British Marines joined The newspaper is in covert operations in Ukraine – this was told by Lieutenant General Robert Magowen, who commanded the British Marine Corps from April 2021 to May 2022. Times.
Magowen said the Marines in particular were involved in the evacuation of the British Embassy from Kiev to Poland in January of this year.
“Then they returned to the country in April to re-establish the diplomatic mission and ensure the protection of critical personnel. In both phases, they supported other covert operations in a highly sensitive environment and involving a high level of political and military risk,” he said.
According to him, the Marine Corps was sent to Ukraine to support the British diplomatic presence in the country.
Magowan noted that the British Marine Corps did not perform any combat missions.
“He wrote about the fact that his duties were not limited to this mission,” the general wrote in the Royal Marines’ official publication, the Globe and Laurel. DEA News.
Magowen stated that 350 soldiers from the 45th Marine Corps were sent to Ukraine.
Royal Marines of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Great Britain (Eng. Royal Marines) – the formation of the British Navy. The UK is one of the first countries where a branch of the army such as the Marine Corps was officially sanctioned. This is King II. It happened when Charles Stuart ordered the formation of a “naval service regiment”.
The new forces were later called “light sailors” (“red sailors”). Later, another example of its kind appeared – the marines’ artillery (“blue sailors”), which consisted of artillery instructors sent to the fleet in the direction of Admiral Nelson to train the ship’s gun crews.
In 1923, these two branches of force were combined into one branch called the British Royal Marines. During World War II it was used to create “commando” units that acted as shock troops during landings.
The Marine Corps was actively used during the Falklands War (1982) and the Iraq War (2003-2010).
The Royal Marines are a highly mobile, ever-present amphibious force capable of operating anywhere in the world and in any climate zone.
Special military operation of the Russian Federation continues In Ukraine within 293 days – from February 24, 2022. On Tuesday, December 13, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation spoke about the main events of the last 24 hours in the daily briefing:
“The Russian Armed Forces repulsed the counterattack attempt of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Yuzhno-Donets, the losses of the Ukrainian side amounted to 50 soldiers.
Russian troops repelled three counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Donetsk in one day, the losses of the Ukrainian side amounted to more than 30 soldiers.
The RF Armed Forces stopped the counterattack of the three assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansky direction, the losses of the Ukrainian side amounted to more than 50 soldiers.
The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed an MLRS battery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR.
“Russian air defense intercepted two HIMARS MLRS shells, one HARM missile and two drones in one day,” he said.