Moscow. November 17th. INTERFAX-AVN - The Russian military will complete the formation of a new airborne assault regiment in Crimea by the beginning of December.
"By the beginning of December of this year, the re-formation of the Kamyshinsky separate Guards amphibious assault unit into an amphibious assault regiment will be completed, which will become part of the Novorossiysk Guards amphibious assault mountain unit," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday following an expanded meeting of the Military Council of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation.
In March, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that by the end of the year it is planned to reorganize the 56th Airborne Assault Brigade (Kamyshin, Volgograd region) into the 56th airborne assault regiment with a permanent base in Feodosia (Crimea).
In October, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the commander of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation Andrey Serdyukov checked the construction of facilities for a new regiment in Feodosia.
The Russian military has significantly strengthened the grouping in the Crimea for several years, including through the S-400 Triumph long-range air defense systems (Almaz-Antey concern).
In November 2018, the fourth division of the S-400 Triumph air defense system took over combat duty in Dzhankoy in the north of Crimea. Dzhankoy is located about 30 km from the border with Ukraine. Earlier, the Russian military put three S-400 divisions on combat duty in Crimea: in January 2017 in Feodosia, in January 2018 in Sevastopol and in September 2018 in Yevpatoria.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that a group has been created in Crimea that is able to provide protection from all threats.
The defense of the peninsula is provided by ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, naval aviation and air defense aircraft. An army corps has been created in Crimea, consisting of coastal defense, reconnaissance, artillery units, air defense units, engineering and logistics support, RCB protection, communications and others. The Russian military in Crimea has modern anti-ship coastal missile systems "Bal" and "Bastion".
In recent years, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has received new ships, diesel-electric submarines equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles.
