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This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...
The military history of the Russian Federation began with the establishment of the Russian Armed Forces following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This was followed by its engagements in post-Soviet conflicts, from the ongoing war in Transnistria that started in 1990, after which many reforms were put in place during the late 1990s and the ...
Polish–Russian War (1609–1618): A truce was established. The boyars promised to recognize Sigismund's son and heir Władysław as tsar, conditional on severe limits to his power and his conversion to Orthodoxy. August: Polish–Russian War (1609–1618): Sigismund rejected the boyars' conditions. December
A viral tweet claims that Russia is on the verge of firing the first nuclear weapon of World War III. Verdict: Misleading There is no evidence that Russia is about to fire a nuclear weapon. The ...
The military history of Russia has antecedents involving Kievan Rus' and the Rus' principalities that succeeded it, the Mongol invasion of the early 13th century, Russia's numerous wars against Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Sweden, and Ottoman Empire, Prussia (Seven Years' War), France (especially the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War).
Russia says new EU sanctions are part of a 'hybrid war' 15:45, Athena Stavrou. Russia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the European Union’s 12th sanctions package against Russia was ...
This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, militarized interstate disputes, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war.
Much of the world reacted with shock and horror on Thursday evening when news broke that Russia was shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as part of its assault on Ukraine.