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42nd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
The 42nd Separate Mechanized Brigade () is a mechanized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. History The brigade was formed on January 25, 2023, as part of the expansion of the Ukrainian Army in anticipation of the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, primarily from personnel mobilized in western Ukraine and officers from the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade. The command was entrusted to Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Bolechan, former commander of the 109th Battalion of the 10th Brigade. It was the second Ukrainian unit, after the 82nd Air Assault Brigade (Ukraine), 82nd Air Assault Brigade, to receive Stryker armored vehicles. However, these were only equipped to one battalion, and the other two received the BMP-1, BMP-1LB, vehicles based on the MT-LB hull and equipped with a modern stabilized turret. In September 2023 the brigade was deployed to the front for the first time, being sent together with the 44th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine), 44th Mechanized Brigade to the Kupia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operational Command South
The Operational Command South (OC South) is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in the southern part of Ukraine, which was formed in January 1998 as the Southern Operation Command on the basis of the Odesa Military District and headquartered in Odesa. In 2005-2013 it was known as the Southern Operation Association. Until 2015 Operational Command South covered 9 oblasts and autonomous republics: Odesa, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. In 2015 eastern parts of the operation command territory were passed on to newly formed Operation Command East based in Dnipro. The headquarters of the OC South was relocated from Odesa to Mykolaiv. Composition By 1 July 2006, the Southern Operational Command included 6th Army Corps (6 AK) and other units comprising: * 17th Armoured Brigade (Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) * 28th Guards Mechanised Brigade ( Chornomorske, Odesa Oblast) reorg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (1 December 2023 – 31 March 2024)
This timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine covers the period from 1 December 2023 to 31 March 2024. This period was characterized by an increased reliance on drones and missiles amid an increasing shortage of Ukrainian artillery ammunition and tanks. December 2023 1 December Ukraine claimed that Russian forces launched 25 Shahed drones and one Kh-59 missile. Ukrainian forces claimed to have downed 18 of the drones and the missile. Ukraine said it had successfully tested domestically made electromagnetic warfare systems to protect soldiers from radar-guided weapons and drones. Ukrainian media reported that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was behind another bomb attack on a fuel train passing over a rail bridge on the Baikal-Amur Mainline in the Russian Far East. Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine), Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) claimed that a Russian military refueling station in Melitopol was blown up by Ukrainian resistance during the Russian i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
424riflebat
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other hand, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast (russian: Белгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Belgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: History At the turn of the 17th century, a solid line of military fortifications was built in the area, stretching for almost . Ukrainian Cossacks, who moved here because of the nobility and the tax burden, were in charge of the line defenses. Even more Cossacks moved to the area during the Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) and the internecine wars in the Cossack Hetmanate (1659–1679). Belgorod became the military and administrative center, after originating as an outpost on the southern borders of Russia. Following the Battle of Poltava, Peter I granted to soldiers of Greater Belgorod the regiment flag. From 1708 to 1727, the territory of the modern Belgorod Oblast was part of Kiev and Azov Governorates. In 1727, Belgorod Governorate was established from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyptsi
Lyptsi ( uk, Липці) is a village in the Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Situated at the point where the Lypets River flows into the Kharkiv River, Lyptsi is close to the border with Russia. It hosts the administration of Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. History The village was founded in 1655 by peasants from Right-bank Ukraine. As part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was occupied by the Russian Armed Forces on 24 February 2022, a situation that continued into April. By 10 May, a Ukrainian counter-offensive to the north of Kharkiv meant that Lyptsi was contested. Ukraine regained control of the village on 11 September 2022 as part of a major counteroffensive In the study of military tactics, a counter-offensive is a large-scale strategic offensive military operation, usually by forces that had successfully halted the enemy's offensive, while occupying defensive positions. The counter-offensive is ... in the Khar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th Guards Motor Rifle Division
