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The Freedom of Russia Legion [i] (FRL, Russian: Легион «Свобода России», romanized: Legion "Svoboda Rossii"; Ukrainian: Легіон «Свобода Росії», romanized: Lehion "Svoboda Rosii"; abbr. ЛСР, romanized: LSR), also called the Free Russia Legion, [11] [12] is a Ukrainian-based paramilitary unit of Russian citizens, which opposes the Russian regime of ...
The Russian Liberation Army (German: Russische Befreiungsarmee; Russian: Русская освободительная армия, Russkaya osvoboditel'naya armiya, abbreviated as РОА, ROA, also known as the Vlasov army (Власовская армия, Vlasovskaya armiya) was a collaborationist formation, primarily composed of Russians, that fought under German command during World War II.
The Missile Troops and Artillery ( MT & A ), ( Russian: Ракетные войска и артиллерия, romanized : Raketnyye voyska i artilleriya – РВиА) are a Combat Arm of the Russian Ground Forces, They are the primary means of providing fire on the enemy during combined-arms operations . They are designed to perform the ...
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In 2014, the regiment was involved in the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. [2] It fought in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The unit has lost several of its senior leadership in the war including Regiment Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Igor Zharov [3] and Regiment Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Afonin.
Caitlin McFall. August 9, 2024 at 2:04 PM. Ukraine on Friday continued its efforts to bring the war onto Russian soil as fighting rages on in Russia’s Kursk region, while "massive" drone strikes ...
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, [ a] commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. It is organized into three service branches—the Ground Forces, Navy, and Aerospace Forces —two independent combat arms (the Strategic Rocket Forces and Airborne Forces ), [ 10] and the Special Operations Forces Command.
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 ...