Russian troops
Kremlin's armed forces
Russian troops are military personnel serving in the armed forces of Russia.
The phrase appears frequently in news coverage of armed conflicts involving Russia: Russian troops crossed the border, Russian troops have suffered heavy casualties.
The term is neutral shorthand for soldiers, though context often carries political weight depending on how their actions are characterized.
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- ground forcesMilitary troops on land
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- UkraineEastern European sovereign state
special military operation · Kremlin · Wagner Group · army · infantry · battalion · conscripts · tanks · artillery · occupation · combat · warfare · front lines · boots · uniforms · casualties · body bags · war crimes
- January Uprisinginsurgents, insurgent forces, insurgent leaders, national government, guerrilla warfare
- Polish-Muscovite WarSmolensk, Poland, Commonwealth, Lithuania
- Tsarist Central AsiaSamarkand, Tashkent, emirate, emir, khan
- ChechnyaChechens, adat
- Transnistriabreakaway region
Russian troopsNATO forces
Western defense alliance military
American troops · U.S. military · British troops · coalition forces · British forces
Russian, Russians, Russia, troop, troops, trooper, troopers, trooping, trooped