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Unit intelligence profile

Baltic Fleet

Subordinates
9
Locations
25
Profile summary
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military unit 51280, HQ: Kaliningrad, Commander: Vice Admiral Viktor Liina

Assessment

Identity

This record matches the Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet command headquartered in Kaliningrad. Verified open sources do not support the metadata’s commander field: Sergey Lipilin was appointed Baltic Fleet commander on July 8, 2024, and was still identified by TASS at the fleet headquarters in Kaliningrad on September 28, 2025; Viktor Liina had been moved from the Baltic Fleet to command the Pacific Fleet in April 2023. ([econstor.eu](https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/306740/1/1904808433.pdf))

Basing

The command node is in Kaliningrad, but the fleet’s principal operating harbor is Baltiysk. Recent mapping by DIIS places the Baltic Fleet HQ in Kaliningrad and the Baltiysk Naval Base separately in Baltiysk, while the Finnish Defence Forces’ 2026 review also identifies a Baltic Fleet Leningrad Naval Base in the Gulf of Finland area; October 2025 TASS reporting confirms Baltic Fleet coastal-missile activity from that Leningrad base. ([econstor.eu](https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/306740/1/1904808433.pdf))

Structure

Recent open-source ORBAT and map products consistently place major Baltic Fleet elements around this headquarters: the 11th Army Corps HQ and other coastal/ground-force elements in Kaliningrad, the 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade in Baltiysk, and the 561st Naval Reconnaissance Point in Parusnoye. Public reporting also consistently places the fleet’s coastal-missile formation at Donskoye, but the designation is not fully consistent in open sources: some list a 25th Coastal Missile Regiment there, while ISW’s 2023 ORBAT lists a 27th Coastal Missile Brigade. ([understandingwar.org](https://understandingwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/October20122C20202320Russian20Orbat_Final.pdf))

Mission

Official 2025 reporting depicts the headquarters as managing Baltic Sea regional naval security tasks, combat-training cycles, and base defense. In May 2025 the fleet stated its summer period would emphasize maritime, aviation, and field exercises and support state tasks including testing ships under construction and repair; in August 2025 Defense Minister Belousov inspected the military harbor and Kaliningrad Sea Canal, and Lipilin reported upgrades to detection systems against enemy subversive means; in September 2025 a headquarters meeting reviewed combat capability and military security at sea. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1966205))

Current posture

The fleet remains a two-theater command spanning Kaliningrad Oblast and the Leningrad/Kronstadt axis. Open reporting in 2025 shows inspections and exercises across both Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions, including Bastion coastal-missile drills from the Gulf of Finland coast. The Finnish Defence Forces’ January 2026 review still identifies protection of the Kaliningrad exclave and St. Petersburg as strategically important and assesses continued Russian escort and hybrid-activity risk in the Baltic Sea. Separately, December 2025 reporting indicated the Baltiysk-based 336th brigade was being expanded into a naval infantry division, but the final structure is not yet fully public. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1195659?utm_source=openai))

Command structure

Subordinate formations

9

11th Army Corps

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HQ: Kaliningrad, Commander: Lieutenant General Andrey Ruzinsky

152nd Guards Missile Brigade

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military unit 54229, 9K720 Iskander-M

244th Guards Artillery Brigade

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military unit 41603, (2A36 Giatsint-B, BM-21 Grad, PRP-4M, AZK-7)

7th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Regiment

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military unit 06414, (BMP-2, 2S3 Akatsiya, 2B16 Nona-K, 2K22M/2S6M Tunguska)

22nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

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military unit 54129, 9K330 Tor

196th Separate Fuel Automobile Battalion

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military unit 83232

196th Separate Fuel Automobile Battalion

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military unit 83232

44th Air Defense Division

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military unit 42155, HQ: Kaliningrad

