In 2014 the division's 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment allegedly took part in the war in Donbas in Ukraine.

At midnight, he met Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart, commander of the U.S. 65th Infantry Division.

[10] Twenty years later, public affairs officer Captain John J. Pullen described their first cordial encounter for the National Observer.

To this day, an enlarged photo and a small exhibit mark the spot where this historic encounter took place: A life-size Major General Reinhart, smiling at General Drichkin, as they compare their watches one minute past midnight, on 9 May 1945, the moment the unconditional surrender of Germany became effective.

On 3 November 1956, the 108th Parachute Regiment landed at the Tököl airbase in Il-12 and Li-2 aircraft, capturing and disabling six antiaircraft batteries, then positioning themselves to defend the base.

The 108th Regiment distinguished itself in the most dangerous and difficult missions, for which about two hundred of its personnel received high government awards.

[citation needed] On 23 June 1969, troops of the 108th Airborne Regiment were tasked to fly from Kaunas to Ryazan, where they were to demonstrate their vehicle assault landing skills to the Minister of Defence of the USSR, Andrei Grechko.

On 4 May 1985, for success in military training and in connection with the 40th anniversary of the Victory in World War II, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Between January 1995 and April 2004, the 108th Regiment fought in the North Caucasian region, notably in the August 1999 battle for the "Donkey's Ear" heights in Dagestan.

[17] In August 2014 the division's 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment fought in the Battle of Ilovaisk during the war in Donbas, Ukraine.

[20] In the same year, it was announced that the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade would also be re-deployed to Crimea where it would reform as a regiment and perhaps further augment the strength of the 7th Division.

[22] In that same month, and in the context of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the 247th Regiment of the division was also reported to have been forward deployed in Crimea.

[23] In the initial stages of the invasion of Ukraine, and in circumstances that were not immediately made clear, the former commanding general of the division, Major-General Andrei Sukhovetsky, was reportedly killed by a Ukrainian sniper[5] near Mariupol on 28 February 2022.