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Organisational Structure

 * 🇷🇺 Russia (President of the Russian Federation: Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin)
 * Security Council (СБРФ)
 * Rosgvardiya
 * OMON (ОМОН)
 * SOBR (СОБР)
 * Kadyrovtsi
 * Federal Security Service (ФСБ России)
 * Border Service (ПС ФСБ России)
 * Federal Protective Service (ФСО России)
 * Ministry of Internal Affairs (МВД)
 * Police of Russia
 * Ministry of Defence (Минобороны России) (Minister of Defence
 * Russian Armed Forces (ВС РФ)
 * General Staff (ГенштаБ, ГШ ВС РФ)
 * National Defense Management Center
 * GU
 * 8th Directorate - Directorate Spetsnaz (SpetsNaz GU)
 * Special Operation Forces (ССО)
 * Ground Forces (СВ)
 * Engineer Troops (ИВ)
 * Missile Troops and Artillery (РВиА)
 * Tank Troops
 * Air Defence Troops of the Ground Forces (ПВО СВ)
 * Army Aviation component
 * Logistical Support of the Armed Forces (МТО ВС)
 * Railway Troops (ЖДВ)
 * Aerospace Forces (ВКС)
 * Air Force (ВВС)
 * Airborne Forces (ВДВ)
 * Navy (ВМФ)
 * Coastal Troops (БВ ВМФ)
 * Naval Infantry (Морская пехота)
 * Naval Aviation (МА ВМФ)
 * Military Districts / Joint Strategic Commands
 * Central Military District (ЦВО)
 * Eastern Military District (ВВО)
 * Western Military District (ЗВО)
 * Southern Military District (ЮВО)
 * Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command


 * 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')
 * Luhansk People's Republic People's Militia (НМ ЛНР)

Initial force groupings: February 2022
Ukrainian military commentator Yuri Butusov presented the following initial February 2022 deployment of the Russian forces:

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

 * Russian: Объединённая группировка войск (сил) (ОГВ (с)), lit. 'Combined grouping of troops (of forces)'
 * Headquarters at Rostov-on-Don, in Krasnodar Krai

Commanders of combined grouping

 * Aleksandr Dvornikov (8 April 2022 - 25 June 2022): placed in overall command of military operations in Ukraine, effectively ending the initial grouping system


 * Gennady Zhidko (26 June 2022 - 7 October 2022): appointed by Vladimir Putin to the top position, replacing Dvornikov


 * Sergey Surovikin (8 October 2022 - 11 January 2023): previously commander of the Aerospace Forces and Army Group South, replacing Zhidko in overall command


 * Valery Gerasimov (12 January 2023 - present): appointed commander of military operations in Ukraine, with Surovikin as his deputy

Deputy commanders

 * Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky (April 2023 - October 2023?) commanding forces in Khersonshchyna, Zaporizhzhia, and southern Donechchyna
 * Colonel General Alexander Lapin (April 2023 - October 2023?) commanding forces in northern Donechchyna and Luhanshchyna

Troops of combined grouping

 * Airborne Forces
 * 11th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade
 * 52nd Artillery Brigade
 * 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade Elements deployed to Force grouping «North».
 * 98th Guards Airborne Division (Guards Colonel Viktor Igoryevich Gunaza [dismissed by end of March], Head of Communications Colonel Alexey Smirnov †)
 * 217th Guards Airborne Regiment (Guards Lt. Colonel Viktor Vasilyevich Droedov)
 * 299th Guards Airborne Regiment
 * 331st Guards Airborne Regiment (Colonel Sergei Sukharev †, Deputy Commander Lt. Colonel Ivan Pozdeev †, Chief of Staff Lt. Colonel Igor Zharov †) (seriously depleted in fighting near Kyiv)
 * 1065th Guards Artillery Regiment
 * 106th Guards Airborne Division (Guards Colonel Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Selivyorstov, Deputy Commander Colonel Sergey Igorevich Kuzminov †, Deputy Armaments Commander Maxim Kudrin † )
 * 51st Guards Airborne Regiment
 * 119th Guards Airborne Regiment
 * 137th Guards Airborne Regiment (Colonel Andrey Vasilyev †, Deputy Commander Lt. Colonel Pavel Krivov †)
 * 1182 Guards Artillery Regiment
 * 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade (Colonel Vadim Pankov †)
 * SpetsNaz GU
 * 2nd Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade (Colonel Konstantin Bushuev)
 * 3rd Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade
 * 10th Separate SpetsNaz Brigade
 * 14th Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade (Colonel Sergey Polyakov †) (formerly Lieutenant Colonel Albert Karimov †)
 * 16th Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade (deputy commander Major Dmitri Vladimirovich Semenov †)
 * 22nd Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade
 * 24th Separate Guards SpetsNaz Brigade
 * Special Operations Forces
 * 346th Separate Spetsnaz Brigade
 * Long Range Aviation
 * 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Colonel Mykola Varpahovych)
 * 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Tupolev Tu-22M) (Colonel Oleg Timoshyn)
 * Assault Brigades
 * Separate Reconnaissance-Assault Brigade «Север-V»
 * Kadyrovtsi
 * 141st Special Motorised Regiment «A. A. Kadyrov»
 * Private Military Companies
 * Wagner Group (disbanded)
 * DSHRG Rusich
 * Patriot
 * Redut
 * E.N.O.T. Corp.

