General Roman Berdnikov (4 September to 19 September 2022))[19] (replaced Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi[20] (from June 2022; reportedly dismissed by 4 September 2022)[21](June 27 to August 26)[ISW ROCAs 2]) (replaced Colonel General Alexander Zhuravlyov in June 2022)[22]
- Southern Military District (ЮВО) Commander: Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev, (from June 2022) (replacing General of the Army Aleksandr Dvornikov) [ISW ROCAs 3]
- Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command; Commander: Admiral Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev
- General Staff (ГенштаБ, ГШ ВС РФ) (Chief of the General Staff: General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff Nikolay Bogdanovsky)
- Russian Armed Forces (ВС РФ)
- Private Military Companies
- Wagner Group (Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Utkin)[23][24]
- DSHRG Rusich (Commander: Alexey Milchakov)[25]
- Patriot[26]
- Redut[27][28]
- E.N.O.T. Corp. (Commander: Igor Mangushev)[29]
- Wagner Group (Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Utkin)[23][24]
- Security Council (СБРФ)
- Donetsk People's Republic (ДНР) (Supreme Commander-in-Chief: Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin)
- Donetsk People's Republic People's Militia (НМ ДНР) (Major General Denis Sinenkov)
- Luhansk People's Republic (ЛНР) (Supreme Commander-in-Chief: Head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik')
Initial force groupings: February 2022[edit]
Ukrainian military commentator Yuri Butusov presented the following initial February 2022 deployment of the Russian forces:[30]
Southwestern Belarus grouping (blocking contingent against Ukrainian forces in Western Ukraine):
- located around Brest, Luninets, Baranovichi, Osipovichi and Minsk
- including forces from the Northern Fleet (200th (Arctic) Motor Rifle Brigade, 61st Guards Naval Infantry Brigade) and the VDV (76th and 98th Guards airborne divisions), estimated strength of 6–7 battalion tactical groups
Southeastern Belarus grouping (Kyiv offensive direction):
- located around Vepri, Elsin, Bragin, Khainini, Rechitsya and Mozir
- including forces from the 5th, 35th and 36th Combined Arms Armies, estimated strength of 7–9 battalion tactical groups
Bryansk grouping (Chernihiv offensive direction):
- located around Klimovo, Klintsi, Pochep and Sevsk
- including forces from the 41st Combined Arms Army and the 90th Guards Tank Division, estimated strength of 3 battalion tactical groups
Kursk – Belgorod grouping (Sumy offensive direction):
- located around Tomarovka, Vesela Lopan', Zorino, Pristen', Kursk and Belgorod
- including forces from the 6th and 20th combined arms armies, estimated strength of 4 battalion tactical groups
Voronezh grouping (Kharkiv offensive direction):
- located around Stariy Oskol, Soloti, Valuyki, Boguchar, Pogonovo and Voronezh
- including forces from the 6th Tank and 20th combined arms armies, estimated strength of 13–14 battalion tactical groups
Smolensk grouping (operational reserve of the northern front)
- located around Yel'nya
- including forces from the 20th and 41st combined arms armies, estimated strength of 6–7 battalion tactical groups
Rostov grouping (Donbas and eastern Sea of Azov offensive direction)
- located around Rostov-on-the-Don and Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy
- including forces from the 8th Combined Arms Army, estimated strength of 6 battalion tactical groups
- Ukraine says the 8th CAA has operational control over the Donetsk People's Republic People's Militia and the Luhansk People's Republic People's Militia, naming them the Russian 1st and 2nd Army Corps
Crimea grouping (southern Ukraine offensive direction):
- located around the Crimean Peninsula (Slavne, Dzhankoy, Novoozerne, Yevpatoriya, Sevastopol, Oktyabrskoye, Bakhchisaray, Angarskiy, Feodosiya, Opuk)
- including forces from the 58th Combined Arms Army and the Black Sea Fleet's 22nd Army Corps (810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade), estimated strength of up to 13 battalion tactical groups
Kuban grouping (operational reserve of the southern front)
- located around the Kuban Peninsula (Novorossiysk, Korenovsk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar, Mol'kino and Maykop) and Stavropol
- including forces from the 49th Combined Arms Army, the Black Sea Fleet's 22nd Army Corps and the VDV's 7th Guards (Mountain) Air Assault Division, estimated strength of 6 battalion tactical groups