44th Air Defense Division HQ

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military unit 42155

Baltiysk Naval Base

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HQ: Baltiysk

71st Landing Ship Brigade

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(Project 775/M landing ship: BDK-43 Minsk 127, BDK-58 Kaliningrad 102, BDK-61 Korolev 130, BDK-100 Aleksandr Shabalin 110), (Project 12322 air cushion landing ship: Yevgeny Kocheshkov 770, Mordovia 782), (Project 21820 landing craft: Denis Davydov 748, Leytenant Rimsky-Korsakov 754, Michman Lermontov 757), (Project 11770 landing craft: D-67 767, D-1441 Kontr-admiral Demidov 791, D-1442 Kontr-admiral Olenin 792), (Project 1176: D-465 746), (Project 1388 torpedo retriever: TL-1603, TL-1668, TL-923)

128th Surface Ship Brigade

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(Project 956A destroyer: Bespokoyny 620, Nastoychivy 610), (Project 11540 frigate: Neustrashimy 712, Yaroslav Mudry 727), (Project 20380 corvette: Steregushchiy 530, Soobrazitelny 531, Boikiy 532, Stoikiy 545)

342nd Rescue Ship Detachment

Leningrad Naval Base

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HQ: Kronstadt, Commander: Rear Admiral Andrey Saloshin

3rd Separate Submarine Squadron

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(Project 877(EKM) Paltus diesel-electric attack submarine: B-227 Vyborg, B-806 Dmitrov)

501st Rescue Team

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military unit 20862

55th Separate Coastal Missile Battalion

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3K60 Bal-E

13th Construction and Repair Ship Brigade

1223rd Baltic Fleet Intelligence Center (GRU)

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military unit 53168

72nd Reconnaissance Ship Squadron

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military unit 53168-K, (Project 864 medium reconnaissance ship: V.Tatishchev, Fedor Golovin), (Project 503M small reconnaissance ship: GS-39 Syzran, GS-19 Zhigulevsk)

1st Special Purpose Radio Detachment GRU

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military unit 81304 (53168-A)

254th Separate Special Purpose Radio-Technical Battalion GRU

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military unit 21790 (53168-B), Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Korotkov

n/a Radio Center of the Baltic Fleet (?)

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military unit 40129

522nd Communications Point

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military unit 40129

n/a Radio Center of the Baltic Fleet (?)

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military unit 40129-R

702nd Logistics Center

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military unit 45752

702nd Logistics Center

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military unit 45752-I, automobile battalion

702nd Logistics Center

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military unit 45752-I, automobile battalion

702nd Logistics Center

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military unit 45752-2

702nd Logistics Center

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military unit 45752-3, fuel depot

702nd Logistics Center

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military unit 45752-5, weapons depot

702nd Logistics Center

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military unit 45752-6, fuel trucks storage

702nd Logistics Center

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military unit 45752-G

702nd Logistics Center

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military unit 45752-L, fuel depot

Geospatial index

Known places

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336th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade

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military unit 06017, Commander: Colonel Andrey Lazutkin, (BTR-80/82A, 2S1 Gvozdika, 2S9 Nona-S, MT-LB)

561st Naval Reconnaissance Point

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military unit 10617

473rd PDSS Counteraction Special Purpose Detachment

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military unit 39080, PDSS - Underwater sabotage forces and means

25th Separate Coastal Missile Regiment

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military unit 39108, 3K60 Bal

69th Separate Guards Naval Engineer Regiment

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military unit 51061

81st Separate Communications Battalion

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military unit 90263

135th Separate Communications Battalion

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military unit 75236

148th Separate Repair and Restoration Battalion

42nd Hydrographic Service District

313rd Special Purpose Team

603rd Separate Hydrographic Battalion

335th Separate Hydrographic Battalion

73rd Separate Pontoon-Bridge Battalion

299th Training Center "Saturn"

142nd Separate EW Battalion

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military unit 03047

180th Reserve Command Post of the Baltic Fleet

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military unit 30879

313rd PDSS Counteraction Special Purpose Detachment

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military unit 10742

328th Separate EW Battalion

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military unit 03051

127th Separate Naval Engineer Battalion

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military unit 59057

n/a Special Purpose Naval Communications Unit GRU

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military unit 10730

Torpedo and Naval Mine Arsenal

772nd Repair Facility

2574th Arms and Ammunition Base

Baltic Fleet HQ

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military unit 51280

Commandant's Office of Security and Maintenance of the Baltic Fleet HQ