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73rd Naval Special Operations Center "Chieftain Antin Holovaty" or the Special Operations Center South (Unit А3199) is the naval spetsnaz component of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) that specialized in amphibious reconnaissance to prepare for amphibious warfare operations, clandestine operation, defense against swimmer incursions, direct action against important strategic or ...
On 15 March 2013, according to Russian media reports, the creation of the Special Operations Center of the Ministry of Defense for around 500 professional soldiers began in the suburban village of Kubinka-2. The Formation of the center was scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013. The center would be directly subordinate to the Special ...
Kubinka Moscow Oblast 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade: Kubinka-2 Moscow Oblast HQ, Special Operations Forces. Special Purpose Center (Kubinka-2) [1] Kalininets Moscow Oblast HQ, 2nd Motor Rifle Division 15th Motor Rifle Regiment 1st Motor Rifle Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 1174th Anti-Tank Battalion Kobyakovo Moscow Oblast 136th Recon Battalion
[1] [2] Five assault boats from the 73rd Naval Center of Maritime Special Operations were reported to have approached the beach and attempted to land. As they approached, the boats came under fire from Russian forces. One boat was reported to have escaped. [2] [3] Russia claimed to have captured one Ukrainian and killed 20-25 others.
On 5 December 2016, Ukrainian separatist media claimed a Canadian citizen reportedly serving with the 73rd Special Naval Center, was killed during an operation near Vodyanoye. [ citation needed ] Overall, the special forces community of Ukraine lost 73 of its members during the war as of 28 October 2017.
Russian forces have overrun two front-line villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army sergeant said Monday, after relentless assaults that are part of a Kremlin summer push ...
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Сили спеціальних операцій Збройних сил України,, romanized: Syly spetsialnykh operatsii Zbroinykh syl Ukrainy, abbreviated ССО, SSO) are the special forces of Ukraine and one of the eight branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with headquarters in Kyiv.
special-operations forces strategic formations and units of the armed forces, whose role is to conduct sabotage, reconnaissance, subversive and other special operations on the territory of foreign countries. In wartime they may also be assigned tasks such as intelligence-gathering, the seizure or destruction of key installations, the conduct of ...