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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.
VDV Airborne troops at Hostomel Airport during the Battle of Antonov Airport VDV Airborne troops attacking a Ukrainian drone during the Battle of the Svatove–Kreminna line. The VDV participated heavily in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the opening hours of the invasion the VDV attempted to secure key airports and support assaults around ...
Ukraine's Khortytsia group stated that Russia planned to withdraw elements of the 98th VDV from the front line for replenishment. [75] On 23 May, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi reiterated that the Russians wanted to capture Chasiv Yar "at any cost" amid regular assaults, at least some of which involved T-90 tanks and IFVs. These assaults ...
"Ukraine is currently under a massive attack of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones from Russia," U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink wrote on X. "Thanks to Ukraine's brave air defenders ...
237th Guards Air Assault Regiment VDV (Lieutenant Colonel Georgy Khudik †) [90] 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment VDV [151] 4th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment VDV [151] 98th Guards Airborne Division VDV (Guards Colonel Viktor Igoryevich Gunaza [dismissed by end of March], Head of Communications Colonel Alexey Smirnov †) [221] [178] [77]
The Ukrainian Air Assault Forces (Ukrainian: Десантно-штурмові війська України, romanized: Desantno-shturmovi viiska Ukrainy, pronounced [deˌsɑntno ʃtʊrmoˈvʲi ʋʲii̯ˈsʲka ʊkrɐˈjine], abbreviated as DShV [a] or AAFU), known until 2017 as the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces [b] [6] are the airborne forces of Ukraine.
The northern Ukraine campaign was a theater of operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.It involved attacks by Russia across the Russo-Ukrainian and Belarusian–Ukrainian borders, beginning on 24 February 2022, for control of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the surrounding areas of Kyiv Oblast and northern regions Zhytomyr Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and Chernihiv Oblast.
The family of an American killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 can sue Russia's largest bank for allegedly providing money transfers to a group blamed for ...