 In 1990, the 14th Guards Army included the following units.While the official policy of the Russian Federation early after the outbreak of the widespread armed conflict in 1992 was one of neutrality, many soldiers and officers of the 14th Army were sympathetic to the PMR cause and had defected to the PMR and actively participated in the fighting as part of its armed forces, the Republican Guards.Furthermore, a considerable amount of the army's materiel was taken without resistance or given to the PMR armed forces.