The 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Military Unit Number 27777) was a formation of the Russian Ground Forces.

The brigade was formed in late 2008 from the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division and stationed in two bases near Grozny.

The brigade was formed in late 2008 from the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division as part of the Russian military reform and was relocated to Khankala, near Grozny in Chechnya.

[2] The brigade was part of the 58th Army in the Southern Military District[3] and included the 1st Mechanized Battalion "Vostok".

[5] A battalion tactical group of the brigade was part of the troops in Crimea for the Russian military intervention in Ukraine during April 2014.