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13th Airmobile Battalion (Ukraine)
The 13th Separate Airmobile Battalion is a formation of the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces. The Battalion is composed of fully professional soldiers. The main purpose of the Battalion is to take part in peacekeeping operations. History The battalion was created as part of the 95th Training Center of the Airborne Forces as ''the 13th Separate Parachute Battalion.'' After 2000, it was transferred to the military town of Korbutivka and is renamed ''the 13th Separate Airmobile Battalion.'' In 1994, the 13th Separate Airborne Battalion was allocated from Ukraine to participate in the international partnership ''"Process of planning and assessment of forces"''. According to the plan for achieving partnership goals, the forces and means of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Ground Forces of Ukraine allocated to participate in the III stage of the force planning and assessment process for the 13th Separate Airborne Battalion were allocated several priority goals: language training, preparation fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invasion, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. Ukraine's state language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south. During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisky, Pokrovsk Raion
Pisky ( uk, Піски) is a village in Pokrovsk Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 10 km NW from the center of Donetsk and at about 2 km from the western border of Donetsk airfield. Before 2014, the village was a former wealthy suburb of Donetsk.The 93rd brigade: Part of the Red Army in WWII, it now fights against Russian-backed separatists (13 June 2015) It had a population of 2,160 in the 2001 census, but most residents left during the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, Ukraine
New York or Niu-York ( uk, Нью-Йорк, translit=Niu-York, ) is an urban settlement in Toretsk urban hromada of Bakhmut Raion of Donetsk Oblast, at 37.9 km NNE from the centre of Donetsk city. From 1951 to 2021, the settlement was named Novhorodske ().People's deputies returned New York to Ukraine (1 July 2021) New York is administratively subordinated to city, that is located about 10 km north of New York. Population: History The settlement first appeared on maps in 1846 under its origin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuhledar
Vuhledar (, ; , , transcribed Ugledar; both names meaning 'gift of coal', referring to its coal mining industry) is a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (oblast, province) of Ukraine. Its population is In 2001, its population was 17,440. History In 1964 during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, at the beginning of the development of the mining basin south of Donetsk, a major industrial city – under the name of ''Piwdennyj Donetsk'' (), meaning “South Donetsk” – inhabited by a hundred thousand inhabitants, with ten mines, is forecast. In the 1970s, the development of coal reserves in the southern Donbas basin was less promising than in the Kuznetsk Basin, Kusbass, and only a small town emerged. In 1969, the village was renamed “Ugledar” (in Russian) or “Vuhledar” (in Ukrainian); in 1991, Vuhledar received city status. Since the beginning of the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas (2014), the city appears to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artillery Battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems. The term is also used in a naval context to describe groups of guns on warships. Land usage Historically the term "battery" referred to a cluster of cannon in action as a group, either in a temporary field position during a battle or at the siege of a fortress or a city. Such batteries could be a mixture of cannon, howitzer, or mortar types. A siege could involve many batteries at different sites around the besieged place. The term also came to be used for a group of cannon in a fixed fortification, for coastal or frontier defence. During the 18th century "battery" began to be used as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-terrorist Operation Zone
Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone ( uk, Зона проведення антитерористичної операції, translit=Zona provedennya antyterorystychnoyi operatsiyi), or ATO zone ( uk, Зона АТО, translit=Zona ATO), is a term used by the media, publicity, the government of Ukraine, and the OSCE and other foreign institutions to identify Ukrainian territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (oblasts) under the control of Russian military forces and pro-Russian separatists. A significant part of ATO zone is considered temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. History On 20 February 2018, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko changed the status of the ATO zone from an anti-terrorist operation to "taking measures to ensure national security and defense, and repulsing and deterring the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts". This allows the Ukrainian military to take charge of the zones instead of the Ukrainian secret service SB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-90
