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The Wagner Group is a Russian paramilitary organization, also described as a private military company (PMC), a network of mercenaries, [ 1][ 2] and a de facto unit of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) or Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU. [ 3] It has conducted operations in various countries in the African continent since 2017 ...
The Wagner Group is known to have operated in at least 11 countries; Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Syria, Sudan, Mozambique, Central African Republic, Mali, Libya, Venezuela, and Madagascar, spanning four continents, Europe, Africa, South America and Asia. There are unconfirmed reports of activities in other countries.
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.
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 ...
Channels associated with the Wagner group, a private military contractor active in Africa which is now part of what the Russian Defense Ministry calls the African Corps, said that at first its ...
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).
Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
Soviet-Japanese War: 7 August 1945 2 September 1945 9,780 9,780 "When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler" [4] Soviet-Afghan War: 1979 1988 14,500 562,000 14,500 Casualties of the War in Afghanistan [5] First Chechen War: 1994 1996 14,000 14,000 Casualty Figures Jamestown Foundation - first Chechen War [6] Second Chechen War: 1999 ...