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OSINT Tracker Feb 10 2022: Russian Navy Anti-Ship Capabilities in Mediterranean & Black Sea

Flag Russia Regular updates on Russian Navy anti-ship (/anti-carrier) assets in Mediterranean and Black Sea. Compiled with Damien Symon (Twitter), based on Open Source Intelligence (OSINT).

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Surface Groups

Marshal Ustinov group. 1 x SLAVA Class Cruiser, 1 x UDALOY-I Class Destroyer and 1 x Admiral Gorshkov class frigate. Active South of Sicily.

Varyag group. 1 x SLAVA Class Cruiser, 1 x UDALOY-I Class Destroyer . Possibly other warships. Active in Eastern Mediterranean

Moskva. 1 x SLAVA Class Cruiser, unreported escorts. Left Sevastopol. Expected to move to Med Feb 15

Submarines

2 x KILO Class submarines, Krasnodar and Novorossiysk, on patrol in Eastern / Central Med. Exact position not known. To be confirmed.

KILO Class submarine Rostov-na-Donu in transit to Black Sea, expected to pass Bosporus Feb 11.

2 x KILO submarines believed to be in Sevastopol.
1 x KILO class submarine, likely in Novorossiysk.

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Bastion-P missile batteries

Likely deployed near Tartus, Syria.
Likely deployments near Sevastopol and Novorossiysk/Sochi. Units seen on move in recent days around these areas.

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