Combined grouping of Russian forces in Ukraine[edit]
- Russian: Объединённая группировка войск (сил) (ОГВ (с)), lit. 'Combined grouping of troops (of forces)'[31]
- Headquarters at Rostov-on-Don, in Krasnodar Krai[ISW ROCAs 2]
Commanders of combined grouping[edit]
- Aleksandr Dvornikov (8 April 2022 - 25 June 2022): placed in overall command of military operations in Ukraine, effectively ending the initial grouping system[32]
- Gennady Zhidko (26 June 2022 - 7 October 2022): appointed by Vladimir Putin to the top position, replacing Dvornikov[32]
- Sergey Surovikin (8 October 2022 - 11 January 2023): previously commander of the Aerospace Forces and Army Group South, replacing Zhidko in overall command[33]
- Valery Gerasimov (12 January 2023 - present): appointed commander of military operations in Ukraine, with Surovikin as his deputy[34]
Deputy commanders[edit]
- Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky (April 2023 - October 2023?) commanding forces in Khersonshchyna, Zaporizhzhia, and southern Donechchyna[ISW ROCAs 2]
- Colonel General Alexander Lapin (April 2023 - October 2023?) commanding forces in northern Donechchyna and Luhanshchyna[ISW ROCAs 2]
Troops of combined grouping[edit]
- Airborne Forces
- 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade (Major General Alexey Naumets (Fired April 2022), Colonel Denis Shishov, Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Denis Viktorovich Glebov †, Deputy Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Kislyakov †)[35][36]
- 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade (Deputy Commander Guards Lieutenant-Colonel Vitaliy Slabtsov †)[37]
- 76th Guards Air Assault Division[38][39]
- 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dosyagaev †) [40][41][42][43][39]
- 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Afonin †)[40][41][38]
- 237th Guards Air Assault Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Georgy Khudik †)[44]
- 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment
- 98th Guards Airborne Division (Guards Colonel Viktor Igoryevich Gunaza [dismissed by end of March], Head of Communications Colonel Alexey Smirnov †)[45][ISW ROCAs 4]
- 217th Guards Airborne Regiment (Guards Lt. Colonel Viktor Vasilyevich Droedov)[46][47]
- 299th Guards Airborne Regiment[ISW Pubs 2]
- 331st Guards Airborne Regiment (Colonel Sergei Sukharev †, Deputy Commander Lt. Colonel Ivan Pozdeev †, Chief of Staff Lt. Colonel Igor Zharov †)[48][41][49] (seriously depleted in fighting near Kyiv)[50][51][52]
- 1065th Guards Artillery Regiment [51]
- 106th Guards Airborne Division (Guards Colonel Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Selivyorstov, Deputy Commander Colonel Sergey Igorevich Kuzminov †, Deputy Armaments Commander Maxim Kudrin †[ISW ROCAs 5])[53][54][55][39]
- 51st Guards Airborne Regiment[53]
- 119th Guards Airborne Regiment[ISW Pubs 2]
- 137th Guards Airborne Regiment (Colonel Andrey Vasilyev †, Deputy Commander Lt. Colonel Pavel Krivov †)[53][41][56]
- 1182 Guards Artillery Regiment
- 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade (Colonel Vadim Pankov †) [41][57][58]
- 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division, Colonel Aleksandr Kornev,[59] reported as the command element of the Russian task force fighting in the Kherson Oblast on the Mykolaiv direction[60][61][35][62]
- 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment[40][63]
- 108th Guards Air Assault Regiment (Colonel Vitaly Vladimirovich Sukuev †)[64][63]
- 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment (Colonel Konstantin Zizievsky †)[65][66][62][63]
- 171st Air Assault Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Sharshavov †)[67]
- 1141st Artillery Regiment[63]
- SpetsNaz GU
- 2nd Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade (Colonel Konstantin Bushuev)[68]
- 3rd Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade[ISW ROCAs 6]
- 10th Separate SpetsNaz Brigade [69]
- 14th Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade (Colonel Sergey Polyakov †)[70] (formerly Lieutenant Colonel Albert Karimov †)[71][41]
- 16th Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade (deputy commander Major Dmitri Vladimirovich Semenov †)[72]
- 22nd Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade[68]
- 24th Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade[73]
