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Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War), the Glossary

The "little green men" (зелёные человечки; зелені чоловічки) were Russian soldiers who were masked and wore unmarked uniforms upon the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014.^[1]

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Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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Alexander Borodai

Alexander Yurevich Borodai (p; Oleksandr Yuriiovych Borodai; born 25 July 1972) is a Russian member of the State Duma of the 8th convocation for the party United Russia.

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Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it. Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War) and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation are Russo-Ukrainian War.

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Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (abbreviated as AFU) are the military forces of Ukraine.

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AS Val and VSS Vintorez

The AS Val "Shaft" (Russian: АС «Вал»; Автома́т Специа́льный, romanized: Avtomát Spetsiálny "Val", lit. 'Special Automatic') and VSS Vintorez "Thread Cutter" (Russian: ВСС «Винторе́з» Винто́вка Сна́йперская Специа́льная, romanized: Vintóvka Snáyperskaya Spetsiálnaya "Vintorez", lit.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.

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Black knight

The black knight is a literary stock character who masks his identity and that of his liege by not displaying heraldry.

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Building of the Supreme Council of Crimea

The building of the Supreme Council of Crimea (Здание парламента Крыма; Будівля Верховної Ради Автономної Республіки Крим) is an administrative building in Simferopol, Crimea.

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Crimea

Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov.

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Donbas

The Donbas (Донба́с) or Donbass (Донба́сс) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine.

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Donetsk People's Republic

The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR; Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika (DNR),; ДНР) is a republic of Russia, comprising the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, with its capital in Donetsk.

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Eesti Rahvusringhääling

Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) – Estonian Public Broadcasting – is a publicly funded and owned radio and television organisation created in Estonia on 1 June 2007 to take over the functions of the formerly separate Eesti Raadio (ER) (Estonian Radio) and Eesti Televisioon (ETV) (Estonian Television), under the terms of the Estonian National Broadcasting Act.

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El País

() is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain.

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EMR camouflage

E.M.R.; or Universal Camouflage Colourway in English, is a military camouflage pattern in use by the Russian Armed Forces.

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Espreso TV

Espreso TV (Еспресо TV) is an Internet television station in Ukraine that started to operate in November 2013.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Government of Russia

The government of Russia (Pravitelstvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the federal executive body of state power of the Russian Federation.

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Handelsblatt

The Handelsblatt (literally "commerce paper" in English) is a German-language business newspaper published in Düsseldorf by Handelsblatt Media Group, formerly known as Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt.

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Hybrid warfare

Hybrid warfare is a theory of military strategy, first proposed by Frank Hoffman, which employs political warfare and blends conventional warfare, irregular warfare, and cyberwarfare with other influencing methods, such as fake news, diplomacy, lawfare, regime change, and foreign electoral intervention.

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Ilyushin Il-76

The Ilyushin Il-76 (Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-12.

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Kremlin.ru

Kremlin.ru is the official website of the President of the Russian Federation.

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Kubinka

Kubinka (Ку́бинка) is a town in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Setun River, west of Moscow.

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Le Figaro

() is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826.

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Maritime Militia

The Chinese Maritime Militia (中国海上民兵), also called the People's Armed Force Maritime Militia (PAFMM) or Fishery Militia (渔政民兵), is a naval militia of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Military history of the Russian Federation

The military history of the Russian Federation began with the establishment of the Russian Armed Forces following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Military surplus

Military surplus are goods, usually matériel, that are sold or otherwise disposed of when held in excess or are no longer needed by the military.

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Ministry of Defence (Russia)

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Министерство обороны Российской Федерации; MOD) is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces.

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Moskovskij Komsomolets

Moskovskij Komsomolets (lit) is a Moscow-based daily newspaper with a circulation approaching one million, covering general news.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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NKVD special groups

The special groups of the NKVD for fighting against nationalists (Специальные группы НКВД по борьбе с националистами)The special groups of the NKVD are in the fight with nationalists, Ch. Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War) and NKVD special groups are False flag operations and Russian special forces operations.

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Philip M. Breedlove

Philip Mark Breedlove (born September 21, 1955) is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force who served as the commander of U.S. European Command, as well as the 17th Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO Allied Command Operations, from May 2013 until May 4, 2016.

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PKP Pecheneg machine gun

The PKP Pecheneg (Pulemyot Kalashnikova Pekhotny "Pecheneg", Печенег) is a Russian 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun.

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President of Russia

The president of the Russian Federation (Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the executive head of state of Russia.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an American government-funded international media organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analyses to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.

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Ratnik (program)

Ratnik (Ратник; Warrior) is a Russian future infantry combat system.

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RBC-Ukraine

RBC-Ukraine is a Ukrainian news agency.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russian Airborne Forces

The Russian Airborne Forces (desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) is the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces.

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Russian Armed Forces

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia.

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Russian military deception

Russian military deception, sometimes known as maskirovka (lit), is a military doctrine developed from the start of the 20th century.

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Russian separatist forces in Ukraine

Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, primarily the People's Militias of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), were pro-Russian paramilitaries in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

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Russo-Ukrainian War

The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014.

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Sergei Shoigu

Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician and military officer who has served as Secretary of the Security Council since 2024.

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Simferopol International Airport

Simferopol International Airport is an airport located in Simferopol, de facto the capital of the Republic of Crimea.

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Sky News

Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.

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Special Operations Forces (Russia)

The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly known as the Special Operations Forces (SOF; Sily spetsial’nykh operatsiy; SSO), are strategic-level special forces under the Special Operations Forces Command (Komandovanie sil spetsial’nykh operatsii; KSSO or KSO) of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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Spetsnaz

SpetsnazThe term is borrowed from p; abbreviation for or 'Special Purpose Military Units'; or are special forces in many post-Soviet states.

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Spetsnaz GRU

Spetsnaz GRU, formally known as Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, is the special forces (spetsnaz) of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_War)

Also known as Little green men (2014 Crimean crisis), Little green men (GRU), Little green men (Russia), Little green men (Ukrainian crisis), Polite green men, Polite people.

, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, The Daily Telegraph, The Washington Post, Ukraine, Ukrainian Ground Forces, Ukrainian Independent Information Agency, Vice News, Vladimir Putin, Wagner Group, War in Donbas, Zee News, 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade.

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See also

Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

Internet memes introduced in 2014

Russian special forces operations

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