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  2. Russian Airborne Forces - Wikipedia

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    Russian paratroopers at Tuzla Air Base in Bosnia as members of the Implementation Force, 1997 Russian VDV and U.S. 1st Armored Division soldiers in Bosnia, 1996 In 1992, during the fall of Kabul to the mujahadeen , elements of the 106th Guards Airborne Division carried out the successful evacuation of the former Soviet embassy staff from Kabul ...

  3. 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade - Wikipedia

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    The 45th Guards Spetsnaz (Special Purpose) Detached Brigade (Russian: 45-я отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения (45-я ОБр СпН); Military Unit Number 28337) is the only spetsnaz unit of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV), based near Moscow. [1]

  4. Battle of Antonov Airport - Wikipedia

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    On 24 February 2022, a few hours after the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a "special military operation" in Ukraine, Russian troops of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) made an air assault on Antonov Airport with the objective of capturing it.

  5. 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment is an airborne regiment of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV). Based at Feodosia in Crimea, the regiment is part of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division. [1] It was formed in 2021 from the 56th Guards Airborne Brigade, based at Kamyshin. [2]

  6. 106th Guards Airborne Division - Wikipedia

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    The 106th Guards Tula Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Airborne Division, more generally referred to as the Tula Division, is one of the four airborne divisions of the Russian Airborne Troops, the VDV (Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска, romanized: Vozdushno-desantnye voyska).

  7. 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade - Wikipedia

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    The 31st Separate Guards Order of Kutuzov 2nd class Air Assault Brigade is an airborne infantry brigade of the Russian Airborne Troops, based in Ulyanovsk.The brigade was formed in 1998 from the 104th Guards Airborne Division.

  8. 76th Guards Air Assault Division - Wikipedia

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    After an experimental period, the 104th Guards Airborne Regiment of the 76th Airborne Division in 2002 became the first Russian ground forces regiment that was fully composed of professional soldiers (and not of "srochniki" – the conscripted soldiers aged eighteen). [22] The division became the first to move to the contract manning system in ...

  9. Battle for Height 776 - Wikipedia

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    The goal of a regimental combat group task force of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) tactical group in the area, based on the 104th Guards Airborne Regiment of the 76th Division and including also teams from the GRU Spetsnaz, and the elite Vympel group of the FSB, was to block an exit from a gorge, while other Russian forces attempted to encircle a large Chechen force departing the village of ...