- Special Operations Forces
- 346th Separate Spetsnaz Brigade[74]
- Long Range Aviation
- 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Colonel Mykola Varpahovych)[75]
- 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Tupolev Tu-22M) (Colonel Oleg Timoshyn)[76]
- 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Colonel Mykola Varpahovych)[75]
- Kadyrovtsi
- 141st Motorised Regiment (Major General Magomed Tushaev)[77][78]
- North Battalion[79]
- Akhmat Special Forces[80]
- Airborne Forces
Force groupings[edit]
- Russian: Группировки войск (сил), lit. 'Groupings of troops (of forces)'
Force grouping «West»[edit]
- Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Запад»[20] - formed from troops of the former Western Military District
- probable commander Lieutenant General Yevgeny Nikiforov[ISW ROCAs 2]
- probable former commander Lieutenant General Roman Berdnikov (Agust 26 - October 31 2022)[ISW ROCAs 2]
- confirmed former commander Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi (June 27 - August 26 2022)[ISW ROCAs 2]
- 1st Guards Tank Army, (Lieutenant General Sergey Aleksandrovich Kisel [dismissed];[35] unnamed deputy commander [dismissed])[81][82][35][39]
- 60th Command Brigade[83]
- 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Andriy Smirnov – seriously wounded)[84][83]
- 1st Guards Tank Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Denis Lapin) [ISW ROCAs 7][85]
- 15th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Colonel Kharitonov – seriously wounded)[84]
- 147th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment[86]
- 4th Guards Tank Division (Colonel Yevgeny Nikolayevich Zhuravlyov)
- 12th Guards Tank Regiment[87] (S. I. Safonov) [83]
- 13th Guards Tank Regiment[82][ISW ROCAs 8][88][83]
- 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment[89][83]
- 1234th Motor Rifle Regiment[ISW ROCAs 9]
- 27th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Colonel Sergey Safonov)[83]
- 47th Guards Tank Division[90][39]
- 6th Engineer Regiment (Colonel Mikhail Aleksandrovich Nagamov †) [92]
- 49th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Colonel Ivan Grishin †)[93][83]
- 69th Logistics Brigade [83]
- 96th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade[94][83]
- 112th Guards Missile Brigade [83]
- 202nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade [53]
- 288th Artillery Brigade (Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Evseev †)[83][95]
- 6th Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Vladislav Nikolayevich Yershov [dismissed & arrested])[96][35]
- 25th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[97]
- 138th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[98] (Colonel Sergei Maksimov)[99][100]
- 20th Guards Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Andrey Sergeevich Ivanaev )[35][55][39]
- 448th Rocket Brigade (Colonel Dmitri Nikolaevich Martynov)[101]
- 3rd Motor Rifle Division (Major General Aleksei Vyacheslavovich Avdeyev)[102][103][39]
- 237th Tank Regiment[104]
- 252nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Colonel Igor Nikolaev †)[105][ISW ROCAs 4]
- 362nd Motor Rifle Regiment[98]
- 752nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment[106][ISW ROCAs 4]
- 99th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment [107]
- 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov from August 2022, (wounded September 2022), previously Major General Vitaly Sleptsov) [108]
- 59th Guards Tank Regiment (Colonel Alexander Bespalov †)[109][ISW ROCAs 4]
- 254th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Colonel I.A. Danshin)[110][ISW ROCAs 4]
- 283rd Motor Rifle Regiment[ISW ROCAs 11]
- 488th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment[111][ISW ROCAs 4]
- 232nd Rocket Artillery Brigade[112]
- 3rd Army Corps
- 6th Motor Rifle Division[ISW Pubs 2]
- 54th Motor Rifle Regiment
- 55th Motor Rifle Regiment
- 57th Motor Rifle Regiment
- 1307th Motor Rifle Regiment[ISW ROCAs 12]
- 10th Tank Regiment[ISW Pubs 2], reported to be transferred to 20th Motor Rifle Division, 8th Combined Arms Army[ISW ROCAs 10]
- 27th Artillery Regiment[ISW Pubs 2]
- 52nd Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Artillery Brigade[ISW Pubs 2]
- 17th Guards Heavy Artillery Brigade[ISW Pubs 2]
- 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade[113]
- «Alga» Tatar Volunteer Battalion[ISW ROCAs 13][ISW Pubs 2]
