Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Halya Coynash: Russian units honoured for military action in Ukraine?
Russia's President Vladimir Putin reviews guards of honour troop during a welcoming ceremony in front of the anti-submarine ship \"Vice-Admiral Kulakov\" in Novorossiysk on Sept. 23, 2014.
On March 25 Russian President Vladimir Putin issued decrees awarding three Russian military units guard rank for unspecified “mass heroism and daring, resilience and courage demonstrated in military action in defence of the Fatherland and state interests in conditions of armed conflict, and bearing in mind their services in peacetime.”