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Russia Quietly Transfers Kalibr Missile Warship From Caspian to Baltic Waters
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Russia has relocated its small missile ship Amur—a Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette— from the Caspian Sea to the Baltic, according to Russian naval monitoring outlets on October 28.
The vessel was moved via Russia’s internal waterways to Kronstadt, near St. Petersburg, where it is expected to join the Baltic Fleet.
The Amur was previously stationed in temporarily occupied Crimea and Novorossiysk as part of the Black Sea Fleet before being transferred to the Caspian Sea amid repeated Ukrainian drone and missile attacks on Russian naval facilities.
The ship was laid down in 2017 at the Zaliv shipyard in occupied Kerch and launched in late 2022. It officially entered service in 2024 and was initially deployed to the Black Sea Fleet.
The Amur is equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, an AK-176MA naval gun, and a short-range air defense system—either the Pantsir-M or Tor-M2KM.
The vessel belongs to the Karakurt series, which Russia has been producing since 2015 to enhance its fleet’s precision-strike capabilities.
Earlier in 2025, Russia significantly reduced its naval presence in the Mediterranean following the loss of its long-term access to Syria’s Tartus port, forcing a strategic pivot toward the Baltic and Arctic regions.
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