Force groupings

 * Russian: Группировки войск (сил), lit. 'Groupings of troops (of forces)'

Force grouping «North»

 * Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Север»; formed April - May 2024.
 * probable commander Colonel General Aleksandr Lapin


 * 11th Army Corps, transferred from Force grouping «West»
 * 18th Motor Rifle Division
 * 79th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 275th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 280th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 11th Tank Regiment
 * 152nd Guards Missile Brigade
 * 244th Artillery Brigade
 * 7th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 1009th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 44th Army Corps
 * 72nd Motor Rifle Division
 * 30th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 41st Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 128th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade

Force grouping «West»

 * Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Запад» - formed from troops of the former Western Military District
 * former commander Lieutenant General Yevgeny Nikiforov (October 2022 to March 2024)
 * probable former commander Lieutenant General Roman Berdnikov (Agust 26 - October 31 2022)
 * confirmed former commander Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi (June 27 - August 26 2022)


 * 1st Guards Tank Army
 * 60th Command Brigade
 * 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division
 * 1st Guards Tank Regiment
 * 15th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 147th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
 * 4th Guards Tank Division
 * 12th Guards Tank Regiment
 * 13th Guards Tank Regiment
 * 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 1234th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 27th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 47th Tank Division
 * 26th Tank Regiment
 * 153rd Tank Regiment
 * 245th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 272nd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 347th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 375th Separate Anti-tank Artillery Battalion
 * 6th Engineer-Sapper Regiment
 * 49th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade
 * 69th Logistics Brigade
 * 96th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade
 * 112th Guards Missile Brigade
 * 202nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
 * 288th Artillery Brigade
 * 6th Combined Arms Army
 * 25th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Elements reportedly deployed to Force grouping «North».
 * 138th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Elements reportedly deployed to Force grouping «North».
 * 26th Rocket Brigade
 * 20th Guards Combined Arms Army
 * 448th Rocket Brigade
 * 3rd Motor Rifle Division
 * 237th Tank Regiment
 * 252nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 362nd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 752nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 99th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
 * 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division
 * 59th Guards Tank Regiment
 * 254th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment
 * 283rd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 488th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 3rd Army Corps
 * 6th Motor Rifle Division
 * 54th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 55th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 57th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 1307th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 10th Tank Regiment, reported to be transferred to 20th Motor Rifle Division, 8th Combined Arms Army
 * 27th Artillery Regiment
 * 52nd Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Artillery Brigade
 * 17th Guards Heavy Artillery Brigade
 * 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
 * «Alga» Tatar Volunteer Battalion
 * «Atal» Chuvash Volunteer Battalion
 * «Molot» Volunteer Battalion
 * «Shaimuratova» Bashkir Volunteer Battalion
 * «Yaik» Orenburg Volunteer Battalion
 * 11th Army Corps, from the Baltic Fleet Transferred to newly formed Force grouping «North» April - May 2024.
 * Naval Infantry of the Northern Fleet
 * 61st Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade
 * 874th Separate Naval Infantry Battalion
 * 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
 * 105th Guards Composite Aviation Division
 * 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-30)
 * 47th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-34)
 * 159th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-35)
 * 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-35)
 * 332nd Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-24)
 * 29th Separate Railway Brigade

