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Battle Of Ilovaisk
The Battle of Ilovaisk; uk, Іловайський котел, '). The word "kettle" refers to encirclement by enemy forces, which is termed "falling into the kettle". The word is also used to refer to battles during the Second World War, such as the " Kiev Kettle". It is also applied to the early 2015 Battle of Debaltseve, which has been described as a "Second Ilovaisk". started on 7 August 2014, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine and pro-Ukrainian paramilitaries began a series of attempts to capture the city of Ilovaisk from pro-Russian insurgents affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and detachments of the Russian Armed Forces. Although Ukrainian forces were able to enter the city on 18 August, they were encircled between 24 and 26 August by overwhelming Russian-backed military groups. After days of encirclement, Ukrainian forces rejected the DPR's proposal to open a humanitarian corridor on the condition that they abandon their armored vehicles and ammunit ...
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War In Donbas (2014–2022)
The War in Donbas, russian: Война на Донбассе was an armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine, part of the broader Russo-Ukrainian War. In March 2014, immediately following the Euromaidan protest movement and subsequent Revolution of Dignity, protests by pro-Russian, anti-government separatist groups arose in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, collectively called the Donbas. These demonstrations began around the same time as Russia's annexation of Crimea, and were part of wider pro-Russian protests across southern and eastern Ukraine. Declaring the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR, respectively), armed Russian-backed separatist groups seized government buildings throughout the Donbas, leading to armed conflict with Ukrainian government forces. Ukraine launched a military counter-offensive against pro-Russian forces in April 2014, called the "Anti-Terrorist Operation" (ATO) from 2014 until it was renamed the "Joint Forces ...
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Alexander Khodakovsky
Alexander Sergeevich Khodakovsky ( rus, Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ходако́вский, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ xədɐˈkofskʲɪj) is the commander of the pro-Russian Vostok Battalion formed in early May 2014 during the 2014 insurgency in Donbas. Khodakovsky is a former commander of Ukraine's Alpha special unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). During the 2014 insurgency in Donbas, he defected and became the leader of the pro-Russian "Patriotic Forces of Donbas" in Donetsk Oblast, and later (until July 16, 2014, when he was replaced by Vladimir Antyufeyev) the Security Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic. In May 2018, Khodakovsky relocated to Russia, and in September 2018, he claimed that Russian border guards did not let him return to Donetsk. In December 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he said that the only way Russia can win the war against Ukraina would be through the use of nuclear weapons. Malaysia A ...
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National Guard Of Ukraine
The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; uk, Націона́льна гва́рдія Украї́ни, Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, , ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and Internal Troops, internal military force. It is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine), Ministry of Internal Affairs, responsible for public security. Originally created as an agency under the direct control of the Verkhovna Rada on 4 November 1991, following Ukrainian independence. It was later disbanded and merged into the Internal Troops of Ukraine on 11 January 2000 by then-President Leonid Kuchma as part of a "cost-saving" scheme. Following the early Revolution of Dignity, 2014 Ukrainian revolution on 13 March 2014, amidst the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, Russian intervention, the National Guard was reestablished, and the Internal Troops were disbanded. The objective of the National Guard is to serve as a military unit with law enforcement powers. Its mission is to ensure state se ...
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42nd Motorized Infantry Battalion (Ukraine)
, image = 42-й БТрО ЗСУ «Рух Опору».png , image_size = 200 , caption = 42nd Territorial Defence Battalion shoulder sleeve insignia , dates = 2014–present , country = , allegiance = , branch = Ground Forces , type = Mechanized Infantry , role = , size = battalion , command_structure = , garrison = , march = , mascot = , battles = Russo-Ukrainian War• Battle of Ilovaisk , decorations = 42nd Motorized Infantry Battalion is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was originally formed as the 42nd Territorial Defence Battalion "Rukh Oporu" (from uk, Рух опору – "Resistance movement") in Kirovohrad. The battalion fought in the Russo-Ukrainian War. History In August 2014 the battalion was involved in an attempt of the Ukrainian command to unblock encircled forces near Ilovaisk. An assault ...
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40th Territorial Defence Battalion 'Kryvbas' (Ukraine)
, image = 40-й БТрО ЗСУ «Кривбас» (польовий).png , image_size = 200 , caption = 40th Motorized Infantry Battalion shoulder sleeve insignia , dates = June 2014 – April 2015 , country = , allegiance = , branch = Ground Forces , type = Mechanized Infantry , role = , size = battalion , command_structure = , garrison = , march = , mascot = , battles = War in Donbass * Battle of Ilovaisk * Battle of Debaltseve , decorations = 40th Motorized Infantry Battalion is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was originally formed as the 40th Territorial Defence Battalion "Kryvbas" in Kryvyi Rih. History Prerequisites March 18, 2014, after the military invasion Russia to Crimea and his annexation, partial mobilization began in Ukraine. On April 13, 2014, the military actions of war in the east beg ...
