Russian Navy — Armed Forces of Russia — Force Atlas

Service ensign · official
State affiliation · Russia
Vigil category device · not official insignia

Identity provenance

Service ensign: St Andrew's ensign — naval ensign of the Russian Federation. Drawn by Vigil to the geometry the 1992 readoption specifies — white field, blue saltire, band width one tenth of the fly, 2:3. Drawn rather than supplied because this geometry is fully specified; no image file is involved in this record.

State affiliation: Russia.

The smaller square mark is a Vigil category device, drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role — not an official insignia.

In brief

The fleet arm — in this war defined by the Black Sea Fleet's losses to a navy without capital ships, and by Kalibr strikes from distant waters.

Scope: Structure, role, lineage and links. 9 subordinate records published.
Subordination: Subordination confirmed
Sources: 4 on the record
Record state: Partial

Broad area of activity

Four fleets and a flotilla; the Black Sea Fleet carries the war, with Kalibr shooters distributed across them.

Notable history

Its war is the Black Sea Fleet's war: Kalibr strikes on Ukraine from the sea since 2022, set against the progressive loss of surface units, basing and freedom of manoeuvre to a country without a fleet — the most studied naval story of the century so far.

Strengths

Kalibr strike reach from survivable submarine platforms; fleets outside the theatre remain untouched.

Limitations

Montreux closes the straits to reinforcement; Black Sea attrition is unrecoverable in-theatre; shipbuilding replaces losses slowly.

Subordinate formations

Fleets & flotillas 5

Black Sea FleetFleet Caspian FlotillaFlotilla Northern FleetFleet Pacific FleetFleet Baltic FleetFleet

Functional branches 4

Submarine ForcesBranch Naval AviationBranch Coastal Missile & Artillery TroopsBranch Naval InfantryBranch

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Sensitivity: Public · structuralConfidence: HighSources: ISW campaign assessments ↗ · Established international media reporting · RUSI component and capability analyses ↗ · IISS Military Balance ↗Methodology Corrections

Assessed as of2026-07Last reviewed2026-07

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