Kursk campaign order of battle

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^[3]
        • 1220th Motor Rifle Regiment^[4]
      • 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division
        • 488th Motor Rifle Regiment^[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^[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]
      • 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]
    • 156th Territorial Defense Battalion^[107]
    • 241st Territorial Defense Brigade
      • 252nd Territorial Defense Battalion^[108]
    • 33rd Assault Battalion^[73]
    • 225th Assault Battalion^{[109][110][111]}
    • 501st Separate Naval Infantry Battalion^[112][113]
    • International Legion^[114]
      • Romanian Battlegroup Getica^[115][116]
•  Ukrainian Air Force^[117]
• Special Operations Forces
  • Ranger Corps
    • 4th Special Purpose Regiment^[118]
  • 8th Special Operations Regiment^[119]
• Unmanned Systems Forces
  • 14th UAV Regiment
    • 3rd Battalion "Nightingale"^[120]
  • 413th UAS Battalion
• Alpha Group
• National Guard of Ukraine
  • Omega group
• Main Directorate of Intelligence^[121]
  • Georgian Legion^[122]
• Forward Observations Group (Russian claim)^[123]

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^[124]