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Military units and formations of Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • Russian penal military units during the Russian invasion of UkraineThe Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine claims Russia has recruited between 140,000 and 180,000 convicts to fight in Ukraine.
  • Africa Corps (Russia)The Africa Corps emerged from the ashes of a crashed plane in August 2023. Yevgeny Prigozhin died when that aircraft went down, ending his leadership of the…
  • Wagner GroupIn May 2014, a group of patriots emerged from the shadows to support Russian separatist forces in Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed he founded this unit on…
  • Storm-ZOn the 6th of April 2023, Ukrainian forces captured documents that revealed the existence of Storm-Z units. These penal military groups emerged from a…
  • Storm-VVladimir Putin signed a law on the 24th of June 2023 that officially created Storm-V units. This decree simultaneously disbanded the earlier Storm-Z…