Force grouping «Center»

 * Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Центр» - formed from troops of the Central Military District
 * confirmed commander Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev (from January 2023)
 * probable former commander Colonel General Alexander Lapin


 * 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army, (Major General Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Gurov)
 * 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division, reformed from the 21st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Colonel Dmitri Zavyalov)
 * 433rd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 506th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 589th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 15th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 30th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 385th Guards Artillery Brigade
 * 25th Combined Arms Army
 * 67th Motor Rifle Division
 * 19th Tank Regiment
 * 31st Motor Rifle Regiment «Bashkortostan»
 * 36th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 37th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 164th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 169th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 11th Separate Tank Brigade
 * 73rd Artillery Brigade
 * 41st Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Sergey Ryzhkov, Deputy Commander Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky †)
 * 35th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 55th Separate Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 74th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Alekseyevich Yershov)
 * 90th Guards Tank Division (Colonel Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin)
 * 6th Guards Tank Regiment (Colonel Andrei Zakharov †)
 * 80th Guards Tank Regiment
 * 239th Guards Tank Regiment - fought in Battle of Brovary, 9–10 March 2022.
 * 228th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Fezul Bichikaev †)
 * 400th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
 * 137th Separate Assault Brigade «Ural»
 * 201st Military Base, (original location Tajikistan)
 * 232nd Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade
 * 12th Separate Guards Engineering Brigade (Colonel Sergei Porokhnya †, formerly Colonel Denis Kozlov †)
 * 28th Guards Pontoon Bridge Brigade

Force grouping «South»

 * Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Юг» - formed from troops of the Southern Military District
 * probable commander: Colonel General Gennady Vladimirovich Anashkin
 * former commander: Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev (October 2022 to March 2024)
 * confirmed former commander General of Army Sergei Surovikin, (June to October 8 2022)


 * 8th Guards Combined Arms Army
 * 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division
 * 10th Tank Regiment, reported to be transferred from 6th Motor Rifle Division, 3rd Army Corps
 * 33rd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 242nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 255th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 150th Motor Rifle Division
 * 102nd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 103rd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 68th Guards Tank Regiment
 * 163rd Guards Tank Regiment
 * 381st Guards Artillery Regiment
 * 1st Donetsk Army Corps (under command of 8th Combined Arms Army)
 * 1453rd Regiment
 * 1439th Regiment
 * 132nd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (formerly 3rd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Horlivka)
 * 1168th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 1436th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 9th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (formerly 9th Separate Mariupol-Khingan Naval Infantry Regiment) . Elements reportedly deployed to ГВ(с) «Север»
 * 110th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (formerly 100th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade) (originally DPR Republican Guard)
 * Pyatnashka Battalion
 * (formerly 11th Motor Rifle Regiment (formerly Vostok))
 * 14th Guards Artillery «Kalmius» Brigade
 * 13th Separate Assault Battalion «Somali»
 * 58th Separate Guards SpetsNaz Battalion (formerly 3rd SpetzNaz Battalion)
 * 80th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion «Sparta»
 * 88th Separate Battalion «Española»
 * 103rd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 105th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 107th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 109th Rifle Regiment
 * 116th Separate Rifle Regiment - formerly 113rd Rifle Regiment
 * 115th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 87th Separate Rifle Regiment - formerly 119th Rifle Regiment
 * 95th Separate Rifle Regiment - formerly 123rd Rifle Regiment
 * 125th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 127th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 2nd Guards Lugansk-North Donetsk Army Corps (under command of 8th Combined Arms Army)
 * 123rd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (formerly )
 * (Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov †)
 * 6th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Cossack Brigade (formerly 6th Cossack Regiment)
 * Cossack battalions (Mikhail Kishchik †, Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Alexander Kalnitsky †)
 * (Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Vladimirovich Panasyura †)
 * 85th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 88th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 2nd Guards Artillery Brigade
 * 202nd Motor Rifle Regiment (disbanded September 2022)
 * 204th Motor Rifle Regiment (disbanded September 2022)
 * 204th SpetsNaz Regiment «Akhmat»
 * 208th "Cossack" Rifle Regiment
 * 254th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 14th Territorial Defence Battalion «Prizrak Brigade» (Yuri Shevchenko)
 * 238th Guards Artillery Brigade
 * Naval Infantry of the Black Sea Fleet
 * 177th Naval Infantry Regiment - from the Caspian Flotilla
 * 388th Marine Reconnaissance Unit, from the Black Sea Fleet
 * 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade . Elements deployed to ГВ(c) «Север».
 * 11th Separate Guards Engineering Brigade
 * 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Lieutenant General Nikolai Vasilyevich Gostev)
 * 1st Guards Composite Aviation Division (Major General Tagir Gadzhiyev )
 * 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-27, Sukhoi Su-57 ) (Colonel Anatoly Stasyukevich † )
 * 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-30) (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Khasanov †)
 * 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-34)
 * 4th Composite Aviation Division
 * 960th Assault Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-25)
 * 27th Composite Aviation Division
 * 37th Composite Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-24, Sukhoi Su-25)
 * 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-27)
 * 39th Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-28, Mil Mi35, Ka-52) (Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Igorevich Pakholsky †)
 * 31st Air Defence Division
 * 12th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
 * 55th Separate Guards Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-24)
 * 12th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
 * 55th Separate Guards Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-24)