- «Atal» Chuvash Volunteer Battalion[ISW Pubs 2]
- «Molot» Volunteer Battalion[ISW ROCAs 13]
- «Shaimuratova» Bashkir Volunteer Battalion[ISW Pubs 2]
- «Yaik» Orenburg Volunteer Battalion[ISW Pubs 2]
- 6th Motor Rifle Division[ISW Pubs 2]
- 11th Army Corps, from the Baltic Fleet (Lieutenant General Andrey Ruzinsky) [114][115][116][39]
- 14th Army Corps, from the Northern Fleet (Lieutenant-General Dmitry Krayev)
- 80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade[118]
- 200th Motor Rifle Brigade, (Colonel Denis Yuryevich Kurilo †)[119][82][120] (reportedly decimated December 2022)[121]
- 382nd Rocket Artillery Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Dinar Khametov †)[122]
- Naval Infantry of the Northern Fleet
- 61st Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade (Colonel Kirill Nikolaevich Nikulin), from the Northern Fleet[123]
- 874th Marine Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Safronov †)[35]
- 61st Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade (Colonel Kirill Nikolaevich Nikulin), from the Northern Fleet[123]
- 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Lieutenant General Oleg Makovetsky) [115]
- 105th Guards Composite Aviation Division
- 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-30) (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Pazinich †)
- 47th Composite Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-34) [124]
- 159th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-35) [125]
- 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-35) [126]
- 332nd Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-24)
- 105th Guards Composite Aviation Division
- 29th Separate Railway Brigade[127]
- 1st Guards Tank Army, (Lieutenant General Sergey Aleksandrovich Kisel [dismissed];[35] unnamed deputy commander [dismissed])[81][82][35][39]
Force grouping «Center»[edit]
- Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Центр»[20] - formed from troops of the Central Military District
- confirmed commander Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev (from January 2023)[ISW ROCAs 2][ISW ROCAs 15]
- probable former commander Colonel General Alexander Lapin
- 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army, (Major General Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Gurov )[35]
- 25th Combined Arms Army[ISW Pubs 2]
- 67th Motor Rifle Division[ISW ROCAs 14]
- 19th Tank Regiment
- 31st Motor Rifle Regiment «Bashkortostan»[ISW ROCAs 9]
- 36th Motor Rifle Regiment
- 37th Motor Rifle Regiment[ISW ROCAs 14]
- 164th Motor Rifle Brigade[ISW ROCAs 14]
- 11th Tank Battalion
- 73rd Artillery Brigade
- 67th Motor Rifle Division[ISW ROCAs 14]
- 41st Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Sergey Ryzhkov , Deputy Commander Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky †)[35]
- 35th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[133][134]
- 55th Separate Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade[135]
- 74th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Alekseyevich Yershov)[136][137][138][43]
- 90th Guards Tank Division (Colonel Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin) [139]
- 6th Guards Tank Regiment (Colonel Andrei Zakharov †) [140][ISW ROCAs 4]
- 80th Guards Tank Regiment [141]
- 239th Guards Tank Regiment - fought in Battle of Brovary, 9–10 March 2022.[142]
- 228th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Fezul Bichikaev †)[143]
- 400th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment [144]
- 201st Military Base, (original location Tajikistan)[145]
- 12th Separate Guards Engineering Brigade (Colonel Sergei Porokhnya †,[146] formerly Colonel Denis Kozlov †)[147]
- 28th Guards Pontoon Bridge Brigade [148]
Force grouping «South»[edit]
- Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Юг»[20] - formed from troops of the Southern Military District
- probable commander: Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev (from October 2022)[ISW ROCAs 2]
- confirmed former commander General of Army Sergei Surovikin, (June to October 8 2022) [149][150][ISW ROCAs 2]
- 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Andrey Nikolayevich Mordvichev,[151] Deputy Commander Major General Esedulla Abachev (from April 2022) (replacing Major General Vladimir Petrovich Frolov †)[152][35]
