| Subject | English | Russian |
| media. | no Russian troops on the ground | их там нет |
| mil., news | put troops on the ground | направить войска (Still, the White House has not ruled anything out completely, apart from putting US troops on the ground in Ukraine. 4uzhoj) |
| mil. | troops on the ground | сухопутные войска (Libya: no troops on the ground I. Havkin) |
| mil. | troops on the ground | сухопутные силы (I. Havkin) |
| gen. | troops on the ground | военное присутствие (напр., США в Афганистане Ремедиос_П) |