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132nd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
The 132nd Guards Motor Rifle Gorlovka Brigade "Berkut" (; MUN 08803) is a military unit of the Russian Ground Forces. Until January 1, 2023, it was part of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. It is subordinated to the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army. History War in Donbas The 132nd Motor Rifle Brigade originates from the Bezler Group – a formation initially consisting of around 20 men commanded by Igor "Bes" Bezler, a former lieutenant colonel of the Russian Armed Forces who fought alongside Strelkov during the siege of Sloviansk. After disagreements with Strelkov, Bezler moved his unit to Horlivka where it took part in heavy fighting against Ukrainian forces. On October 14, 2014, the Bezler Group was reorganized into the 3rd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade "Berkut", with Bezler being "retired" from command in November. The name and emblem closely resembled that of a now-disbanded Ukrainian riot police unit deployed against protesters during the Maidan Revolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigade
A brigade is a major tactical military unit, military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a Division (military), division. Brigades formed into divisions are usually infantry or armored (sometimes referred to as combined arms brigades). In addition to combat units, they may include combat support units or sub-units, such as artillery and engineers, and logistic units. Historically, such brigades have been called brigade-groups. On operations, a brigade may comprise both organic elements and attached elements, including some temporarily attached for a specific task. Brigades may also be specialized and comprise battalions of a single branch, for example cavalry, mechanized, armored, artillery, air defence, aviation, engineers, signals or logistic. Some brigades are classified as independent or separate and operate independentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Bezler
Igor Nikolayevich Bezler (; ; born 1965, Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR), known by the pseudonym "Bes" (, ) is one of the pro-Russian rebel leaders whose group controlled the local police department in Horlivka. He was a prominent commander in the early phases of the Russo-Ukrainian War: the 2014 Russian military intervention in Crimea and the 2014 War in Donbas. In 2014 he went into hiding and as of 2016 issued statements denouncing the Russian-backed separatist groups. In November 2020 Bellingcat claimed that Bezler, with a fake Russian passport issued to the name of ''Igor Nikolaevich Beregovoy'' (Игорь Николаевич Береговой), lives in Russian annexed Crimea since October 2014. Biography Bezler's father, Nikolai Bezler (or Mykola Byezlyer in Ukrainian), was an ethnic German (original spelling of his surname in German – Besler), his mother was an ethnic Ukrainian, but she considers herself Russian. He served in the Soviet Army in Afgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Units And Formations Established In 2014
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a distinct military uniform. They may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of a military is usually defined as defence of their state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms "armed forces" and "military" are often synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include other paramilitary forces such as armed police. Beyond warfare, the military may be employed in additional sanctioned and non-sanctioned functions within the state, including internal security threats, crowd control, promotion of political agendas, emergency services and reconstruction, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparta Battalion
The Sparta Battalion () or 80th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion "Sparta" named after A. S. Pavlov (; MUN 08806) is a special purpose unit of the Russian Armed Forces. Until 2023, the unit was part of Russian people's militia military unit of the Russian republic of Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine. The unit has been fighting against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas war and the 2022 Russian invasion. Formed in 2014, it was initially led by the Russian-born Arsen Pavlov (callsign "Motorola") until his death in October 2016, and then by Vladimir Zhoga (callsign "Vokha"), from Sloviansk, until his death in March 2022. The battalion took part in the Battle of Ilovaisk and Second Battle of Donetsk Airport and several others. According to ''Foreign Policy'', the Sparta Battalion has "a reputation for ruthlessness". It has committed war crimes in the Donbas. The battalion has been described as Russian ultranationalist, and the European Eye on Rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
The 9th Guards Motor Rifle Mariupol–Khingan Orders of the Republic and Suvorov Brigade (), formerly known as the 9th Separate Naval Infantry Regiment () is a military unit of the Russian Ground Forces. Until January 1, 2023, it was part of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). It is attached to the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army. It is commanded by the former Somalia Battalion, Somalia battalion commander Timur Kurilkin. History War in Donbas The 9th Mariupol-Khingan was formed from the remnants of the Semenovsky Battalion, a loose formation of locals and Russian volunteers who took part in the Siege of Sloviansk, fighting in Sloviansk and at First Battle of Donetsk Airport, Donetsk Airport. A reformed and strengthened Semenovsky Battalion then took part in the Battle of Mariupol (2014), offensive towards Mariupol, and helped to Battle of Novoazovsk, capture the coastal town of Novoazovsk on 28 August 2014. Later it took part in the Shyrokyne standoff, fightin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuhlehirsk
Vuhlehirsk (, ; ) is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Vuhlehirsk had a population of 8,226 in 2011; more recently, its population was estimated to be Vuhlehirsk is a district-level city in the Donetsk region, subordinated to the Yenakiieve city council. Vuhlehirsk is located in the south-eastern part of Ukraine at the distance of 61 km from the regional centre of Donetsk and 750 km from the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. Its official date of foundation is 1879 – the year of the opening of the Khatsepetivka railway station (Vuhlehirsk was called Khatsepetivka village until 1958). On 11 December 2014, the city municipality of Vuhlehirsk, including the city of Vuhlehirsk, five other settlements (Bulavyne, Hrozne, Kayutyne, Krasny Pakhar, Savelivka), and two town municipalities (Olkhovatske and Bulavynske), were transferred from Yenakiieve Municipality to Bakhmut Raion. In February 2015, during the war in Donbas, the city was captured by sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debaltseve
Debaltseve (, ) or Debaltsevo (), is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia as part of the Donetsk People's Republic. The city is situated on the eastern edge of Donetsk Oblast, and borders Luhansk Oblast. Population: On 18 February 2015, after the Battle of Debaltseve, the town was captured by the Russian separatist forces. Geography Distance from Donetsk: by road - 74 km, by air – 58 km. Distance from Kyiv: by road - 803 km, by rail - 797 km. The administrative boundary between the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts lies along with the eastern limits of the city. The city is located on a hill from which many Donbas rivers originate. The river Bulavin (a tributary of the river Krynka, Mius basin) originates in the southern outskirts of the city, the river Lozova (a tributary of the river Luhan, Siverskyi Donets basin) in the north-east, the river Sanzharivka (a tributary of the river Luhan) in the north, the river ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mykhailivka, Horlivka Urban Hromada, Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast
Mykhailivka (; ) is a village in Horlivka Raion of Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 36.9 km NNE from the centre of Donetsk city. The village was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the War in Donbass, that started in 2014. Demographics Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: * Ukrainian: 20.10% *Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...: 79.90% References Villages in Horlivka Raion Horlivka urban hromada {{Donetsk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozerianivka
Ozerianivka (; ) is a rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, NNE from the centre of Donetsk city. History On 17 October 2014, amid the war in Donbas, pro-Russian militants attempted to storm the Ukrainian government position near Ozerianivka, but were repulsed with no Ukrainian casualties. On 3 November 2014, there was another unsuccessful attempt to take positions near the village by the militants, with assistance from a tank firing from Horlivka. The Ukrainian military reported they had killed four militants and captured another. However, the settlement itself was taken by the militants during the war. Demographics In the 2001 Ukrainian census, it was found that the settlement was majority natively Russian-speaking (66.12%), with a large minority of native Ukrainian speakers (31.98%). There were also small minorities of native speakers of Belarusian (1.30%), Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolution Of Dignity
The Revolution of Dignity (), also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at the end of the Euromaidan protests, when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capital Kyiv culminated in the ousting of President of Ukraine, President Viktor Yanukovych, the return to the 2004 Constitution of Ukraine, and the outbreak of the 2014 Russo-Ukrainian War. In November 2013, a wave of large-scale protests known as "Euromaidan" began in response to President Yanukovych's decision not to sign a European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement, political association and free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), instead choosing closer ties to Russia. Euromaidan soon developed into the largest democratic mass movement in Europe since 1989. Earlier that year, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) had overwhelmingly approved finalizing the EU association agreement; Russia had pressured Ukraine to reject i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkut (special Police Force)
The Berkut (; "golden eagle") was the Ukrainian system of special police (riot police) of the Ukrainian ''Militsiya'' within the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The agency was formed in 1992, shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, as the successor to the Ukrainian SSR's OMON. Initially specialized in fighting organized crime, Berkut transitioned into a gendarmerie used by the Ukrainian ''Militsiya'' for public security, operating semi-autonomously at the local or regional level. The term "Berkut" came to be used for any professional special police unit in Ukraine. Prior to the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, the Berkut had a history of illegal activities against Ukrainian citizens, such as racketeering, terrorism, physical violence, torture, anti-Ukrainian sentiment, voter intimidation and other secret police tactics against those who would elect non- Yanukovych candidates. It committed violence against protesters during Euromaidan and the Orange Revolution. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Horlivka
The Battle of Horlivka began when the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attempted to recapture the city of Horlivka, in Donetsk Oblast, from separatist insurgents affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on 21 July 2014. Background Horlivka is a large city in Donetsk Oblast, north of Donetsk city. Amidst 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, rising unrest across Eastern Ukraine, eastern and Southern Ukraine, southern Ukraine, armed men stormed and took control of a police station in Horlivka on 14 April. Soon after this, the men stormed the city administration, and gained effective control over the city for the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic. After DPR forces Siege of Sloviansk, withdrew from Sloviansk in northern Donetsk Oblast on 5 July, many travelled to Horlivka, which remained under DPR control. On April 12 at 20:00, the protesters attempted to seize the city's Department of Internal Affairs, they demanded the issue of weapons, but this a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
