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Kharkiv Border Detachment
The Kharkiv Border Detachment (9951) is a brigade level detachment of the Eastern Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Russia-Ukraine border in four raions (Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Raion, Chuhuiv Raion and Kupiansk Raion) of Kharkiv Oblast as well as the Kharkiv International Airport and the Dnipro International Airport. The detachment guards border length of 315.5 km, including 7.5 km by water. History On 20 October 1992, the Kharkiv Border Detachment was established, commanded by Colonel Ihor Vasyliovych Egorov. It saw combat during the War in Donbass. On 16 July 2014, in a forest plantation near Stanytsia Luhanska, the personnel of the Kharkiv Detachment encountered a group of saboteurs trying to plant a landmine and two guardsmen of the detachment (Postolny Mykola Mykolayovych and Maxim Oleksandrovich Zakopaylo) were killed in resulting engagement. During the Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it acquired mortar t ...
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Bohodukhiv Raion
Bohodukhiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Bohodukhiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Bohodukhiv Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Subdivisions Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 5 hromadas: * Bohodukhiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Bohodukhiv, retained from Bohodukhiv Raion; * Kolomak settlement hromada with the administration in the Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement of Kolomak, transferred from Kolomak Raion; * Krasnokutsk settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Krasnokutsk, transferred from Krasnokutsk Raion; * Valky urban hromada with the administration in the city of Valky, transferred from Valky Raion; * Zolochiv settlem ...
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Military Units And Formations Of Ukraine In The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily Weapon, 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 reconstructi ...
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Baba Yaga (aircraft)
Baba Yaga is the Russian nickname for a number of Ukrainian heavy bomber drones used in the conflict following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Several models are referred as Baba Yaga, including Aerorozvidka R18, , Nemesis and . Nickname "''Baba Yaga''" is a reference to the Slavic mythological creature ''Baba Yaga'', a supernatural witch who flies around in a cauldron or mortar. In August 2023, ''The Daily Beast'' reported that Chechen soldiers of the Russian armed forces claimed the drone had claws and could abduct soldiers. Gallery file:UA Vampire UCAV 01.jpg, Drone calibration file:UA Vampire UCAV 04.jpg, In flight file:UA Vampire UCAV 05.jpg, Suspended bombs file:UA Vampire UCAV 02.jpg, Operators File:12520339-FPV-дрон десантников в воздушном бою сбил ударный гексакоптер ВСУ типа «Баба Яга».webm, Video of destruction by Russian FPV quadcopter Construction Baba Yaga are large multirotor dro ...
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MTLB
The MT-LB (, literally "multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored") is a Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious, tracked armored fighting vehicle in use since the 1970s. It was also produced in Poland, where (starting in the mid-1990s) its YaMZ engine was replaced by a Polish 6-cylinder SW 680 diesel engine. Development In the 1950s, the Soviet Central Auto and Tractor Directorate began a development program to replace the AT-P series of artillery tractors (which were based on the ASU-57 airborne self-propelled gun) with a new generation of vehicles. The MT-L was developed to meet this requirement based on the PT-76 amphibious light tank chassis. The MT-LB is the armored variant of the MT-L. Entering production in the early 1970s, it was cheap to build, being based on many existing components, e.g. the engine, which was originally developed for trucks. It was built at the Kharkiv Tractor Plant (KhTZ) in Soviet Ukraine, and in Bulgaria. Formerly, it was also manufactured under ...
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Prelude To The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
In March and April 2021, prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crimea, representing the largest mobilisation since the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. This precipitated an international crisis due to concerns over a potential invasion. Satellite imagery showed movements of armour, missiles, and heavy weaponry towards the border. The troops were partially withdrawn by June 2021, though the infrastructure was left in place. A second build-up began in October 2021, this time with more soldiers and with deployments on new fronts; by December over 100,000 Russian troops were massed around Ukraine on three sides, including Belarus from the north and Crimea from the south. Despite the Russian military build-ups, Russian officials from November 2021 to 20 February 2022 repeatedly denied that Russia had plans to invade Ukraine. The crisis ...
