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Goryachiye Klyuchi, Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast
Nickname(s)
Dukhovshchinskaya (Духовщинская)
Engagements
World War II
Eastern Front (World War II)
Battle of Kursk[1]
Battle of Stalingrad,[2]
Battle of Smolensk,[3]
Third Battle of Kharkov,[4]
Dukhovshchina–Demidov Offensive[5]
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine[6]
Eastern Ukraine offensive
Battle of Siversk
Military unit
The 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division is a division of the Russian Ground Forces stationed in Sakhalin Oblast with administration over the Kuril Islands.
In 2022 the unit participated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
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^"Russia Sends Pacific Island 'Machine Gun Artillery Division' to Ukraine - Forbes". 20 July 2022.
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