In a 2002 exercise, the brigade successfully cooperated with Naval Infantry at Cape Klerk southwest of Vladivostok, earning it compliments from the Minister of Defence Sergei Ivanov.

According to Ukrainian state media, its deputy commander, Lieutenant Colonel Vitaliy Slabtsov, was killed in action during the invasion.

[3] In July 2022 the website of the National Resistance Center of Ukraine reported that it had received large amounts of information from a source within the brigade.

On May 21, 2022, VDV Major Vladimir Chilin, who previously served in Syria, was killed in Ukraine and buried in Ryazan.

[7] On 30 November 2024, a Ukrainian HIMARS rocket, with a cluster warhead, struck elements of the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade killing and wounding at least 37 personnel in the Kursk Oblast, including 4 officers.