- 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Colonel Aleksei Gorobets †)[153][154] (Deputy Commander Colonel Sergey Nikolaevich Kens †)[72] (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Yurievich Avramchenko †)[155] (Deputy Commander Colonel Kanat Mukatov †)[156]
- 10th Tank Regiment , reported to be transferred from 6th Motor Rifle Division, 3rd Army Corps[ISW ROCAs 10]
- 33rd Motor Rifle Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Agarkov †) [157][158]
- 242nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment[ISW ROCAs 16]
- 255th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment [159][ISW ROCAs 16]
- 150th Motor Rifle Division (Major General Oleg Mityaev †)[160][161]
- 1st Donetsk Army Corps[165] (Lieutenant General Roman Kutuzov †) (under command of 8th Combined Arms Army of Southern Military District) [166][115][39]
- 1st Separate Guards Motor Rifle «Slavic» Brigade[167]
- 132nd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[163] (formerly 3rd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Horlivka)[169]
- 5th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade[98]
- 9th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[170] (formerly 9th Separate Mariupol-Khingan Naval Infantry Regiment )[171]
- 110th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (formerly 100th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade)[171] (originally DPR Republican Guard)
- Pyatnashka Battalion[172]
- 114th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (formerly 11th Motor Rifle Regiment (formerly Vostok))[173]
- 14th Guards Artillery «Kalmius» Brigade[167]
- Sparta Battalion (Yaroslav Shkurgan †, formerly Vladimir Zhoga †)[174][39]
- Somali Battallion (Timur Kurilkin)[175][39]
- 103rd Motor Rifle Regiment [176]
- 105th Motor Rifle Regiment [176]
- 107th Motor Rifle Regiment [176][177]
- 109th Motor Rifle Regiment [176][178]
- 113rd Motor Rifle Regiment [176][177]
- 115th Motor Rifle Regiment [179]
- 123rd Motor Rifle Regiment [176]
- 125th Motor Rifle Regiment [176]
- 127th Motor Rifle Regiment [176][180]
- 2nd Guards Lugansk-North Donetsk Army Corps[165] (under command of 8th Combined Arms Army of Southern Military District)[39]
- 123rd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (formerly 2nd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade )[171]
- 4th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade[173][ISW ROCAs 4][181](Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov †)[182]
- 6th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Cossack Brigade (formerly 6th Cossack Regiment)[39]
- 7th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[171] (Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Vladimirovich Panasyura †) [185]
- 85th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade[ISW ROCAs 17]
- 88th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade[ISW ROCAs 18]
- 202nd Motor Rifle Regiment [176](disbanded September 2022)[186]
- 204th Motor Rifle Regiment [176](disbanded September 2022)[186]
- 208th "Cossack" Rifle Regiment [176][181]
- 254th Motor Rifle Regiment [176]
- 14th Territorial Defence Battalion «Prizrak Brigade» (Yuri Shevchenko)[187]
- 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Colonel Aleksei Gorobets †)[153][154] (Deputy Commander Colonel Sergey Nikolaevich Kens †)[72] (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Yurievich Avramchenko †)[155] (Deputy Commander Colonel Kanat Mukatov †)[156]
- 238th Guards Artillery Brigade[ISW Pubs 3]
- Naval Infantry of the Black Sea Fleet
- 177th Naval Infantry Regiment[188] - from the Caspian Flotilla
- 388th Marine Reconnaissance Unit, from the Black Sea Fleet [189]
- 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade (Colonel Sergey Kens †, formerly Colonel Alexei Sharov †, Deputy Commander Colonel Aleksei Berngard)[ISW ROCAs 19]
- 11th Separate Guards Engineering Brigade[ISW ROCAs 20]
- 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Lieutenant General Nikolai Vasilyevich Gostev)
- 1st Guards Composite Aviation Division (Major General Tagir Gadzhiyev[190])
- 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-27, Sukhoi Su-57[191]) (Colonel Anatoly Stasyukevich †[192])
- 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-30) (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Khasanov †)[193][194]
- 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-34)[195]
- 4th Composite Aviation Division
- 960th Assault Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-25)[196]
