Ministry of Defence (General of the Army Sergey Shoygu) Russian Armed Forces (General of the Army Valery Gerasimov) Russian Ground Forces (General of the Army Oleg Salyukov) 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Major General Farid Balaliyev)[1] 200th Motor Rifle Brigade[2] 1st Guards Tank Army (Lieutenant General Sergei Kisel)[3] 4th Guards Tank Division (Major General Vladimir Zavadsky) 423rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment[4] 22nd Army Corps Russian Navy (Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov) Black Sea Fleet (Admiral Igor Osipov) Moskva[5] Vasily Bykov[5] Northern Fleet[2] Olenegorski Gornjak[5] Georgiy Pobedonosec[5] Pyotr Morgunov[5] Russian Naval Infantry 61st Naval Infantry Brigade[5] Russian Aerospace Forces (General of the Army Sergey Surovikin) Russian Air Force (Lieutenant General Sergey Dronov) Russian Airborne Forces (Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov)[6] 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade[7] 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade[8] 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division[9] Special Operation Forces[10] Russian National Guard[11] Ministry of Internal Affairs (Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev) Police of Russia Chechen Republic Kadyrovtsy[12][13]