The T-90 is a third-generation Russian main battle tank. It uses a 125mm 2A46 smoothbore main gun, the 1A45T fire-control system, an upgraded engine, and gunner's thermal sight. Standard protective measures include a blend of steel and composite armour, smoke grenade dischargers, Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armour (ERA) and the Shtora infrared anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) jamming system. The T-90 was designed and built by Uralvagonzavod, in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. It entered service with the Russian Army in 1992. Development The T-90 has its origins in a Soviet-era program aimed at developing a single replacement for the T-64, T-72 and T-80 series of main battle tanks. The T-72 platform was selected as the basis for the new generation of tank owing to its cost-effectiveness, simplicity and automotive qualities. The Kartsev-Venediktov Design Bureau from Nizhny Tagil was responsible for the design work and prepared two parallel proposals—the ''Object 188'', which was a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMP-2
The BMP-2 (''Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty'', , literally "combat machine/vehicle (of the) infantry") is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s. Development history Although the BMP-1 was a revolutionary design, its main armament, the 2A28 Grom and the 9S428 ATGM launcher capable of firing 9M14 Malyutka (NATO: AT-3A Sagger A) and 9M14M Malyutka-M (NATO: AT-3B Sagger B) ATGMs, quickly became obsolete. Therefore, the Soviet Union decided to produce an updated and improved version of the BMP-1. The main emphasis was put on improving the main armament. In 1972, work got under-way to develop an improved version of the BMP-1. During its combat debut in the Yom Kippur War, Egyptian and Syrian BMPs proved vulnerable to .50 calibre machine-gun fire in the sides and rear, and to 106 mm M40 recoilless rifles. The 2A28 Grom, 73 mm gun proved inaccurate beyond 500 metres, and the 9M14 Malyutka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-72
The T-72 is a family of Soviet/Russian main battle tanks that entered production in 1969. The T-72 was a development of the T-64, which was troubled by high costs and its reliance on immature developmental technology. About 25,000 T-72 tanks have been built, and refurbishment has enabled many to remain in service for decades. It has been widely exported and has seen service in 40 countries and in numerous conflicts. The T-90 introduced in 1992 is a development of the T-72B; production and development of various modernized T-72 models continues today. Development Development from the T-64 The T-72 was a product of a rivalry between design teams. Morozov KB was led by Alexander Morozov in Kharkiv. Uralvagon KB was led by Leonid Kartsev in Nizhny Tagil. To improve on the T-62, two designs based on the tank were tested in 1964: Nizhny Tagil's Object 167 (T-62B) and Kharkiv's Object 434. Ob. 434 was a technically ambitious prototype. Under the direction of Morozov in Kharkiv, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhmut
Bakhmut ( uk, Ба́хмут, ) is a city in the Donbas and the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the Bakhmutka River, about 89 km north of Donetsk city, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: From 1924 to 2016, the city was called Artemivsk ( uk, Артемівськ, links=no) or Artyomovsk (russian: Артёмовск, links=no). On 4 February 2016 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine confirmed the name change of the city by returning to the original one.Decommunisation continues: Rada renames several towns and villages , (4 February 2016) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luhanske, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast
Luhanske ( uk, Луганське; russian: Луганское, Luganskoye) is an urban-type settlement in Bakhmut Raion, a part of Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the M04 highway, about from Bakhmut. The population of Luhanske was . The settlement has been damaged by and is on the frontline of the War in Donbass.Elderly bear brunt of hardship in front-line Ukraine village (16 February 2017) The reported in February 2017 that it was inhabited by a "handful of elderly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debaltseve
Debaltseve or Debaltsevo ( uk, Деба́льцеве ''Debálʼtseve'', ; russian: Деба́льцево ''Debálʼtsevo'') is a city of regional significance in the ''de facto'' Donetsk People's Republic; ''de jure'' Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is situated on the eastern edge of Donetsk Oblast, and borders Luhansk Oblast. Its population is approximately On 18 February 2015, after the Battle of Debaltseve, the town was captured by the Donetsk People's Militia. Geography Distance from Donetsk: by road - 74 km, by air – 58 km. Distance from Kyiv: by road - 803 km, by rail - 797 km. The administrative boundary between the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts lies along with the eastern limits of the city. The city is located on a hill from which many Donbass rivers originate. The river Bulavin (a tributary of the river Krynka, Mius basin) originates in the southern outskirts of the city, the river Lozova (a tributary of the river Lugan, Seversky Donets bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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