Russian order of battle in South Ossetia war

The following units of the Russian army, air force, and Russian navy participated in the invasion of Georgia in 2008.

58th Army

 * 19th Motorized Rifle Division
 * 249th Motorized Rifle Regiment
 * 503rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
 * 693rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
 * 292nd Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
 * 481st Air defense missile Regiment
 * 141st Armor Battalion
 * Armored engineer Battalion
 * Military intelligence battalion
 * Signal battalion
 * Chemical battalion
 * Supply battalion
 * Mechanical battalion
 * Medical battalion
 * 136th Guards Motorized Infantry Brigade
 * 205th Motorized Infantry Brigade

Supporting units
 * 135th Motorized Infantry Regiment
 * 291st Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
 * 67th Air Defense Regiment
 * 1,128th Antitank Regiment
 * 943rd Rocket Launcher Regiment
 * 487th Helicopter Regiment
 * 11th Engineer Regiment
 * 234th Signal Regiment
 * 22nd Electronic Warfare Regiment
 * Elements of 76th and 98th Guards Airborne Divisions
 * two companies from 42nd Motorized Rifle Division

Operations in Abkhazia
 * 131st Moor Rifle Brigade
 * Elements of 76th and 98th Guards Airborne Divisions

4th Air Army
1st Composite Air Division
 * 368th Assault Aviation Regiment
 * 461st Assault Aviation Regiment
 * 960th Assault Air Regiment
 * 5559th Bomber Aviation Regiment
 * 959th Bomber Aviation Regiment

51st Air Defense Corps
 * 3rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
 * 19th Fighter Aviation Regiment
 * 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment
 * Two SAM regiments Unattached units
 * 11th Reconnaissance Air Regiment
 * 535th Composite Air Regiment
 * 55th Helicopter Regiment
 * 487th Helicopter Regiment
 * 325th Transport Helicopter Regiment

Naval forces

 * Slava class cruiser
 * Kashin class destroyer
 * Alligator class and Topucha class landing ships
 * smaller craft