Special Reconnaissance Special Operations Direct Action
Size
Brigade (4 battalions)
Part of
GRU (operational subordination)
Garrison/HQ
Kubinka, Moscow Oblast
Motto(s)
Побеждает сильнейший (The strongest wins)
Mascot(s)
Wolf
Engagements
First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
Georgian–Abkhazian conflict
Insurgency in the North Caucasus
2008 South Ossetia War
2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Decorations
Guards Order of Kutuzov Order of Alexander Nevsky
Commanders
Current commander
Col. HoRF Vadim Pankov
Notable commanders
Lt. Col. HoRF Anatoly Lebed
Military unit
The 45th Guards Spetsnaz (Special Purpose) Detached Brigade (Russian: 45-я отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения (45-я ОБр СпН); Military Unit Number 28337) is a special reconnaissance and special operations military unit of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV), based near Moscow.[1] It was formed in 1994 as the 45th Independent Spetsnaz Regiment, and expanded to a brigade in 2015.[2][3]
Their main role is reconnaissance behind enemy lines. They may also conduct kinetic operations against command and control posts and headquarters, and assassination of political or military leaders.[4]
^"45th Special Purpose Regiment". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
^Тiнько, Оксана (2014-10-13). "A Detachment of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Regiment Identified along the Border with Ukraine". InformNapalm.org (English). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
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Russian Airborne Troops
GRU (operational subordination)
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Order of Kutuzov 
Order of Alexander Nevsky