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Articles with tag "Russian military"

killed servicemen

Azerbaijan's Aliyev Apologizes for Russian Peacekeeper Deaths in Karabakh

Russia’s Defense Ministry said one of its vehicles came under fire while returning from an observation post on Wednesday.
death toll

Mobilized Russian Troops Endure Quick Losses in Ukraine War – Report

One in five mobilized Russian soldiers who died in the Ukraine war were killed less than two months after being enlisted, according to IStories and CIT...
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mother in uniform

Pregnant Russian Soldier Jailed for Desertion

Lance Corporal Madina Kabaloyeva is Russia’s first female soldier to be convicted for desertion since Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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battlefield death

Commander of Elite Russian Airborne Unit Killed in Ukraine

Colonel Andrei Kondrashkin is at least the second commander of the 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade to be killed in Ukraine since Moscow's invasion.
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competing claims

Russia Denies Losing Frontline Village to Ukraine Forces

Russia's military said Ukraine was "trying in vain to dislodge Russian troops in the localities of Andriivka and Klishchiivka."
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miss, not malfunction

Russian Warplane Intentionally Targeted British Spy Plane in ‘Near Shoot-Down’ – BBC

Anonymous Western defense sources said an "ambiguous" command given by a Russian ground control station led to the Su-27 pilot firing a missile.
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air disaster

Russian Warplane Crashes During Training Flight

The two-man crew’s fate remains unknown more than 12 hours after the incident, which occurred in the Volgograd region.
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au revoir, minsk

Russia Withdraws Military Contingent From Allied Belarus

The State Border Service of Ukraine said “almost all” of Russia’s forces in Belarus have been “rotated out.”
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'gone his own way'

Top Russian General Resurfaces 2 Months After Wagner's Failed Mutiny

General Sergei Surovikin disappeared from public view after Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin staged his short-lived mutiny in late June.
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opinion Joshua R. Kroeker

Moscow Has Shown It Will Not Cross Its Own Red Lines in the War

Moscow’s threats have been all bark and no bite. The West should recognize they are hollow and continue to deliver weapons to Ukraine. 
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