- 27th Composite Aviation Division
- 37th Composite Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-24, Sukhoi Su-25) [197]
- 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-27) [198]
- 39th Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-28, Mil Mi35, Ka-52) (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Igorevich Pakholsky †)[199]
- 31st Air Defence Division
- 55th Separate Guards Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-24) [200]
- 1st Guards Composite Aviation Division (Major General Tagir Gadzhiyev[190])
- 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Andrey Nikolayevich Mordvichev,[151] Deputy Commander Major General Esedulla Abachev (from April 2022) (replacing Major General Vladimir Petrovich Frolov †)[152][35]
Force grouping «East»[edit]
- Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Восток»[20] - formed from troops of the Eastern Military District
- probable commander Lieutenant General Andrey Kuzmenko[ISW ROCAs 2]
- confirmed former commander Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov (July 18 to October 5 2022)[ISW ROCAs 2]
- 5th Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Aleksey Podivilov )[35]
- 57th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade[201]
- 60th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade[202]
- 127th Motor Rifle Division[203]
- 114th Motor Rifle Regiment[163]
- 143rd Motor Rifle Regiment[204][205]
- 394th Motor Rifle Regiment[206]
- 433rd Motor Rifle Regiment[207]
- 872nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Fyodor Evgenievich Solovyov †)[208]
- 1171st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment[ISW ROCAs 21]
- 305th Artillery Brigade [209]
- 29th Combined Arms Army, (Major General Andrei Borisovich Kolesnikov †)[35]
- 36th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Lieutenant Colonel (Guards) Andrei Vladimirovich Voronkov)[210]
- 35th Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Aleksandr Semyonovich Sanchik , Deputy Commander Major General Sergei Nyrkov [wounded, not returning to active duty])[211][212][35]
- 38th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Colonel Andrey Borisovich Kurbanov, Deputy Commander Major Sergey Masterov †)[213][212][214]
- 64th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Lieutenant Colonel Azatbek Asanbekovich Omurbekov, allegedly responsible for the Bucha massacre)[215][41][212][43] (effectively destroyed by September 2022) [216][38]
- 165th Guards Artillery Brigade[217]
- 69th Covering Brigade[218]
- 103rd Logistics Brigade (Colonel Mikhail Ponomarev, removed April 2022) [219]
- 36th Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Valery Solodchuk,[ISW Pubs 1] Deputy Commander Major General Andrei Anatolyevich Seritskiy, seriously wounded[220]) [221]
- 5th Guards Tank Brigade[222][41][223]
- 37th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Colonel Marat Hajibalaev †) (formerly Colonel Yuri Medvedev (WIA))[224][208][43]
- 30th Artillery Brigade [225]
- 103rd Rocket Brigade[226]
- 68th Army Corps, (Lieutenant General Dmitry Valeryevich Glushenkov )[ISW Pubs 1]
- Naval Infantry of the Baltic Fleet
- 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade (Colonel (Guards) Igor N. Kalmykov, Chief of Staff Colonel Ruslan Shirin †)[228]
- Naval Infantry of the Pacific Fleet
- 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Lieutenant General Vladimir Kravchenko)
- 303rd Composite Aviation Division
- 18th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-25) [231][232]
- 23rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-35S)[233]
- 112th Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-24) (Major Roman Grovich †) [234]
- 319th Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-24) [235][236]
- 303rd Composite Aviation Division
- 5th Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Aleksey Podivilov )[35]
Force grouping «Dnepr»[edit]
- Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Днепр» - formed from troops detached from the Southern Military District
- commander Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky (from October 2023)[ISW ROCAs 22]
- former commander Colonel General Oleg Makarevich[237](April - October 2023)
- 104th Guards Airborne Division[ISW Pubs 2] reformed in December 2023 from the 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade (Colonel Sergei Karasev †) [238].
