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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,[a]commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the militaryof Russia. It is organized into three service branches—the Ground Forces, Navy, and Aerospace Forces—two independent combat arms (the Strategic Rocket Forcesand Airborne Forces),[10]and the Special Operations Forces Command.
Military unit. The Russian Ground Forces,[a]also known as the Russian Army,[b]are the land forcesof the Russian Armed Forces. The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, and the defeat of enemy troops. The President of Russiais the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed ...
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.
840 T-72B3M, 850 T-72B3 and 650 T-72B/T-72BA in service as of 2021. [165] 7,000 T-72/T-72A/T-72B in storage as of 2021. [165] [51] Unknown number brought back from storage because of the losses during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and upgraded/rebuild. [166]
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ( Russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации; MOD) is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces. The President of Russia is the Commander-in-Chief of the forces and directs the activity of the ministry. The Minister of Defence exercises day-to ...
This is a list of Russian military aircraft currently in service across three branches of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as in the National Guard of Russia. The list further encompasses Russia's experimental aircraft and those currently in development. The figures presented below do not account for losses incurred in Ukraine, as conflicting ...
The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, [note 1] formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate, [note 2] and still commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU, [note 3] [1] is the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Military doctrine of Russia. The military doctrine of Russia is a strategic planning document of the Russian Federation, representing a system of official state-adopted views on preparation and usage of the Russian Armed Forces. The most recent revision of the military doctrine was approved in 2014.