31st Guards Air Assault Brigade 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade February 2015 As of February 2015, elements of the following Russian units were fighting in the Donbas: Northern Operational Area 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division (elements) 8th Guards Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 19th Motor Rifle Brigade 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division 23rd Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 27th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 28th Motor Rifle Brigade 32nd Motor Rifle Brigade 33rd Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade 37th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment, 76th Guards Air Assault Division 217th Guards Airborne Regiment, 98th Guards Airborne Division 137th Guards Airborne Regiment, 106th Guards Airborne Division 10th Spetsnaz Brigade 346th Spetsnaz Brigade 25th Spetsnaz Regiment FSB Special Operations Centre Dzerzhinsky Division (elements) 107th Operational Brigade Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs Combined Battalion 5th Guards Tank Brigade 6th Tank Brigade 13th Guards Tank Regiment, 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division 1st Guards Rocket Brigade 79th Guards Rocket Brigade 232nd Rocket Artillery Brigade 288th Artillery Brigade 291st Artillery Brigade 385th Guards Artillery Brigade 1065th Guards Artillery Regiment, 98th Guards Airborne Division 573rd Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 67th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade 74th SIGINT Regiment 78th Materiel Support Brigade 7015th Armaments Maintenance Base 7016th Armaments Maintenance Base 282nd Armaments Repair Base 29th Railway Brigade Southern Operational Area 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division (elements) 9th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade 138th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade 45th Guards Independent Reconnaissance Regiment 561st Naval Spetsnaz Battalion 54th Reconnaissance Units Training Centre Dzerzhinsky Division (elements) 12th Guards Tank Regiment, 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division 200th Artillery Brigade 268th Guards Artillery Brigade 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment, 76th Guards Air Assault Division 59th Communications Brigade 95th Communications Brigade 31st Engineer Regiment 3rd Tactical Infantry Division (Yüksekova) References