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98th Guards Airborne Division

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98th Guards Airborne Division

RUSSIA · AIRBORNE FORCES (VDV) · DIVISION

Part of Airborne Forces (VDV)

Moscow-alignedActive
Assessed as of
2026-07
Confidence
moderate
  • Service ensign · official · carried by Airborne Forces (VDV)
  • State affiliation · Russia
  • Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance

Service ensign: Flag of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) — carried by Airborne Forces (VDV), not issued to this record. The service flag of the Airborne Forces, adopted 2004 — a blue and green bicolour charged with the VDV emblem. The design itself is not an object of copyright: Article 1259(6) of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation excludes official symbols and signs. The file shipped is the Wikimedia Commons SVG "Flag of the Russian Airborne Troops.svg", released under PD-RU-exempt on that basis, so no attribution or share-alike obligation attaches. Optimised for web display; geometry unaltered.

State affiliation: Russia.

The smaller square mark is a Vigil category device, drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role — not an official insignia.

In brief

Airborne division committed across the war's axes, including the 2022 Kyiv operation.

Scope
Structure, role, lineage and links. No subordinate records published.
Subordination
Subordination confirmed
Record state
Stub

About this record

Stub — a structured placeholder meeting the public-stub threshold: name, place in the force tree, broad role, and a dated status. A full profile follows source review.

Confidence: ModerateMethodologyCorrections

Assessed as of2026-07

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