Editing Vympel (section)

{{Short description|Russian elite special forces unit}}
{{For|the Russian air-to-air missile designer|Vympel NPO}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2008}}

{{Infobox military unit
| native_name                   = Spetsgruppa "V"<br>Vympel
| unit_name                     = Directorate "V" of the FSB Special Purpose Center
| image                         = Emblem of the Directorate V.svg
| image_size                    = 150px
| caption                       = Vympel Emblem
| dates                         = 1981–present
| country                       = {{flagcountry|Soviet Union}} (1981–1991)<br />{{flag|Russian Federation}} (1991–present)
| allegiance                    = [[file:Flag of the Russian Federal Security Service.svg|23px]] [[Federal Security Service|FSB]]
| command_structure             = {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} '''Soviet Union''' (1981–1991)
*[[File:Emblema KGB.svg|15px]] [[KGB]]
{{flagicon|Russia}} '''Russia'''
*[[File:Great_emblem_of_the_Federal_Guard_Service.svg|15px]] [[Federal Protective Service (Russia)|GUO]] (1993–1995)
*[[File:Emblem_of_Federal_security_service.svg|15px]] [[Federal Security Service|FSB]] [[:ru:Центр специального назначения ФСБ|Special Forces Center]] (1999–present)
| type                          = [[Spetsnaz]]
| role                          = [[Clandestine operation]]<br>[[Close-quarters combat]]<br>[[Counterterrorism]]<br>[[Covert operation]]<br>[[Direct action (military)|Direct action]]<br>[[Executive protection]]<br>Hostage rescue<br>[[HUMINT]]<br>[[Irregular warfare]]<br>[[Law enforcement]]<br>[[Long-range penetration]]<br>[[Manhunt (military)|Manhunt]]<br>[[Military intelligence]]<br>[[Special operations]]<br>[[Special reconnaissance]]
| size                          = Classified
| garrison                      = Mainly different [[Moscow]] districts
| motto                         = Служить и защищать
| battles                       = '''Soviet Union:'''
*[[Soviet–Afghan War]]
*[[1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt|Soviet coup d'état attempt]]
'''Russia:'''
*[[1993 Russian constitutional crisis|Russian constitutional crisis]]
*[[First Chechen War]]
*[[Second Chechen War]]
*[[Moscow theatre hostage crisis]]
*[[Beslan school hostage crisis]]
*[[Insurgency in the North Caucasus]]
*[[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]]
*[[Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War]]
*[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]

| anniversaries = 
| battle_honours = <!-- Commanders -->
| commander1 = Col. Vladimir Nana Boahene  {{cn|date=February 2021}}
| commander1_label              = 
| notable_commanders = Gen. [[Vitaly Bubenin]]<br />Gen. [[Viktor Fyodorovich Karpukhin|Viktor Karpukhin]] <br />
| colors                        = Green or Red
| mascot                        = Parachute
}}

'''Directorate "V" of the FSB Special Purpose Center''', often referred to as '''Spetsgruppa "V"'''  '''Vympel''' ([[pennon|pennant]] in [[Russian language|Russian]], originated from German {{lang|de|[[:de:Wimpel|Wimpel]]}}, and having the same meaning<ref>{{cite book |first=James |last=CRACRAFT |title=The Petrine Revolution in Russian Culture |year=2009 |publisher=Harvard University Press |pages=401 |isbn=9780674029965 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DUOWZI8kMukC&pg=PA401}}</ref>), but also known as '''KGB Directorate "V"''', '''Vega Group''', is a stand-alone sub-unit of [[Spetsnaz|Russia's special forces]] within the Russian [[:ru:Центр специального назначения ФСБ|Special Forces Center]] of the [[Federal Security Service|Federal Security Service (FSB)]].
 
Vympel is the sister unit of [[Alpha Group|Spetsgruppa "A" (Alpha Group)]], an FSB unit.