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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, [a] commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. It is organized into three service branches—the Ground Forces, Navy, and Aerospace Forces —two independent combat arms (the Strategic Rocket Forces and Airborne Forces ), [10] and the Special Operations Forces Command.
The United Nations has added Russia to a global list of offenders for killing 136 children in Ukraine in 2022.. Russian forces and affiliated groups “maimed 518 children and carried out 480 ...
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]
Last year Russia announced a plan to boost the size of its armed forces by more than 30% to 1.5 million combat personnel, an ambitious task made harder by its heavy but undisclosed casualties in ...
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 Russian Ground Forces, [a] also known as the Russian Army, [b] are the land forces of 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 Russia is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of ...
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 ...
The Missile Troops and Artillery ( MT & A ), ( Russian: Ракетные войска и артиллерия, romanized : Raketnyye voyska i artilleriya – РВиА) are a Combat Arm of the Russian Ground Forces, They are the primary means of providing fire on the enemy during combined-arms operations . They are designed to perform the ...