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39th Territorial Defence Battalion 'Dnipro-2' (Ukraine)
The 39th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Dnipro-2" was a military formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in 2014-2016. The battalion was created in May 2014 in response to Russian aggression as a 39th volunteer territorial defense battalion "Dnipro-2" from the residents of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Fighters of the battalion took part in fierce battles for Ilovaisk in August 2014. It was disbanded in 2016 and transformed into 55th Artillery Brigade (Ukraine). History On March 18, 2014, after Russia's military invasion of Crimea and its annexation, partial mobilization began in Ukraine. April 30, 2014 the Acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov instructed the heads of regional administrations to start creating territorial defense battalions in each region of Ukraine. In July, 39 BTR personnel performed tasks near Volnovakha. On the evening of July 21, 2014, a minibus loaded with explosives hit a checkpoint of Ukrainian forces near the village of Kamyanka and expl ...
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93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
The 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade Kholodnyi Yar () is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. In October 2022 American military correspondent David Axe described the formation as "one of the most brutally effective" of Ukraine’s front-line brigades. History The brigade traces its history back to the 93rd Guards Rifle Division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed at Valuki in April 1943 from 13th Guards and 92nd Rifle Brigades. The division fought at Kursk, Kharkiv, Budapest, and Prague, and was serving with the 53rd Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in May 1945. After a period as a 35th Guards Mechanized Division, and then 35th Guards Motor Rifle Division 1957–65, the division was redesignated as the 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1965. It served with the Southern Group of Forces in Hungary during the last years of the Cold War, and after the fall of the Berlin Wall was withdrawn to Ukraine from October 1990 to January 1991. There it became part of the Ukrainia ...
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92nd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
The 92nd Ivan Sirko Separate Mechanized Brigade ( uk, 92-га окрема механізована бригада, translit=92 okrema mekhanizovana bryhada), abbreviated 92 OMBr (), is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Its honorific name is after Cossack military leader Ivan Sirko. The unit was formed in 1999 as the 6th Mechanized Division based on the 6th Division of the National Guard of Ukraine. In 2000 it was reorganized as the 92nd Mechanized Brigade. Following the Russo-Ukrainian war and the 2015 decommunization in Ukraine, the brigade's Soviet honors and heritage were purged. 48th Rifle Division (1920–1992) Names 2nd Tula Rifle Division48th Rifle Division118th Motor Rifle Division48th Motor Rifle Division Early history The division traces its heritage to the Soviet 48th Rifle Division that was established on 26 February 1920 by renaming the 2nd Tula Rifle Division. It became a territorial division after the Soviet-Polish War and was then upgraded to 'cadre' st ...
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51st Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
The 51st Guards Mechanized Brigade () was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, stationed at Volodymyr in Volyn Oblast, on the border with Poland. The Brigade drew its history from the 15th Guards Rifle Division of World War II, which was converted into the 15th Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957. The division was renumbered as the 51st Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1965 and awarded the honorific Perekop in honor of the 51st Rifle Division of the Russian Civil War. History In late 1947 the 15th Guards Rifle Division was relocated from the Austrian city of Vladimir-Volyn and Lyuboml. In the postwar years the unit's soldiers helped civilians rebuild postwar economy, harvest, were involved in the construction of irrigation systems in the Kuban and the Crimea. In September 1965, in an Order of the Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union commemorating the 51st Rifle Division оf the Russian Civil War, which staunchly took the first blows of the German-Soviet war, the 15th Gua ...
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28th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
, image = 28 ОМБр к.svg , image_size = 200 , caption = 28th Mechanized Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia , dates = 1942present , country = (1930s1991)(1991present) , allegiance = , branch = Ground Forces , type = Mechanized Infantry , role = , size = Brigade , command_structure = Operational Command South , garrison = ChornomorskeOdesa Oblast, Ukraine , motto = , march = , mascot = , patron = Knights of the First Winter Campaign. , battles = * World War II * War in Donbas * 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ** Southern Ukraine offensive *** Liberation of Kherson , anniversaries ...
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17th Tank Brigade (Ukraine)
, image = 17th tank brigade insignia daily.svg , image_size = 200 , caption = 17th Tank Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia , dates = 1940present , country = (19401991)(1991present) , allegiance = , branch = Ground Forces , type = Armoured Forces , role = Armoured , size = Brigade , command_structure = Operational Command East , garrison = Kryvyi RihА3283 , motto = , march = , mascot = , patron = Konstantin Pestushko , battles = World War IIWar in Donbass2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine * Battle of Kharkiv *Battle of the Siverskyi Donets *Battle of Bakhmut , anniversaries = , ...
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Ukrainian Ground Forces
The Ukrainian Ground Forces ( uk, Сухопу́тні військá Збрóйних сил Украї́ни), also known as the Ukrainian Army, are the Army, land forces of Ukraine and one of the five Military branch, branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were formed from Soviet Ground Forces formations, units, and establishments, including three military districts (the Kyiv Military District, Kyiv, Carpathian Military District, Carpathian, and Odessa Military District, Odesa Military Districts), that were on Ukrainian soil when the History of the Soviet Union (1985–1991)#Dissolution of the USSR, Soviet Union collapsed. After Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine retained its Soviet-era army equipment. The Armed Forces were systematically downsized after 1991 and as a result, it was largely dilapidated by July 2014.
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