Russian invasion of Ukraine order of battle
This is the order of battle for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russian and allied forces
Russia (Commander-in-Chief: President Vladimir Putin)
- Ministry of Defence (General of the Army Sergey Shoygu)
- Russian General Staff
- Russian Armed Forces (General of the Army Valery Gerasimov)
- Russian Ground Forces (General of the Army Oleg Salyukov)
- 1st Guards Tank Army (Lieutenant General Sergei Kisel)
- 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division[1] (Colonel (Guards) Sergey Viktorovich Medvedev)
- 4th Guards Tank Division (Colonel Yevgeny Nikolayevich Zhuravlyov)
- 47th Guards Tank Division
- 26th Tank Regiment[3]
- 27th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[1] (Colonel Sergey Igorevich Safonov)
- 96th Reconnaissance Brigade[3] (Colonel Valery Vdovichenko)
- 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army
- 5th Combined Arms Army[4]
- 6th Combined Arms Army
- 25th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[5]
- 138th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[6]
- 8th Guards Combined Arms Army
- 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division[7]
- 150th Motor Rifle Division
- 102nd Motorized Rifle Regiment[3]
- 20th Guards Combined Arms Army[7]
- 29th Combined Arms Army
- 36th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[8]
- 200th Artillery Brigade[9]
- 35th Combined Arms Army
- 64th Motor Rifle Brigade[10]
- 38th Motor Rifle Brigade[11]
- 69th Fortress Brigade[11]
- 165th Artillery Brigade [11]
- 107th Rocket Brigade[11]
- 36th Combined Arms Army
- 41st Combined Arms Army (Lieutenant General Sergey Ryzhkov)
- 35th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Major General Vitaly Gerasimov)[12]
- 55th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade[13]
- 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Major General Farid Balaliyev)[14][15]
- 120th Artillery Brigade[16]
- 119th Missile Brigade[16]
- 90th Guards Tank Division
- 6th Tank Regiment[17]
- 58th Combined Arms Army
- 14th Army Corps
- 22nd Army Corps
- 126th Coastal Defense Brigade[20]
- 1st Guards Tank Army (Lieutenant General Sergei Kisel)
- Russian Navy (Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov)
- Black Sea Fleet (Admiral Igor Osipov)
- Northern Fleet (Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev)[18]
- Russian Coastal Troops
- Russian Naval Infantry (Lieutenant General Alexander Kolpachenko)
- 61st Naval Infantry Brigade[25]
- 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade[26]
- 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade[7]
- Russian Naval Infantry (Lieutenant General Alexander Kolpachenko)
- Russian Aerospace Forces (General of the Army Sergey Surovikin)
- Russian Air Force (Lieutenant General Sergey Dronov)
- 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
- 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment[27]
- 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
- 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment[4]
- 18th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment[3]
- 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
- Russian Air Force (Lieutenant General Sergey Dronov)
- Russian Airborne Forces (Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov)[28]
- 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division[29]
- 76th Guards Air Assault Division
- 98th Guards Airborne Division
- 106th Guards Airborne Division
- 51st Guards Airborne Regiment[31]
- 137th Guards Airborne Regiment[31]
- 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade[7]
- 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade[32][33]
- 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade[5]
- 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade[4]
- Russian Ground Forces (General of the Army Oleg Salyukov)
- GRU (Admiral Igor Kostyukov)
- 10th Special Purpose Brigade[4]
- 22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade[34]
- Special Operation Forces (Major General Valery Flyustikov)[35]
- Russian Armed Forces (General of the Army Valery Gerasimov)
- Russian General Staff
- Security Council
- Russian National Guard (General of the Army Viktor Zolotov)
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev)
- Federal Security Service (General of the Army Alexander Bortnikov)[38]
- Foreign Intelligence Service (Director: Sergey Naryshkin)[5]
- Russian paramilitary forces
- Union of Donbas Volunteers[39]
- Mercenaries
- Ministry of Defence (General of the Army Sergey Shoygu)
Donetsk People's Republic (Supreme C-in-C: Denis Pushilin)
- Donetsk People's Militia (Major General Denis Sinenkov)
- Sparta Battalion[43][44]
- 100th Brigade
- 3rd Regiment[45]
Luhansk People's Republic (Supreme C-in-C: Leonid Pasechnik)
- Luhansk People's Militia (Colonel Yan Leshchenko)
Ukrainian forces
Ukraine (Supreme Commander-in-Chief: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy)
Ministry of Defence (Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov)
- Ukrainian General Staff (Lieutenant General Serhiy Shaptala)
- Ukrainian Armed Forces (General Valerii Zaluzhnyi)
- Ukrainian Ground Forces (Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi)
- 101st Brigade for the Protection of the General Staff (Colonel Mykola Shvets)[46]
- 10th Mountain Assault Brigade (Colonel Vasyl Zubanych)[47]
- 15th Mountain Assault Brigade[47]
- 93rd Mechanized Brigade (Colonel Vladislav Klochkov)[48]
- 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade[49]
- 59th Motorized Brigade[50]
- 1st Tank Brigade (Colonel Ihor Shpak)[51]
- 53rd Mechanized Brigade[52]
- 10th Assault brigade[52]
- 24th Mechanized Brigade (Colonel Anatoly Shevchenko)[53]
- 302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment[54]
- 14th Mechanized Brigade (Colonel Oleksandr Zhakun)[52]
- Foreign volunteers
- Special Operations Forces (Major General Hryhoriy Halahan)[52]
- Ukrainian Navy (Rear Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa)
- Ukrainian Naval Infantry
- 36th Naval Infantry Brigade[52]
- Ukrainian Naval Infantry
- Ukrainian Air Force (Major General Mykola Oleschuk)
- 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade[58]
- 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade[59]
- 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade[17]
- Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
- Territorial Defense Forces
- Ukraine citizens militia[67]
- Ukrainian Ground Forces (Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi)
- Ukrainian Armed Forces (General Valerii Zaluzhnyi)
- Chief Directorate of Intelligence[68]
- State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
- Ukrainian General Staff (Lieutenant General Serhiy Shaptala)
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky)
- National Guard of Ukraine (Major General Yuriy Lebid)
- 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade[70]
- Azov Battalion (Commander: Denys Prokopenko)[71]
- Donbas Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Polishchuk)[70]
- National Police of Ukraine[68][72][73]
- National Guard of Ukraine (Major General Yuriy Lebid)
- European and Ukrainian volunteer militias[76]
- Right Sector
- European far-right paramilitaries[78]
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