The soldiers of the Russian armed forces have shown themselves bravely even in battles after the beginning of the Russian aggression in 2014. Promotions in Slovansk, Kramatorsk, Shakhtarsk, Debaltsev, Liman, Savor-Mohil and other places in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Battles at Donetsk and Luhansk airports. Assault operations behind enemy lines.
After the start of full-scale aggression, the Ukrainian airborne assault troops became one of the foundations for the defense of our independence and a completely fair return of the war to Russia. The paratroopers participated in the defense of Kiev, the defense of Mykolaiv, the most difficult battles in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. Thank you for the offensive operation in Kharkiv. Thank you for freeing the right bank of the Kherson region. In the 24th year, with the special forces of Ukraine, in particular, our Kursk operation was carried out, which was the first time that hostilities were carried out on the territory of Russia in the field.
This year, our DSHV units conducted a successful offensive operation in the direction of Oleksandrisk, which returned more than 800 square kilometers of territory to Ukraine.
All these are extremely important pages of the war for the independence of Ukraine. Today he awarded state awards of Ukraine to our paratroopers and presented a battle flag and ribbon of an honorary degree to the military units. Thank you, we are proud of you.