What are the military operations of Russia and the Soviet Union?

Records of military missions, operations, and projects maintained by Wikimedia track various state engagements. Special forces units such as the Russian Special Operations Forces handle strategic foreign interventions and complex clandestine missions. These modern elite units operate separately from traditional structures like the Spetsnaz GRU.

What we know

• Lists of military operations catalogue missions, projects, and operations while excluding missions that purely support other missions. [2]
• The Special Operations Forces of the Russian Federation were designed as a strategic-level asset for foreign interventions and clandestine missions. [3]
• The initial units forming the Russian Special Operations Forces were transferred from the General Staff Directorate in 2009 during military reforms. [3]
• President Vladimir Putin decreed February 27 as the Day of the Special Operations Forces to mark the establishment of control over Crimea's Supreme Council building. [3]

Where to go next

• whoWho directs the Russian Special Operations Forces Command?
• the bigger pictureHow do private military contractors operate globally?
• compared withWhat missions have the Indian Armed Forces conducted?
• what caused itWhat role did Spetsnaz GRU play before the 2008 military reform?
• whenHow are operations in Crimea documented chronologically?
• an unexpected connectionHow do private contractors relate to state military lists?While state operations are catalogued in official military lists, private military contractors operate parallel commercial security missions that intersect with geopolitical conflicts.

Sources

• [1]list of military operations (Wikidata Q3737816) · CC0 1.0
• [2]List of military operations · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Special Operations Forces (Russia) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]List of private military contractors · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]List of military operations of India · CC BY-SA 4.0