all names

Russian soldiers person

Named in 5 reports across 5 stories - 15 Aug – 28 Aug

also appears as Russian Soldiers

15 Aug 202628 Aug 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Russian soldiers. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Russian soldiers.

Front Line and Pokrovsk Direction share 1 reportKuchma and Leonid Kuchma share 1 reportRussian positions and Special Operations Forces share 1 report6th Rangers Regiment and Special Operations Forces share 1 report6th Rangers Regiment and Russian positions share 1 reportOperators and Special Operations Forces share 1 reportOperators and Russian positions share 1 report6th Rangers Regiment and Operators share 1 reportRussian soldiers6th Rangers Regim…6th Rangers Regiment - 1 shared report (organization)Front LineFront Line - 1 shared report (place)Kharkiv reg…Kharkiv region - 1 shared report (place)KuchmaKuchma - 1 shared report (person)Leonid Kuch…Leonid Kuchma - 1 shared report (person)Lyman sectorLyman sector - 1 shared report (place)OperatorsOperators - 1 shared report (person)Pokrovsk Di…Pokrovsk Direction - 1 shared report (place)Russian pos…Russian positions - 1 shared report (place)Special Ope…Special Operations Forces - 1 shared report (organization)

The stories

Russian warship makes ‘AGGRESSIVE’ approach with weapons drawn to US navy cruiser

212 outlets1 report names Russian soldiers1 Jul 2016 – 30 Aug 2026

War update: 259 battles on front lines; enemy launched most attacks in Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors

3 outlets1 report names Russian soldiers5 Aug – 30 Aug

Russian activity increases in Lyman sector — spox Demchenko

1 outlets1 report names Russian soldiers28 Aug

Kuchma says he was first world leader in modern history to order troops to fire on Russian soldiers

1 outlets1 report names Russian soldiers21 Aug

SOF operators capture three Russian soldiers in raid on enemy positions

1 outlets1 report names Russian soldiers15 Aug

Who keeps naming them

Ukrinform (Ukraine)5

One email a week

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