unit no. 30926 155 Separate Marine Brigade Military Unit 30926 — TOF Russian Navy · SVO

Commander / chief

Гудков Михаил Евгеньевич

Полковник, командир бригады — в/ч 30926 — 155-я отдельная бригада морской пехоты Тихоокеанского флота ВМФ ВС РФ

Personnel identified

34

Confirmed losses

234

Involvement in crimes / areas of activity

The 155th Separate Guards Kursk Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet is one of the most documented formations of the war. In the first month of the invasion, the brigade operated near Kyiv. From August 2022, it was redeployed to the Vuhledar direction (Donetsk Oblast), where in May 2022 it occupied the village of Pavlivka, and in late October – November 2022, it participated in a new offensive on this settlement (the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of Pavlivka on November 15, 2022). Pro-war bloggers reported losses of up to 300 personnel over four days of fighting; the Russian Ministry of Defense officially denied these figures, stating losses of no more than 1% killed and 7% wounded over 10 days. A joint investigation by the BBC, Mediazona, and volunteers (December 2023) confirmed the names of 234 deceased servicemen of the brigade and estimated actual losses from August 2022 at approximately 470 killed, 940 wounded, and at least 42 missing in action. According to a documentary by the BBC Russian Service (October 2024), the brigade's total losses near Vuhledar since autumn 2022 reached about 2,400 personnel – approximately 80% of its initial strength of about 3,000 personnel.