15th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (peacekeeping)
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 90600, (T-72BM, BTR-82AM, 2B9 Vasilek, 9K33 Osa)
Unit intelligence profile
2nd Guards Combined Arms Army
- Subordinates
- 0
- Locations
- 14
Profile summary
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 22223, HQ: Samara, Commander: Major General Vyacheslav Gurov
Assessment
Identification
This record matches the Samara headquarters of Russia’s 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army in the Central Military District. Open-source order-of-battle references identify the Samara HQ as military unit 22223, and a January 2026 Samara municipal visit to the army headquarters indicates the site remains an active command/support node. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/info/4763078?utm_source=openai))
Footprint
The army is geographically dispersed rather than concentrated at one base. Verified public nodes include the Samara HQ; the Roshchinsky garrison in Samara Oblast, where the 15th brigade is based; the Totskoye area in Orenburg Oblast, where a Central Military District Iskander-M missile brigade trains; Leonidovka in Penza Oblast, where the 297th air-defense brigade has been based since late 2016; and Kizner in Udmurtia, where a government registry entry lists the 39th engineer-sapper regiment. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/info/4763078?utm_source=openai))
Force mix
Open sources show the Samara HQ controls a full army-level mix of capabilities, not just motor-rifle troops: maneuver forces, theater-range missile fires, ground-based air defense, engineers, and NBC defense are all visible in the army’s footprint. Russian reporting describes the 15th brigade as the army’s peacekeeping formation; Totskoye-hosted forces train with Iskander-M; Leonidovka hosts the 297th brigade; Kizner hosts the 39th engineer regiment; and the 2nd NBC regiment received Guards status in January 2024. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/12532185?utm_source=openai))
War role
Russian official and state media reporting indicates that formations and units of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army, within the "Center" grouping, have been engaged in the war against Ukraine since the opening phase of the February 2022 invasion. In February 2025, the Russian MoD via TASS said the 15th brigade of the army had fought on axes including Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk before operating on the Krasnoarmeysk/Pokrovsk direction; Samara state TV likewise described army formations as fighting from the first days of the campaign. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/23028551?utm_source=openai))
Command note
The commander field in the supplied metadata appears potentially outdated. Public reporting reviewed for this briefing is inconsistent: older 2024 Samara reporting still tied the army to Major General Vyacheslav Gurov, while a late-2024 EU sanctions listing identified Ramil Ibatullin as commander of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army. As of March 12, 2026, the current commander is therefore not treated here as publicly confirmed from consistent open sources. ([samara.mk.ru](https://samara.mk.ru/social/2024/12/27/vyacheslav-gurov-soldat-kotoryy-stal-generalom-20-reytinga-samarskaya-oblast-moshhnaya-komanda.html?utm_source=openai))
Geospatial index
Known places
21st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (heavy)
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 12128, (T-72B3/BA, BMP-2, 2S19 Msta-S & 2S19M2 Msta-SM, 9K331 Tor-M1)
21st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (heavy)
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 12128, Engineer-sapper battalion of the 21 омсбр
30th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 45863, (T-72B3, BTR-82A, 2B14 Podnos, D-30)
92nd Missile Brigade
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 30785, (9K720 Iskander-M)
385th Guards Artillery Brigade
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military unit 32755, (2S19 Msta-S, BM-27 Uragan, 9P149 Shturm-S)
385th Guards Artillery Brigade
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military unit 32755, MT-12 Rapira
950th Rocket Artillery Regiment
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 92190, (BM-27 Uragan)
297th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 02030, (9K317 Buk-M2, 9K317M Buk-M3)
39th Engineer Regiment
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 53701
2nd NBC Protection Regiment
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 18664
234th Separate Special Purpose Radio-Battalion GRU
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 73759
91st Command and Control Brigade
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 59292
2nd Guards Combined Arms Army HQ
Intelligence briefRF forces
military unit 22223