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.

Order of battle

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

Sources

• Costello, Bruce "The Russo-Georgian War of 2008." in Strategy & Tactics, No. 264 (September/October 2010).