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Russian casualties of war lists deaths of Russian armed forces and Russian citizens caused by conflicts in which Russia was involved. The Soviet wars listed below also include deaths of all Soviet armed forces and all Soviet citizens caused by conflicts in which The Soviet Union was involved.
A debate on whether the military photos should be released to the public took place. [215] Those supporting the release argued that the photos should be considered public records, [216] [217] that they are necessary to complete the journalistic record, [218] and that they would prove bin Laden's death and therefore prevent conspiracy theories.
Residential building in Dnipro, Ukraine, after a Russian missile attack on 14 January 2023.. Russian war crimes are violations of international criminal law including war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide [1] which the official armed and paramilitary forces of Russia have been committing since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
With an estimated death toll in an excess of a million, the bloodletting at Stalingrad far exceeded that of Verdun, one of the costliest battles of World War I." [39] According to military historian Louis A. DiMarco, "In terms of raw casualty numbers, the battle for Stalingrad was the single most brutal battle in history."
The two Ukrainian soldiers who were killed are regularly included in the military death toll from the war in Donbass. [11] On 10 August 2016, Russia accused the Special Forces of Ukraine of conducting a raid near the Crimean town of Armyansk which killed two Russian servicemen. The government of Ukraine dismissed the report as a provocation.
[69] [72] [73] She was one of the first women to enter a Kuwaiti military facility, [5] [74] as well as the first woman to receive an award of appreciation from the Kuwait National Guard. [75] [5] Gabbard is a recipient of the Combat Medical Badge and the Meritorious Service Medal from the United States. [76]
Russo-Ukrainian War – ongoing international conflict between Russia, alongside Russian-backed separatists, and Ukraine, which began in February 2014. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity , Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian military in the Donbas war.
Conscription in Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya voinskaya obyazannost, translated as "universal military obligation" or "liability for military service") is a 12-month draft, which is mandatory for all male citizens who are between 18 and 30 years old, with a number of exceptions. [1]