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Unit intelligence profile

Coastal Troops of the Black Sea Fleet

Subordinates
2
Locations
13
Profile summary
Assessment

Identification

This record matches a dispersed Black Sea Fleet coastal-forces footprint rather than a single installation. Publicly available sources place the 810th naval infantry brigade, the 15th coastal missile-artillery brigade, the 744th signal center, the 475th EW center, and a 388 reconnaissance element in the Sevastopol grouping, while RAND identifies the 11th Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade at Utash near Anapa in Krasnodar Krai. ([osce.org](https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/1/5/271141.pdf))

Combat elements

The best-confirmed combat formations in this footprint are the 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade and the 11th/15th coastal missile-artillery brigades. RAND describes the 11th and 15th brigades as Russia’s land-based Black Sea coastal-defense missile force, using Bastion-P and Bal batteries, and states that elements of the 11th were moved to Sevastopol after 2014 to form the 15th brigade; separate reporting places the 810th in the Kazachya/Kozacha Bay area of Sevastopol. ([rand.org](https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA300/RRA357-1/RAND_RRA357-1.pdf))

C3, EW, and reconnaissance

Support and enabling functions are a major part of this location record. The 2016 Ukrainian MOD/OSCE briefing maps the 744 signal center, 475 EW center, and a 388 reconnaissance element in the Sevastopol grouping, and ISW reported satellite-confirmed damage to the 744th Communications Center near Verkhnosadove on September 20, 2023, underscoring its operational importance. Krym.Realii also reported that the 475th EW Center is the publicly identified Russian EW military unit in Crimea and is sited in the Fiolent area; however, the full equipment list in the placemark metadata is not publicly confirmed in the authoritative sources reviewed here. ([osce.org](https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/1/5/271141.pdf))

Operational relevance

Operationally, this cluster provides coastal anti-ship strike, littoral defense, amphibious infantry, and fleet-level command support around Sevastopol while extending coastal-missile coverage from both Sevastopol and Utash/Anapa. RAND calls the 11th and 15th brigades the coastal-defense portion of Russia’s Black Sea A2/AD infrastructure. Since the full-scale invasion, elements of the 810th have repeatedly been used away from Crimea—ISW placed them in western Zaporizhzhia in September 2023, and Russian reporting described 810th personnel in Kursk in 2024-2025—suggesting the Sevastopol nodes function as a force-generation and support network as well as a static coastal-defense footprint. ([rand.org](https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA300/RRA357-1/RAND_RRA357-1.pdf))

Confidence limits

Confidence is high that this entry denotes the Black Sea Fleet’s coastal-troops organization centered on Sevastopol, with an additional missile-brigade element at Utash near Anapa. Confidence is lower on one-to-one matching of every listed placemark to a unique headquarters, depot, or relay site: the reviewed sources validate the main units and the Sevastopol/Utash distribution, but do not publicly resolve every individual coordinate or secondary sub-site. ([rand.org](https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA300/RRA357-1/RAND_RRA357-1.pdf))

Command structure

Subordinate formations

2

22nd Army Corps

Intelligence briefRF forces

HQ: Crimea, Simferopol, Commander: Lieutenant General Arkadiy Marzoyev

126th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade

Intelligence briefRF forces

military unit 12676, (T-72B3, BTR-80, D-30, BM-21 Grad)

126th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade

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military unit 12676, (T-72B3, BTR-80, D-30, BM-21 Grad)

8th Separate Artillery Regiment

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military unit 87714, (BM-21 Grad, 2B26 Grad-K, 9P140 Uragan, 2S19 Msta-S)

8th Separate Artillery Regiment

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military unit 87714, (BM-21 Grad, 2B26 Grad-K, 9P140 Uragan, 2S19 Msta-S)

127th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade

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military unit 67606

127th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade (?)

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military unit 67606

133rd Separate Logistics Brigade

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military unit 73998

133rd Separate Logistics Brigade

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military unit 73998

4th Separate NBC Protection Regiment

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military unit 86862

1096th Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

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military unit 83576, (9K317 Buk-M2, 9K33 Osa)

758th Logistics Center

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military unit 63876

758th Logistics Center HQ

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military unit 63876

Ammunition and Vehicles Warehouse

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military unit 63876

Ammunition Warehouse

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military unit 63876

Arsenal

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military unit 63876-R, storage of missiles, ammunition and vehicles

Communications Equipment Warehouse

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military unit 63876

Communications Equipment Warehouse

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military unit 63876

Engineer Troops Warehouse

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military unit 63876

Facility of the 758th Logistics Center

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military unit 63876

Facility of the 758th Logistics Center

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military unit 63876

Fuel Depot

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military unit 63876

Fuel Depot

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military unit 63876

Fuel Depot

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military unit 63876

Joint Warehouse

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military unit 63876

Joint Warehouse

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military unit 63876

Missile and Ammunition Arsenal

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military unit 63876

Vehicle Storage

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military unit 63876

Vehicle Storage

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military unit 63876

Vehicle Storage

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military unit 63876

Vehicle Storage

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military unit 63876

Vehicle Storage

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military unit 63876

Warehouse

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military unit 63876

Warehouse

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military unit 63876

Warehouse

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military unit 63876

Warehouse

Intelligence briefRF forces

military unit 63876, missile storage

Warehouse

Intelligence briefRF forces

military unit 63876

Warehouse

Intelligence briefRF forces

military unit 63876

Geospatial index

Known places

13

810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade

Intelligence briefRF forces

military unit 13140, (BTR-82A, BMP-2, 2S1 Gvozdika, 9K35 Strela-10)

810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade

Intelligence briefRF forces

military unit 13140, (BTR-82A, BMP-2, 2S1 Gvozdika, 9K35 Strela-10)

11th Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade

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military unit 00916, (3K60 Bal-E, K300P Bastion-P)

15th Separate Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade

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military unit 80365, (K-300P Bastion-P, 3K60 Bal-E)

15th Separate Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade

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military unit 80365, (K-300P Bastion-P, 3K60 Bal-E)

388th Naval Reconnaissance Point

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military unit 43071

68th Separate Naval Engineer Regiment

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military unit 86863

744th Communications Center HQ

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military unit 40136

744th Communications Center

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military unit 40136

744th Communications Center

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military unit 40136

744th Communications Center

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military unit 40136

475th Separate EW Center

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military unit 60135, (Murmansk-BN, R-330Zh Zhitel, R-934BMV, RB-531B Infauna, 1RL257 Krasukha-4, Leer 3)

17th Arsenal

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military unit 13189