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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.
June 9, 2024 at 8:46 AM. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Sunday said its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the front ...
A number of Russian general officers [a] have been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of 28 November 2023, Ukrainian sources claimed that 16 Russian generals and 1 admiral had been killed during the invasion, while Russian sources have confirmed 7 deaths. Although seven of the Ukrainian claims were rebutted, the loss of even two ...
Britain, the U.S. and the European Union have imposed a range of sanctions since last February to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a "special military operation".
Rumours swirl after mercenary mutiny. LONDON (Reuters) -Russia's most senior generals have dropped out of public view following a failed mercenary mutiny aimed at toppling the top brass, amid a ...
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on January 19, 2024, imposed an entry ban on a number of Cypriot officials in retaliation for actions against a Rossiyskaya Gazeta correspondent and a Russian embassy staffer, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said in a news release. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on March 12, 2024, that 347 ...
Ukrainian servicemen operating a howitzer in Kharkiv region near the Russian border work around the clock to stop an incursion by Moscow's troops, and they are finally getting the shells to do it.
Origins and early history GRU Official emblem (until 2009) with motto engraved: "Greatness of the Motherland in your glorious deeds" The first Russian body for military intelligence dates from 1810, in the context of the Napoleonic Wars raging across Europe, when War Minister Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly proposed to Emperor Alexander I of Russia the formation of the Expedition for Secret ...