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The Snake Island campaign was a period of Russian occupation and military conflict for Snake Island, a small, strategically located Ukrainian island in the Black Sea.On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Navy attacked Snake Island and captured it along with its entire garrison, beginning a military occupation of the island.
The Freedom of Russia Legion is reportedly part of Ukraine's International Legion. [ 1][ 16] On 1 June 2022, the Legion's official Telegram (and YouTube) channel posted a video claiming to show a Russian tank being captured by the Legion. On 29 June, they said they captured a Russian POW in the Lysychansk area.
The foundations of the Rusich group were laid in 2009, when a military training base was founded [ 8] by Alexey Milchakov, a neo-Nazi from Saint Petersburg. [ 4][ 9] He had the nickname "Fritz" before being sent to the Donbas (there he changed to the call sign "Serb"). [ 5][ 10][ 11] He took part in the Partizan paramilitary training program at ...
A video circulated on social media from official and unofficial accounts shows about 100 Russian soldiers being taken prisoner in Kursk as Ukraine’s forces push deeper into Russia with surprise ...
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov[ a] ( Russian: Георгий Константинович Жуков; 1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. He also served as Chief of the General Staff, Minister of Defence, and was a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party (later Politburo). During World War II, Zhukov ...
Soviet imagery has been extensively used by Russian forces during the Russo-Ukrainian War, especially following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Prior to its declaration of independence in 1991, Ukraine was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic .
The front line on May 13, with the Donets outlined in purple. The battle of the Siverskyi Donets was a series of military engagements which took place in May 2022, most notably from 5 to 13 May, on the Lyman – Sievierodonetsk front of the battle of Donbas. It was part of the wider eastern Ukraine offensive during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The 1945 Moscow Victory Parade (Russian: Парад Победы, romanized: Parad Pobedy ), also known as the Parade of Victors (Russian: Парад победителей, romanized: Parad pobediteley ), was a victory parade held by the Soviet Armed Forces (with the Color Guard Company representing the First Polish Army) after the defeat of ...