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Kursk campaign order of battle

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This is the order of battle for the Kursk campaign of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Order of battle

Russian forces and allies

Kursk region

Russian Armed Forces
- Russian Ground Forces
  - 1st Guards Tank Army
    - 4th Guards Tank Division^[1]
    - 47th Tank Division
      - 272nd Motor Rifle Regiment^[2]
  - 20th Guards Combined Arms Army
    - 3rd Motor Rifle Division
      - 252nd Motor Rifle Regiment [ru]^[3]
      - 1220th Motor Rifle Regiment^[4]
    - 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division
      - 488th Motor Rifle Regiment [ru]^[5]
        17th Battalion^[6]
        
        18th Battalion^[7]
  - 6th Combined Arms Army
    - 25th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade^[8]
    - 138th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade^[9]
    - 1009th Motor Rifle Regiment^[10]
  - 11th Army Corps
    - 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division^[11]
      - 79th Motor Rifle Regiment^[12]
      - 9th Motorized Rifle Regiment
        1st Battalion^[13]
  - 14th Army Corps
    - 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade^[14]
  - 44th Army Corps
    - 128th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade^[15]
    - 72nd Motor Rifle Division
      - 22nd Motor Rifle Regiment^[16]
      - 30th Motor Rifle Regiment^[17]^[18]
  - 35th Combined Arms Army
    - 38th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade^[19]
    - 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade^[20]
  - 49th Combined Arms Army
    - 34th Separate Guards Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade^[4]
- Russian Navy
  - 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade^[21]
    - "Varangian" Reconnaissance-Strike Company^[22]
    - "Tigr" Battalion^[23]
  - 40th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade^[24]
  - 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade^[25]
  - 177th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Regiment [ru]^[4]
- Russian Aerospace Forces
  - Russian Air Force^[26]
  - "Grom-Kaskad" UAV Brigade [ru]^[14]
  - Motor Rifle Regiment of the Aerospace Forces
- Russian Airborne Forces
  - 76th Guards Air Assault Division^[4]
  - 98th Guards Airborne Division
    - 217th Guards Airborne Regiment^[27]
  - 104th Guards Airborne Division^[28]
  - 106th Guards Airborne Division
    - 119th Guards Airborne Regiment [ru]^[29]
    - 137th Guards Airborne Regiment^[29]
    - 51st Guards Airborne Regiment^[30]
  - 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division
    - 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment^[30]
  - 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade^[31]
  - 83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade^[4]
- Russian Engineer Troops
  - 11th Separate Guards Engineer Brigade [ru; uk]
    - "Feniks" Special Mining Battalion^[22]^[32]
  - 88th Sapper Regiment
    - Sapper Battalion named after Ivan Kulibin^[33]^[34]
- Special Operations Forces^[35]
- Main Intelligence Directorate
  - Spetsnaz GRU^[35]
    - 16th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade^[36]
- BARS
  - "BARS-Kursk" volunteer detachment^[37]
  - BARS-25 "Anvar"^[38]
  - "Tigr" Volunteer Detachment
Federal Security Service
- Border Service^[39]
National Guard of Russia
- Akhmat battalions
- "Aida" detachment
- "Varvar" detachment^[40]
- "Kashtan" detachment^[41]
- 11th Detachment
- "Kamerton" detachment
- "Talib" Group^[42]
- Wagner Group^[43]
Ministry of Defence
- 1434th "Akhmat-Chechnya" Regiment^[44]^[45]
- Rubicon Center for Advanced Unmanned Systems^[46]
- Volunteer Corps
  - "Bears" Brigade
  - Veterans Brigade [ru]
    - "Oleg Mamiev" 3rd reconnaissance and assault detachment
    - "Otvazhnye" assault squad
  - Pyatnashka Brigade
    - "Kurskiye Vityazi" Assault Battalion
    - "Arbat" unit^[47]
    - "Pyatnashka" unit
    - "Sarmat" unit
    - "Arkhangely" unit
    - "Shir" unit
  - Alania Battalion
  - "Wolves" Reconnaissance-Assault Brigade
    - "112" Separate Reconnaissance Battalion^[48]
  - Oryol Volunteer Detachment^[49]
"Smuglyanka" Drone Detachment^[50]
"Alabai" reconnaissance group^[51]
"Alabiya" Group^[52]
Korean People's Army^[53]
- Korean People's Army Ground Force
  - XI Corps^[54]
  - 94th Separate Brigade (Ukrainian claim)^[55]
  - 92nd Special Operations Brigade (Ukrainian claim)^[56]
  - 94th Special Operations Brigade (Ukrainian claim)^[57]

