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16/ A large memorial has also been erected at the 104th Guards Parachute Regiment's home base in Pskov, where annual remembrance ceremonies are held annually, typically attended by military officials and families. /end

15/ The battle has become an iconic event for Russia's Airborne Forces (VDV). It's still commemorated on the anniversary each year, is featured in military education and patriotic programmes, and streets and schools have been named after individual soldiers.

14/ The incoming Putin administration sought to play down the failures exposed by the battle's outcome. In Russian patriotic memory, it's framed as a heroic sacrifice rather than a defeat, with 22 Heroes of Russia medals awarded (mostly posthumously).

13/ Most damaging of all, there were allegations – never resolved to this day – that Chechen commanders had bribed Russian officers to allow safe passage, and the paratroopers' position simply got in the way. An inquiry was opened, but was then quickly closed.

12/ The battle was deeply controversial at the time due to these perceived failures. Relief for the 6th Company was delayed or denied despite repeated requests. Nearby Russian units failed to reinforce or rescue the company in time.

11/ While the paratroopers had managed to delay the separatist breakout, it came at enormous cost and highlighted serious command failures such as poor reinforcement and artillery issues which were later repeated in Ukraine.

10/ It was deeply embarassing for the Russian government, coming only a few weeks before Vladimir Putin was first elected president. The battle had begun just hours after Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev publicly declared the war to be "over."

9/ The battle was the worst Russian military defeat of the Second Chechen War, though to put it in perspective, the number of Russian fatalities was less than half the verified average number for every single day in Ukraine during February 2026.

8/ Finally, in the morning of 1st March, a massive Chechen assault overran the Russian position after 18–24 hours of near-continuous fighting. Yevtyukin's last act before being killed was to call in artillery on his own position. Only six of the 90 Russian soldiers survived.

7/ Fighting continued through the night into 1st March, with hand-to-hand fighting as ammo ran low. Survivors described desperate bayonet charges and using grenades at point-blank range.

6/ The 6th Company paratroopers called in artillery from nearby Russian batteries and repelled repeated charges despite being hugely outnumbered. 1st, 3rd, and 4th Company elements attempted to relieve them, but were driven back.

5/ Molodov was fatally wounded in the clash, prompting Lt Col Mark Yevtyukhin to take over. The Chechen main force advanced en masse, surrounding the hill and attacking in waves with machine guns, sniper fire, RPGs, and close-quarters combat.

4/ The lightly armed paratroopers arrived on 28th February and dug in hastily on an unprepared slope (using trees and terrain for cover), with limited time to fortify. The following day, a Russian reconnaissance patrol ran into a Chechen unit and had to retreat under fire.

3/ A single company of the Russian 6th Airborne Company, 104th Guards Parachute Regiment (76th Guards Air Assault Division), commanded by Major Sergei Molodov, was tasked with blocking the escape route near Ulus-Kert at a hilltop designated Height 776.

2/ The battle took place in early 2000, after the fall of Grozny to Russian federal forces fighting Chechen separatists. Around 1,500 to 2,000 Chechen fighters were retreating through the Argun Gorge, led by commanders including Shamil Basayev and Ibn al-Khattab.

1/ 1st March marks the 26th anniversary of Russia's worst defeat in the Second Chechen War (1999-2009) – the Battle of Height 776, in which nearly an entire Russian paratrooper company was killed: 84 dead, with only 6 survivors. It's been commemorated today in Russia. ⬇️

It's Afrikaans, which I understand sounds funny even to Dutch-speakers.

They really are. Some of the best meals I ever had in Ukraine were in those restaurants.

23/ "Well then.

Let's wish our engineers luck and pray for the success of Bureau 1440 [developer of the planned Russian Rassvet satellite constellation]." /end

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22/ "Yet our hyper-patriotic, cheerleading propaganda would rather trot out glassy-eyed, cookie-cutter talking heads sporting the Lviv Political Academy badges on their epaulets.

21/ "You haven't forgotten that the Americans' main emphasis is on a surprise beheading strike?

That's called decapitation.

20/ "As Elon Musk snapped: "The Russians won't have enough anti-missiles to shoot down as many satellites as we launch."

Moreover, nuclear weapons can't destroy such a constellation of thousands.

19/ "And, yes, forget the Soviet tales about nails scattered in orbit, destroying satellite constellations. That might have worked against hundreds, but not tens of thousands of satellites.

18/ "Conclusions have been drawn, the drones have been tested: the recent cruise missile flight to the Urals, when the mission was changed en route and the missiles were diverted to the Urals, bypassing our air defence zones, demonstrates the effectiveness of Starlink.

17/ …who, since the Indian genocide, have become accustomed to luring tigers with the cry of a child tied by the leg. Racists—whether Anglo-Saxon or Kyiv Israeli—couldn't care less about the deaths of former Russians.

16/ "In other words, by sending Russians, repurposed by the communists as "Ukrainians," to die, the US has gained free infantry that is vulnerable to losses (there are no people on the planet who will endure losses as much as even former Russians) and free bait for gentlemen…

15/ "And there's no doubt this module will be installed on any drone where aerodynamics allow.

14/ Dmitry Konanykhin says that the development of LUCAS is "the results of laboratory work, conducted under ideal conditions by the US on the territory of the former Ukraine: a Starlink module on a Shahed-like drone."

13/ "It would be good if our leadership understood the threat posed by such a dramatic increase in the effectiveness of the enemy's conventional weapons."

12/ "A hyperspectral camera easily detects synthetic and cotton camouflage net materials, and Starlink's thick channel allows for immediate attack on any detected launcher.