The 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division was formed originally as 133rd Rifle Division at Novosibirsk or Biysk in 1939. The division was part of 1st Shock Army on 1 December 1941 during the Battle of Moscow. It was redesignated as the 18th Guards Rifle Division in March 1942 with the 51, 53, 58 Guards Rifle Regiments and 52 Guards Artillery Regiment. The division fought in the East Prussian Offensive. The unit became 30th Guards Mechanised Division in 1945 as part of the 11th Guards Army. In 1965 it was renumbered as 18th Guards MRD. It seems to have been stationed in the Kaliningrad enclave with 11th Guards Army before entering Czechoslovakia in 1968, joining the Central Group of Forces. In 1991 the division was withdrawn back to Gusev in the Kaliningrad Oblast. The division was reorganised as a cadre strength formation, as part of the third-line reserves of the Russian Ground Forces. In 2002, it became the 79th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (russian: 79-я отдельная г� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
92nd Assault Brigade (Ukraine)
The 92nd Assault Brigade "Ivan Sirko" ( uk, 92-га окрема штурмова бригада, translit=92 okrema shturmova bryhada), abbreviated 92 OShBr (), is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Its honorific name is after Cossack military leader Ivan Sirko. The unit was formed in 1999 as the 6th Mechanized Division based on the 6th Division of the National Guard of Ukraine. In 2000 it was reorganized as the 92nd Mechanized Brigade. Following the Russo-Ukrainian war and the 2015 decommunization in Ukraine, the brigade's Soviet honors and heritage were purged. In August 2023, 92nd Mechanized Brigade was reformed to 92nd Assault Brigade. 48th Rifle Division (1920–1992) Names 2nd Tula Rifle Division48th Rifle Division118th Motor Rifle Division48th Motor Rifle Division Early history The division traces its heritage to the Soviet 48th Rifle Division that was established on 26 February 1920 by renaming the 2nd Tula Rifle Division. It became a territorial division a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukiantsi
Lukiantsi (; ) is a village in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is situated northeast of Kharkiv city. It belongs to Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. History Lukiantsi was founded in 1862 as a settlement within the Russian Empire. Russo-Ukrainian War During the initial eastern campaign of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was occupied by Russia on or shortly after the first day of the conflict. It was subsequently retaken by Ukrainian forces later that year during its 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive. Lukiantsi once again came under direct attack by Russian forces on 13 May 2024, during the 2024 Kharkiv offensive. On 14 May, DeepState reported the village to be captured by the Russian forces. On 15 May, a speaker of the Ukrainian military stated that troops were withdrawn from the Lukiantsi and Vovchansk areas to "preserve the lives of our servicemen and avoid losses" and move to "more advantageous positions", and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlyboke, Kharkiv Oblast
Hlyboke (; ) is a village in Lyptsi rural hromada, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located south-southwest ( SSW) from the centre of Kharkiv city, at about east-southeast (ESE) of the Russia–Ukraine border. History The settlement was founded in 1930. Russian invasion of Ukraine On 13 September 2022, the 247th Battalion of Ukraine's 127th Territorial Defense Brigade announced that its forces had recaptured Hlyboke, raising the Ukrainian flag in the village. The village witnessed intense fighting in the summer of 2024, during the 2024 Kharkiv offensive of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Demographics As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 1,156 inhabitants, whose native languages were 58.69% Ukrainian, 40.23% Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pylna
Pylna (; ) is a village in Kharkiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) in Kharkiv Oblast of eastern Ukraine, north-northeast (Points of the compass#16-wind compass rose, NNE) of the centre of Kharkiv city. It belongs to Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromada, hromadas of Ukraine. History Pylna was founded in 1885 as a new settlement within the Russian Empire During the initial Eastern Ukraine campaign, eastern campaign of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was occupied by Russia on 24 February 2022, the first day of the conflict. It was retaken by Ukrainian Ground Forces, Ukrainian forces later that year during its 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive. Pylna was once again captured by Russian Ground Forces, Russian forces on 10 May 2024 during the 2024 Kharkiv offensive. Demographics As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 211 inhabitants, whose First language, native languages were 64.09% Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and 35.11% Russian language, Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
125th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)
The 125th Independent Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces () is a military formation of the Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine), Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine in Lviv. It is part of Operational Command West. History Formation On 27 February 2022 the brigade was formed in Lviv. In early March, the brigade was actively recruiting reservists and was in organizational process. Its purpose was protection of Lviv, its strategic facilities, protection of government facilities and counter-sabotage. The brigade was fully formed on 12 March. Lieutenant General Artur Horbenko was assigned to command it. Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine As of 13 August, the brigade had lost 9 soldiers. Units of the brigade along with other formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated following villages and settlements in Donetsk Oblast: Ozerne, Kramatorsk Raion, Ozerne, Dibrova, Yampil, Donetsk Oblast, Yampil and Torske, Lyman Urban Hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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