9 and as of March 2022 all were reported on active operations as part of the invasion of Ukraine. 388th Marine Reconnaissance Point/1229th Naval Intelligence Center 68th Coastal Defense Ship Brigade 41st Missile Boat Brigade 184th Novorossiysk Coastal Defense Brigade 519th Separate Squadron Auxiliaries 176th Expeditionary Oceanographic Ship Division Black Sea Fleet Ground Forces, Naval Infantry and Surface-to-Surface Missile Forces 22nd Army Corps (HQ: Simferopol, Crimea; subordinate to the Black Sea Fleet): 15th Guards Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade – Sevastopol, Crimea: 3x K-300P Bastion-P anti-ship missile system (350 to 450 km range), P-800 Oniks anti-ship missile system (credited with 300 km to 600–800 km range) (Western designation SS-N-26), Bal anti-ship missile system (130 to 300 km range); targeting information provided by Monolit radar systems. 126th Guards Coastal Defence Brigade (Perevalny, Crimea) (equipped as mechanized infantry, including T-72B3 main battle tanks) 127th Reconnaissance Brigade (status/strength unclear as of January 2022) 8th Artillery Regiment (Simferopol, Crimea; self-propelled howitzers, multiple rocket launchers, anti-tank missile systems/guns) Surface-to-surface missile battalion (Iskander SSMs) to be added in 2022 854th Coastal Missile Regiment (Sevastopol) 171st Air Assault Battalion (Novostepove Crimea; subordinate to the 97th Regiment of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division, HQ at Novorossiysk, Krasnodar) 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment (reported to be formed from the planned re-deployment of the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade from the Volgograd region to Feodosia in Crimea; regiment has integrated and further reinforced the strength of 7th Guards Air Assault Division since December 2021) 11th Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade – Utash, Krasnodar region: 3-5 Bastion battalions and 1-2 Bal battalions. Surface-to-Surface Missiles (included deployed on Crimean peninsula): P-800 Oniks anti-ship missile system Redut Rubezh Bal Bastion-P including silo-based K-300S Object 100 Utes (near Sevastopol) Naval Infantry/Special Forces 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade 382nd Naval Infantry Battalion? (Status unclear as of 2021) 388th Maritime Recon Point (Special Forces battalion) Black Sea Region Aviation and Air Defence Forces 2nd Guards Naval Aviation Division (Sevastopol; subordinate to the Black Sea Fleet) 43rd Independent Naval Shturmovik Maritime Attack Aviation Regiment – HQ at Gvardeyskoye, Crimea – 18x Su-24M; 4x Su-24MR (being replaced by Sukhoi Su-30SMs as of 2019; Su-30SMs reported active with the regiment as of 2021) 318th Mixed Aviation Regiment (Kacha): reportedly An-26, Be-12, and Ka-27 ASW and Ka-29 assault/transport helicopters (as of 2019 – Regiment may supersede/replace former 25th and 917th Aviation Regiments?) 27th Composite Aviation Division (in Crimea but subordinate to 4th