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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 ...
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen and their allied foreign fighters.
[470] [502] [503] Responses from NATO and the U.S. in January 2022 referred to NRC, the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), the United States–Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue (SSD), the Helsinki Final Act, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Normandy Format, and other treaties and forums ...
According to BBC News Russian and the Mediazona news website, out of 65,522 Russian soldiers and contractors whose deaths they had documented by 23 August 2024, 6 percent (3,950) were officers, while 7 percent (4,611) were Motorized Rifle Troops and 4.4 percent (2,873) were members of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV).
Kampuchea. Port of Kompong Som Naval Base was used by the Soviet Navy between 1980 and 1992. China. Tuchengzi and Yingchengzi Air Bases along with Port Arthur Naval Base were used by the Soviet Navy between 1945 and 1956. Air bases in Shanghai were used by the Soviet Air Force from 1949 to 1953. Cuba.
There have been attacks in mainland Russia as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022. The main targets have been the military, the arms industry and the oil industry. Many of the attacks have been drone strikes, firebombing, and rail sabotage. The Ukrainian intelligence services have acknowledged carrying ...
Chechnya. The insurgency in the North Caucasus is a direct result of the two post-Soviet wars fought between Russia and Chechnya. The First Chechen War was a nationalist struggle, with both secular and Islamist overtones, for independence from Russia and took place between 1994 and 1996.
Croatia: 1. Lithuania: 1. Montenegro: 1. TOTAL: 3,612. Throughout the War in Afghanistan, there had been 3,606 coalition deaths in Afghanistan as part of the coalition operations ( Operation Enduring Freedom and ISAF) since the invasion in 2001. [ 1] In this total, the American figure is for deaths "In and Around Afghanistan " which, as defined ...