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Stanytsia Luhanska
Stanytsia Luhanska (; ) is a Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement on the banks of the Donets, Siverskyi Donets River in the Shchastia Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Residence of Stanytsia Luhanska settlement hromada. Population: . It is situated 20 km northeast of Luhansk. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative centre of the former Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion. History Stanytsia Luhanska is one of two local foundations of the Don Cossacks in today's Ukraine. During World War II, in 1942–1943, the German occupiers operated a Nazi prison in the settlement. Russo-Ukrainian war Starting Mid-April 2014 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists 2014 insurgency in Donbass, captured several towns in the Donbass region, including Stanytsia Luhanska. On 2 July 2014 unspecified planes attacked the village and the village of Kondrashovka. The Ukrainian army denied the airstrike and blamed the damage on faulty shelling by ...
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War In Donbass
The war in Donbas, or the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014, when Russian paramilitaries seized several towns. Ukraine's military launched an operation against them, but failed to fully retake the territory. Covertly, Russia's military were directly involved, and the separatists were largely under Russian control. The war continued until subsumed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In March 2014, following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea. Anti-revolution and pro-Russian protests began in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, collectively 'the Donbas'. On 12 April, a commando unit led by Russian citizen Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin seized Sloviansk and other settlements in the Donbas. Separatists declared the Donetsk and Luhansk republics (DPR and LPR) as independent states. Russia covertly supported them with troops and weaponry. It only admitted send ...
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Dnipro International Airport
Dnipro International Airport () was an airport serving Dnipro, a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located southeast from the city center. On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed airspace to civilian flights due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 10 April 2022 a Russian attack completely destroyed the airport and the infrastructure nearby. Facilities The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 08/26 with a concrete surface measuring . The airport is currently owned by its major airline partner Dniproavia. This has resulted in a number of management problems and has slowed the airfield's development as Dniproavia has, on a number of occasions, refused to be forthcoming with the required funds to undertake a comprehensive modernization program. In addition to this, foreign airlines have found it difficult to gain access to Dnipro as a result of Dniproavia's protectionist policies along routes to and from the airport. In 201 ...
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Kharkiv International Airport
Kharkiv International Airport () is an airport located in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is the main airfield serving the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city. It is located to the south-east of the city center, in the city's Slobidskyi district. On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed airspace to civilian flights due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. History The old terminal at Kharkiv was built in the 1950s employing a neoclassical style. However, with the selection of Poland and Ukraine to co-host the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, a new modern international terminal was built in order to comply with UEFA The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#A ... regulations. The old building was renovated to become a VIP terminal. Since 2013, the airport operates a CAT ...
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Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the west, Sumy Oblast to the northwest and Russia's Belgorod Oblast to the north. Its area is , or 5.2% of the total territory of Ukraine. The oblast is the third-most populous of Ukraine, with a population of 2,598,961 in 2021, more than half (1.42 million) of whom live in the city of Kharkiv, the oblast's administrative center. Nomenclature Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially called "oblast centers" (, translit. ''oblasnyi tsentr''). The name of each oblast is a relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of respective center city: ''Kharkiv'' is the center of the ''Kharkivs’ka oblast’'' (Kharkiv Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun f ...
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Kupiansk Raion
Kupiansk Raion () is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Kupiansk. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Kupiansk Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Dvorichna Raion, Dvorichna, Shevchenkove Raion, Shevchenkove, and Velykyi Burluk Raions, as well as the city of Kupiansk, which was previously incorporated as a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kupiansk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was It is approximately 120 kilometers to the east of Kharkiv and 40 kilometers south of the border with Russia. Settlements * Tabaivka Subdivisions Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consists of 8 hromadas: * Dvorichna settlement hromada with the administration in the rur ...
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