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T-72B3 tanks supplied to the Russian Airborne Forces in 2018 have been upgraded and are equipped with Andromeda automatic control system and some of them with top-attack defence screens. [134] As of 2021, the Russian Airborne Forces have 150 T-72B3 and 10 T-72B3 mod. 2016. T-90M tanks are also attached to VDV units as of August 2023. [135]
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.
Russian Aerospace Forces helicopters in a field during the invasion, March 2022. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, aerial warfare took place as early as the dawn of 24 February 2022, [1] with Russian infantry and armored divisions entering into Eastern Ukraine with air support.
A recap of overnight strikes. 12:45, Lydia Patrick. Russian forces targeted Ukraine‘s capital, Kyiv, as part of an overnight bombardment felt across the country, local officials said Saturday ...
The latest Russian barrage came after a record-breaking night of Ukrainian drone attacks in Western Russia, in which Kyiv's forces said they hit a chemical plant in Tula region, ammunition ...
A Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Wednesday that Ukrainian troops were trying to push Russian forces back from the eastern bank of the river, which serves as a formidable natural barrier ...
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 Ukrainian air force shot down a Russian early warning and control plane that can spot targets up to 650 kilometers (400 miles) away and a key command center aircraft that relays information to ...