title: Russian order of battle in South Ossetia war
text: # 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).
  