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Over two weeks drunken Russian troops under the command of General Vladimir Shamanov went on the rampage after taking the town from the forces of Akhmed Zakayev. Staropromyslovski massacre: December 1999 – January 2000 Grozny, Chechnya: 38–56 Summary executions of at least 38 confirmed civilians by Russian federal soldiers in Grozny, Chechnya.
Operation Barbarossa [g] was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troops invaded the western Soviet Union along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front, with the main goal of capturing territory up to a line between ...
Russia deliberately attacked fleeing civilians in South Ossetia and the Gori district of Georgia. Russian warplanes bombed civilian population centres in Georgia proper and villages of ethnic Georgians in South Ossetia. Armed militias engaged in plundering, burning and kidnappings. Attacks by militias compelled Georgian civilians to run away.
Russian bombers impaired the airstrips in Georgia. [388] A Russian air attack on Marneuli Air Force Base destroyed three AN-2 aircraft. Russian airborne forces set fire to two Mi-24 helicopters and one Mi-14 on 11 August. [390] Georgian Defence Minister Davit Kezerashvili said that Georgia lost materiel worth $250 million. [5]
When Soviet troops detected a coming attack, they launched their own counterattacks at dawn before German air support could arrive. Soviet troops blunted the German attacks themselves through ambushes that separated tanks from their supporting infantry, as well as the employment of booby traps and mines. These tactical innovations became ...
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]
Russian troops advanced into western Georgia on 11 August and occupied the towns of Zugdidi and Senaki. Russia now controlled the key highway connecting the west of Georgia with the eastern part of the country. Russian troops were also witnessed in the town of Supsa. [12] It was reported that cluster bombs were used in Poti by Russia. [12]
[26] [34] [37] [38] Interfax cited Russian Defense Ministry representative as saying that Russia did not intend to attack Georgia's capital. [38] Later, Georgia retracted earlier claims of Russian takeover of Gori. [39] Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili stated that Russians had split Georgia into two by occupying an important intersection ...