| 90th Guards Tank Division | |
|---|---|
| 90-я гвардейская танковая дивизия | |
 Emblem of the division | |
| Active | 2016–present[1] |
| Country |  Russia |
| Branch |  Russian Ground Forces |
| Type | Armoured |
| Size | 10,000 soldiers, 300T-72 tanks[2] |
| Part of | Central Military District 41st Guards Combined Arms Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Chebarkul |
| Nicknames | Vitebsk Novgorod |
| Equipment | T-72A/B/BA/B3,BMP-2,BTR-82A,Grad MLRS,TOS-1,[3][4]2S12,2S3.[5] |
| Engagements | |
| Decorations |  Order of the Red Banner (2) |
| Battle honours |  Guards |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Aleksandr Nilov |
90th Guards TankVitebsk-Novgorod Twice Red Banner Division (Russian:90-я гвардейская танковая Витебско-Новгородская дважды Краснознамённая дивизия;Military Unit Number 86274) is a Russianarmoured division. The division was formed by December 2016 in theCentral Military District.[6]
The 90th Guards Tank Division was reformed by December 2016 in theCentral Military District, carrying on the lineage of the90th Guards Rifle Division.[7] The division inherited the awards and history of the 6th Guards Motor Rifle Division, the former 90th Guards Rifle Division. The division was formed in accordance with an order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of theRussian Armed Forces and decree of the Russian Defence Minister dated 13 September 2016. The division is based in theChelyabinsk andSverdlovsk Oblasts.[8] The division was formed form the7th Separate Guards Tank Brigade, whose traditions were continued by the 239th Guards Tank Regiment, and the32nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, perpetuated by the 228th Motor Rifle Regiment. To continue the heritage of the30th Ural Volunteer Tank Corps, the tank battalion of the 228th Motor Rifle Regiment was designated as the Ural Tank Battalion.[9][10]
On 19 August 2017, the 90th anniversary of the division and the 76th anniversary of the 239th Guards Tank Regiment were solemnly celebrated. A reconstruction of the seizure ofVitebsk (in Belarus) was organized, in which theT-34/85 tank was involved. Demonstration performances of the servicemen of the reconnaissance battalion took place. The company of the Guard of Honor of the Central Military District demonstrated combat bearing and possession of weapons. The division's amateur art ensemble performed.
On June 30, 2018, an ukaz of PresidentVladimir Putin officially conferred the honorifics Guards Vitebsk-Novgorod upon the division, while the 6th Tank Regiment became the 6th GuardsLvov Tank Regiment and the 400th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment received the honorific Transylvania.[11]
On February 24, 2022, the division participated in the2022 Kyiv offensive during the initial stage of theRussian invasion of Ukraine to the north-east of Kyiv.[12] The 90th Guards Tank Division had twobattalion tactical groups involved in an engagement nearBrovary, where according to ukrainian media, the division suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment.[13] The UkrainianMinistry of Defence reported on 10 March 2022 that the commander of the 6th Guards Lvov Tank Regiment, Colonel Andrey Zakharov, was killed in the battle.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20] During the night of 11-12 March, Ukrainian sources claimed that up to 80 military vehicles of the division's 228th Regiment were destroyed nearChernihiv, as they attempted to cross a river in order to advance on Kyiv.[21]
By late March, the division, along with other Russian units, began a hasty retreat out ofKyiv Oblast. Afterwards, the division redeployed to Eastern Ukraine, receivingBMPT Terminator tank support combat vehicles to join theRussian Airborne Forces fighting inLysychansk.[22]
On Friday 9 December 2022, the British government sanctioned the commander of the division (Colonel Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin) along with 30 other individuals. The sanctions, co-ordinated with international allies, were taken to markInternational Anti-Corruption Day on Friday andHuman Rights Day on Saturday.[citation needed]
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6th Guards Lvov Tank Regiment [ru][24]
80th Guards Tank Regiment [ru],Military Unit Number 87441 (Chebarkul). The regiment traces its history to the 80th Tank Brigade of the20th Tank Corps. NKO Directive No. 723190ss of January 21, 1942, ordered its establishment atSormovo,Gorky Oblast. It fought among the ranks of the Active Army for five periods from April 1942 to 1945. It gained the"Guards" title after the beginning of the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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239th Guards Tank Red Banner Order of Suvorov, Kutuzov, Alexander Nevsky Orenburg Cossack RegimentEquipment in 2018:T-72A/B/BA/B3,BMP-2,BTR-82A,Grad MLRS,TOS-1,[3][4]2S12,2S3.[30]
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