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Casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian War include six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 military and civilian deaths during the War in Donbas, and up to 500,000 estimated casualties during the Russian invasion of Ukraine . The War in Donbas' deadliest phase occurred before the Minsk agreements ...
Despite long-term personnel shortages in the Russian Armed Forces ever since the 2008 Russian military reform, the Russian Ministry of Defence has made little effort to enlist women to fill the gaps, instead choosing to crack down on draft-evading men in order to increase its coverage levels from c. 70% in 2012 to c. 90–95% in 2020. [19]
On 22 February, a British military public figure and author of military books, James Gerard Richard Shortt [70] was killed fighting for the International Legion in Ukraine. [71] On 6 March, Major Andriy Lukanyuk , battalion commander in the 80th Air Assault Brigade and a veteran of the 2014 war, was killed by a Russian airstrike in Chasiv Yar.
Women played a part in most of the armed forces of the Second World War. In most countries though, women tended to serve mostly in administrative, medical and in auxiliary roles. But in the Soviet Union women fought also in front line roles. Over 800,000 women served in the Soviet armed forces in World War II, mostly as medics and nurses, which ...
Women in the Ukrainian military [a] have played active roles in the Revolution of Dignity, the war in Donbas, and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. [ 2 ] Since 2014, women have also been struggling against discrimination and for gender equality within the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU), with projects such as Invisible Battalion .
2 dead, several dozen wounded. 46 dead, several dozen wounded. In early 2014, there were clashes between rival groups of protestors in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, during the pro-Russian unrest that followed the Ukrainian Revolution. [ 21][ 22] The street clashes were between pro-revolution ('pro- Maidan ') protesters and anti-revolution ...
Euromaidan. During the events of the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv from 21 November 2013 through 23 February 2014, a total of 110–123 protesters and 18 police officers were killed in street clashes in the Ukrainian capital. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In addition, one more participant of the Euromaidan was stabbed to death in clashes with pro-Russian ...
Media portrayals of the Russo-Ukrainian War, including skirmishes in eastern Donbas and the 2014 Ukrainian revolution after the Euromaidan protests, the subsequent 2014 annexation of Crimea, incursions into Donbas, and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, have differed widely between Ukrainian, Western and Russian media. [ 1]