Belgorod region

Russian Armed Forces
- Russian Ground Forces
  - 18th Combined Arms Army
    - 20th Army Corps
      - 3rd Motor Rifle Division^[58]
  - 44th Army Corps
    - 128th Motorized Rifle Brigade^[59]
  - 49th Combined Arms Army
    - 34th Guards Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade^[60]
  - 11th Army Corps
    - 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division
      - 9th Motorised Rifle Regiment
        1st Battalion^[61]
  - Elements of the 6th Combined Arms Army^[62]
  - 3rd Guards Combined Arms Army
    - 85th motorized rifle brigade^[62]
    - 88th motorized rifle brigade^[62]
- Orlan Detachment^{[clarification needed]}^[63]
- Russian Aerospace Forces
  - Russian Air Force
    - "Grom-Kaskad" UAV Brigade [ru]^[64]
      - "Irlandtsy" detachment^[64]
- Russian Airborne Forces
  - 76th Guards Air Assault Division
    - 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment^[65]
- Russian Navy
  - Pacific Fleet
    - 40th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade^[66]
    - 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade^[67]
      - "Kara" detachment^[68]
  - Caspian Flotilla
    - 177th Naval Infantry Regiment [ru]^[69]
Volunteer Corps
- "Hateful Eight" UAV unit^[65]^[70]
Federal Security Service
- FSB Border Service of Russia^[59]
National Guard of Russia
- Kadyrovites
  - "Aida" Spetsnaz Detachment^[63]
- BARS
  - BARS-25 "Anvar" volunteer unit^[64]

Ukrainian forces

Kursk region

Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Ukrainian Ground Forces
  - Operational-Tactical Group "Siversk"^[71]
    - 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade^[72]
    - 21st Mechanized Brigade^[73]
    - 22nd Mechanized Brigade^[74]
      - 1st Mechanized Battalion^[75]^[76]
    - 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade^{[citation needed]}
    - 41st Mechanized Brigade^[77]^[78]^[79]^[80]
    - 44th Artillery Brigade^[81]
    - 47th Mechanized Brigade^[82]^[83]^[84] (since September 2024)^[85]
      - 1st Mechanized Battalion^[86]
      - 2nd Mechanized Battalion^[87]
      - 33rd Assault Battalion^[73]
      - 130th Mechanized Battalion^[73]
    - 49th Artillery Brigade^{[citation needed]}
    - 61st Mechanized Brigade^[88]
      - 99th Mechanized Battalion^[89]
    - 78th Separate Air Assault Regiment^[90]
    - 80th Air Assault Brigade^[91]
      - 1st Air Assault Battalion^[92]^[93]
      - 2nd Battalion^[94]
    - 82nd Air Assault Brigade^[95]^[96]^[97] (starting 6 August 2024)^[96]^[97]
    - 92nd Assault Brigade^[98]
      - 1st Assault Battalion^[99]
    - 95th Air Assault Brigade (since 10 August 2024)^[100]
      - 1st Battalion^[101]
    - 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade^[82]^[102]
    - 104th Territorial Defense Brigade^[102]
    - 116th Mechanized Brigade^[103]^[104]
    - 129th Territorial Defense Brigade^[105]
      - "Shkval" Special Battalion^[106]
    - 118th Territorial Defense Brigade
      - 156th Territorial Defense Battalion^[107]
    - 241st Territorial Defense Brigade
      - 252nd Territorial Defense Battalion^[108]
  - 225th Assault Battalion^[109]^[110]^[111]
  - 501st Separate Naval Infantry Battalion^[112]^[113]
  - International Legion^[114]
    - 2nd International Legion
      - North Group^[115]
    - Romanian Battlegroup Getica^[116]^[117]
- Ukrainian Air Force^[118]
- Special Operations Forces
  - Ranger Corps
    - 4th Special Purpose Regiment^[119]
  - 8th Special Operations Regiment^[120]
- Unmanned Systems Forces
  - 14th UAV Regiment
  - 3rd Battalion "Nightingale"^[121]
  - 413th UAS Battalion
Alpha Group
National Guard of Ukraine
- Omega group
Main Directorate of Intelligence^[122]
- Georgian Legion^[123]
Forward Observations Group (Russian claim)^[124]

Belgorod region

Ukrainian Armed Forces
- - 33rd Assault Regiment [uk]^[65]
  - 17th NGU Brigade^[65]
  - "Tac Team" UAS unit^[65]
  - 414th Strike UAV Brigade^[65]
- Ukrainian Air Force^[125]

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