Force grouping «East»

 * Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Восток» - formed from troops of the Eastern Military District
 * probable commander Lieutenant General Alexander Semyonovich Sanchik
 * former commander Lieutenant General Andrey Kuzmenko (October 2022 to March 2024)
 * confirmed former commander Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov (July 18 to October 5 2022)


 * 5th Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Aleksey Podivilov)
 * 57th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 60th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 127th Motor Rifle Division
 * 114th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 143rd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 394th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 218th Tank Regiment
 * 872nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Fyodor Evgenievich Solovyov †)
 * 1171st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
 * 305th Artillery Brigade
 * 1466th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 29th Combined Arms Army, (Major General Andrei Borisovich Kolesnikov †)
 * 36th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Lieutenant Colonel (Guards) Andrei Vladimirovich Voronkov)
 * 200th Artillery Brigade
 * 35th Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Aleksandr Semyonovich Sanchik, Deputy Commander Major General Sergei Nyrkov [wounded, not returning to active duty])
 * 38th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Colonel Andrey Borisovich Kurbanov, Deputy Commander Major Sergey Masterov †)
 * 64th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Lieutenant Colonel Azatbek Asanbekovich Omurbekov, allegedly responsible for the Bucha massacre) (effectively destroyed by September 2022)
 * 165th Guards Artillery Brigade
 * 69th Covering Brigade
 * 103rd Logistics Brigade (Colonel Mikhail Ponomarev, removed April 2022)
 * 36th Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Valery Solodchuk, Deputy Commander Major General Andrei Anatolyevich Seritskiy, seriously wounded )
 * 5th Guards Tank Brigade
 * 37th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Colonel Marat Hajibalaev †) (formerly Colonel Yuri Medvedev)
 * 30th Artillery Brigade
 * 103rd Rocket Brigade
 * 26th Radiational, Chemical, and Biological Protective Regiment
 * 68th Army Corps, (Lieutenant General Dmitry Valeryevich Glushenkov)
 * 39th Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 1472nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * Naval Infantry of the Baltic Fleet
 * 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade (Colonel (Guards) Igor N. Kalmykov, Chief of Staff Colonel Ruslan Shirin †)
 * Naval Infantry of the Pacific Fleet
 * 40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade
 * 155th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade   Elements deployed to ГВ(с) «Север».
 * 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Lieutenant General Vladimir Kravchenko)
 * 303rd Composite Aviation Division
 * 18th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-25)
 * 23rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sukhoi Su-35S)
 * 112th Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-24) (Major Roman Grovich †)
 * 319th Helicopter Regiment (Mil Mi-24)

Force grouping «Dnepr»

 * Russian: Группировка войск (сил) «Днепр» - formed from troops detached from the Southern Military District
 * commander Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky (from October 2023)
 * former commander Colonel General Oleg Makarevich (April - October 2023)