- 328th Air Assault Regiment[ISW ROCAs 23]
- 337th Air Assault Regiment[ISW ROCAs 23]
- 18th Combined Arms Army[ISW Pubs 2]
- 22nd Army Corps (Major General Arkady Marzoev, removed April 2022,[239][219] chief of staff Major General Nasbulin †)[240]
- 126th Guards Coastal Defense Brigade (Colonel Sergey Storozhenko.)[230][241]
- 127th Reconnaissance Brigade[242][243]
- 40th Army Corps
- 47th Motor Rifle Division[ISW Pubs 2]
- 144th Motor Rifle Brigade[ISW Pubs 2]
- 70th Motor Rifle Division[ISW Pubs 2]
- 24th Motor Rifle Regiment
- 26th Motor Rifle Regiment
- 28th Motor Rifle Regiment[ISW Pubs 2]
- 17th Tank Regiment
- 22nd Army Corps (Major General Arkady Marzoev, removed April 2022,[239][219] chief of staff Major General Nasbulin †)[240]
- 49th Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev †) [244][35]
- 205th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade[245]
- 34th Separate Motor Rifle (Mountain) Brigade[ISW Pubs 3]
- 1st Guards Rocket Brigade
- 227th Artillery Brigade (Colonel Aleksei Viktorovich Repin)
- 32nd Engineer-Sapper Regiment [246]
- 7th Military Base [247]
- 90th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade[ISW ROCAs 20]
- 58th Combined Arms Army (Major General Ivan Popov, formerly Lieutenant General Mikhail Stepanovich Zusko) [248][35]
- 19th Motor Rifle Division (Colonel Dmitri Ivanovich Uskov)
- 429th Motor Rifle Regiment [249]
- 503rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment [250]
- 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division[ISW ROCAs 24]
- 70th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Bezlyudko †)[251]
- 71st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment[251]
- 291st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Dibir Dibirov †) [251][252][253]
- 50th Guards Self-propelled Artillery Regiment[ISW ROCAs 25]
- 49th Separate Air Assault Brigade[ISW ROCAs 10], reported to be formed in late 2023[254]
- 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Colonel Roman Demurchiev) [255][256][257][223]
- 19th Motor Rifle Division (Colonel Dmitri Ivanovich Uskov)
- 104th Guards Airborne Division[ISW Pubs 2] reformed in December 2023 from the 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade (Colonel Sergei Karasev †) [238].
Black Sea Fleet[edit]
- Russian: Черноморский флот (ЧФ) ВМФ
- commander Vice-Admiral Sergei Mikhailovich Pinchuk (from February 2024?)[ISW ROCAs 26]
- former commander Admiral Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov (August 2022[258] - February 2024?[ISW ROCAs 26]) (†?)
- former commander Admiral Igor Osipov, (May 2019 - August 2022)[259]
- deputy commanders Major General Dmitry Pyatunin (from April 2022) replacing First Rank Captain Andrei Paliy †
- Vessels
- Cruiser
- Moskva (cruiser) (sunk) (Captain 1st Rank Anton Kuprin [allegedly KIA])[260][261]
- Frigates
- Admiral Essen (damaged) [262][261]
- Admiral Grigorovich [262]
- Admiral Makarov (damaged) [263][264][265]
- Missile ships
- Tarantul-class corvette (Project 1241) (5) [262]
- Buyan-class corvette (Project 2163) (4) [262]
- Landing craft
- Project 1171 landing ship
- Saratov (Captain 2nd rank Vladimir Khromchenkov †[266]) (sunk)[267][268]
- Orsk [262]
- Nikolai Filchenkov [262]
- Project 775 landing ship (4)
- Caesar Kunikov (damaged) (Captain 3rd rank Aleksandr Chirva †)[269]
- Project 1176
- Ondatra-class landing craft D-106 (damaged) [270]
- Serna-class landing craft (Project 11770) (1 x sunk, 2 x destroyed) (deployed from the Caspian Flotilla)[271][272][273]
- High-speed assault boat BK-16E (Project 02510) (sunk)[274]
- Project 1171 landing ship
- Patrol Boats
- Project 22160
- Vasily Bykov [275]
- Dmitri Rogachov [262]
- Pavel Derzhavin [262]
- Raptor-class patrol boat (Project 03160) (2 x sunk - 1 damaged (P-342 Yunarmeets Baltiki)) [276][272][277] (Captain 2nd rank Alexander Bobrov †)
- Project 22160
- Mine Sweepers
- Ivan Golubets (Project 266M minesweeper) (damaged) [278]
- Tugs
- Cruiser
- Aviation
- 2nd Guards Naval Aviation Division
- 43rd Marine Assault Aviation Regiment [258]
- 2nd Guards Naval Aviation Division
- Vessels
References[edit]
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