Russian order of battle in South Ossetia war
# 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).