 * 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division reported as the command element of the Russian task force fighting in the Kherson Oblast on the Mykolaiv direction
 * 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment
 * 108th Guards Air Assault Regiment
 * 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment
 * 171st Air Assault Battalion
 * 1141st Artillery Regiment
 * 76th Guards Air Assault Division
 * 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment
 * 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment
 * 237th Guards Air Assault Regiment
 * 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment
 * 104th Guards Air Assault Division reformed in December 2023 from the 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade.
 * 328th Air Assault Regiment
 * 337th Air Assault Regiment
 * 345th Guards Air Assault Regiment
 * 18th Combined Arms Army
 * 22nd Army Corps
 * 126th Guards Coastal Defense Brigade
 * 127th Reconnaissance Brigade
 * 40th Army Corps
 * 47th Motor Rifle Division
 * 1152nd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 1153rd Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 1154th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 144th Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 70th Motor Rifle Division
 * 24th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 26th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 28th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 17th Tank Regiment
 * 14th Army Corps, from the Northern Fleet (Lieutenant-General Dmitry Krayev)
 * 80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 200th Motor Rifle Brigade, (Colonel Denis Yuryevich Kurilo †) (reportedly decimated December 2022)
 * 382nd Rocket Artillery Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Dinar Khametov †)
 * 49th Combined Arms Army, (Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev †)
 * 205th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
 * 34th Separate Motor Rifle (Mountain) Brigade
 * 1st Guards Rocket Brigade
 * 227th Artillery Brigade (Colonel Aleksei Viktorovich Repin)
 * 32nd Engineer-Sapper Regiment
 * 7th Military Base
 * 90th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
 * 58th Combined Arms Army (Major General Ivan Popov, formerly Lieutenant General Mikhail Stepanovich Zusko)
 * 19th Motor Rifle Division (Colonel Dmitri Ivanovich Uskov)
 * 429th Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 503rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 292nd Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
 * 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division
 * 70th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Bezlyudko †)
 * 71st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 78th Motorized SpetsNaz Regiment «North-Akhmat»
 * 291st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Dibir Dibirov †)
 * 50th Guards Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
 * 1430th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
 * 49th Separate Air Assault Brigade, reported to be formed in late 2023
 * 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Colonel Roman Demurchiev)
 * 4th Guards Military Base

Black Sea Fleet

 * Russian: Черноморский флот (ЧФ) ВМФ
 * commander Vice-Admiral Sergei Mikhailovich Pinchuk (from February 2024?)
 * former commander Admiral Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov (August 2022 - February 2024? ) (†?)
 * former commander Admiral Igor Osipov, (May 2019 - August 2022)
 * 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])
 * Frigates
 * Admiral Essen (damaged)
 * Admiral Grigorovich
 * Admiral Makarov (damaged)
 * Missile ships
 * Tarantul-class corvette (Project 1241) (5)
 * Buyan-class corvette (Project 2163) (4)
 * Landing craft
 * Project 1171 landing ship
 * Saratov (Captain 2nd rank Vladimir Khromchenkov † ) (sunk)
 * Orsk
 * Nikolai Filchenkov
 * Project 775 landing ship (4)
 * Caesar Kunikov (damaged) (Captain 3rd rank Aleksandr Chirva †)
 * Project 1176
 * Ondatra-class landing craft D-106 (damaged)
 * Serna-class landing craft (Project 11770) (1 x sunk, 2 x destroyed) (deployed from the Caspian Flotilla)
 * High-speed assault boat BK-16E (Project 02510) (sunk)
 * Patrol Boats
 * Project 22160
 * Vasily Bykov
 * Dmitri Rogachov
 * Pavel Derzhavin
 * Raptor-class patrol boat (Project 03160) (2 x sunk - 1 damaged (P-342 Yunarmeets Baltiki)) (Captain 2nd rank Alexander Bobrov †)
 * Mine Sweepers
 * Ivan Golubets (Project 266M minesweeper) (damaged)
 * Tugs
 * Vasily Bekh (Project 22870 rescue tug) (sunk)
 * Vsevolod Bobrov (Project 23120 transport/tug) (damaged)
 * Aviation
 * 2nd Guards Naval Aviation Division
 * 43rd Marine Assault Aviation Regiment

ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessments

 * 2022


 * 2023


 * 2024