Separate Guards Assault Battalion "Somalia" named after M. S. Tolstykh (OSB Somalia , military unit 08828; Russian: Отдельный гвардейский штурмовой батальон «Сомали» имени М. С. Толстых, ОШБ Сомали, в/ч 08828), often known as Somalia Battalion, is a military unit of Russian Ground Forces. Until January 1, 2023 it was part of so called self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" (DPR). In September 2022, with a decree of Vladimir Putin, Russia unilaterally "annexed" occupied areas of Ukraine, and after that, military units of DPR and LPR were officially incorporated in Russian Armed Forces.[citation needed]
The unit is permanently stationed in Donetsk and Makiivka.[citation needed] Its current commander is Timur Kurilkin.[1]
^ХАНАРИН, Никита МАКАРЕНКОВ | Павел (2022-04-03). "Донбасскому комбату "Сомали" Тимуру Курилкину присвоили звание Героя ДНР и передали Орден Мужества от Путина". donetsk.kp.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
Separate Guards Assault Battalion "Somalia" named after M. S. Tolstykh (OSB Somalia , military unit 08828; Russian: Отдельный гвардейский штурмовой батальон...
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations...
The Ogaden War, also known as the Ethio-Somali War (Somali: Dagaalkii Xoraynta Soomaali Galbeed, Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሶማሊያ ጦርነት, romanized: ye’ītiyop’iya somalīya...
the commander of the collaborationist Donetsk People's Republic's SomaliaBattalion during the war in Donbas from 2014, until his assassination in early...
The Somali Armed Forces are the military forces of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Headed by the president as commander-in-chief, they are constitutionally...
Terminal ruins (October 2014) DPR Sparta Battalion troops during a break (October 2014) DPR SomaliaBattalion fighter near a heavily damaged area (October...
Prizrak Brigade SomaliaBattalion "Institute for the Study of War". "Separatist known as Vokha will become new commander of the Sparta Battalion". UA Wire....
during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 1st Separate Battalion-Tactical Group "Somalia" or SomaliaBattalion (Russian: Батальон «Сомали») – Tactical group led...
States-led, United Nations-sanctioned multinational force which operated in Somalia from 5 December 1992 until 4 May 1993. A United States initiative (code-named...
The 1 RAR battalion group left Somalia on 21 May 1993. The main Australian units deployed to Somalia during Operation Solace were: 1st Battalion, Royal Australian...
confessions on Russian TV. Russian separatist forces in Donbas SomaliaBattalion Sparta Battalion 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Regionalism in Ukraine...
Garissa County. 17 Battalion has served on the Kenyan Coast, in North Eastern, and several times with the African Union Mission in Somalia (tours AMISOM III...
forces in Somalia. Instead, Garrison and TF Ranger received orders directly from CENTCOM. The force consisted of: B Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger...
1993, elements of Company B of the 3rd Ranger Battalion and the battalion headquarters deployed to Somalia as part of Task Force Ranger. On 3 October 1993...
and 1967, Kenya fought the Shifta War against Somali residents who sought union with their kin in the Somali Republic to the north-east. In late 1963, 5th...
Only recently[when?] deemed a light infantry battalion, some leaders expressed concern that the Somalia mission did not fit the Regiment's mandate or...
Raion), on 31 July 2014, a battalion of the 25th Airborne Brigade was sent to assault Shakhtarsk. During the attack, the battalion lost 26 soldiers and passed...
Gaulle awarded the Somalibattalion a citation to the army and decorated the battalion's pennant in Soulac-sur-Mer. The Somalibattalion is dissolved on...
battles at the Donetsk International Airport along with the Sparta and Somalibattalions. The most famous losses are the death of Alexander Bednov's personal...
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