The 60th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Assault Battalion named after M. S. Tolstykh, also known as Somalia Battalion, is a military unit of Russian Ground Forces. Until 1 January 2023, it was part of th
New terminal ruins
The Second Battle of Donetsk Airport was an engagement between the Ukrainian military and Russian military and its proxy forces of the Donetsk People's Republic during the war in Donbas. An earlier ba
60th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Battalion
…Nickname Somali Battalion Patron Mikhail Tolstykh Colors Black, blue, red, and white Engagements Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas Battle of Ilovaisk Battle of Donetsk Airport Battle of Avdiivka Invasion of Ukraine Second Battle of Avdiivka Siege of Mariupol Battle of Pisky Pokrovsk offensive Battle honours Guards Commanders…
Damaged control tower at Donetsk airport in late December 2014. It has since been totally destroyed.
Somalia Battalion fighters in the new terminal building on 16 January
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A 2020 stamp of Ukraine dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the battle. It reads: They withstood [the attacks]! Concrete didn't!