In 2016, a new class of officers graduated from the Ryazan paratroop academy in Russia, symbolizing President Vladimir Putin s commitment to strengthening the country s armed forces. Reuters traced the fate of almost all the graduates, revealing their involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Three of the officers were killed in Ukraine in 2022 and 2023, while others were decorated for bravery or captured by Ukrainian forces.
Russia’s Armed Forces hit only military targets in Ukraine as part of the ongoing special operation, Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) told Sputnik.
Russia’s Armed Forces operating in the special military operation zone in Ukraine have reportedly achieved the first recorded instance of a French Crotale NG system being obliterated in combat.
Russia s Armed Forces hit Ukrainian servicemen and temporary deployment positions in the Kupyansk direction, Ukraine lost up to 125 military personnel, Sergey Zybinsky, the West group s spokesman, told Sputnik.