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The New York Times reported that seven civilians had died in Poti from Russian bombing about a week ago. [20] The White House demanded the return of captured US vehicles from Russia. [22] On 20 August, a claim was made by an official from the Poti port that the Russian military had withdrawn after destroying a vessel and capturing military ...
A group of Russian Marines of the Black Sea Fleet landed in the Georgian port city in late October 1993 to protect an important railway between Poti and the Georgian capital Tbilisi. In November clashes between the Russians and the Zviadists erupted, with the Russian Major General Boris Djukov, claiming no Russian casualties.
On 15 August 2008, Russian forces advancing towards Tbilisi blew up the railway bridge near Kaspi, about 50 km (31 mi) from the Georgian capital. The cement factory and civilian area in Kaspi were also damaged by Russian bombing. [9] The destruction of the railway bridge sabotaged the east-west link of Georgia and Armenia's main trade route. [10]
Russia Georgia: Battle off the coast of Abkhazia: 2008 Russia Georgia: Occupation of Poti: 2008 Russia Georgia: Occupation of Gori: 2008 Russia South Ossetia Georgia: Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017) Tsentoroy attack: 2010 Russia: Caucasus Emirate: Grozny clashes: 2014 Russia: Caucasus Emirate: Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present)
Russian conquest of Central Asia; Russian occupation of Eastern Galicia (1914–1915) Russian occupation of Gotland; Russian occupation of Tabriz; Russian occupations of Beirut; Russian-occupied territories in Georgia
Lan is part of an all-women explosive disposal team working to rehabilitiate over 60,000 hectares of farmland pitted with bombs left behind from the war with the United States that ended in 1975.
A Vietnam veteran protects a woman who has been assaulted by an outlaw biker gang. 1968 US Targets: Peter Bogdanovich: A disturbed Vietnam veteran goes on a sniper shooting spree after killing his wife and mother. [28] 1971 US Billy Jack: Tom Laughlin: A Vietnam veteran defends the hippie-themed Freedom School against corrupt local officials.
In 1984, the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project was founded by Diane Carlson Evans, leading to the creation of the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington D.C. in 1993. [112] [113] The Vietnam Women's Memorial is in Constitution Gardens, a park on the National Mall. [114] [115] It honors the American women who served in the Vietnam War. [116]