The 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade (Russian: 11-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая бригада) is an airborne brigade of the Russian Airborne Troops, currently based at Sosnovy Bor near Ulan Ude in Buryatia.

[3] On 8 December 1987, the brigade was awarded the Ministry of Defence pennant "for courage and valor" for its performance during exercises in the Arctic.

The brigade formed the 226th Separate Squadron Military Transport Aviation in December 1994.

The 226th Separate Squadron Military Transport Aviation was disbanded in December, and the 80th Independent Tank Battalion in August 1997.

[1][6] In January 2022, elements of the brigade were reportedly deployed to Belarus in the context of the Ukraine crisis.

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine some members of the 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade – Captain Mikhoyev and Corporal Kasatkin – were captured as prisoners of war by the Ukrainian Defence Force.

[8] On March 7 2022, the Ukrainian military claimed to have killed Lt. Col. Denis Glebov, deputy commander of the brigade.