Misplaced Pages

Russian involvement in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. (April 2022) Click for important translation instructions.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Russian Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|ru|Группа российских военных специалистов в Эфиопии}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
Russian involvement
in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War
ActiveSummer 1998 — December 2000
Country Russia
TypeMilitary advisor
Size500
Garrison/HQ Ethiopia
EngagementsEritrean–Ethiopian War
Commanders
Current
commander
Yakim Yanakov
Military unit

The Group of Russian military specialists in Ethiopia is a contingent of military advisers to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and mercenaries to the Ethiopian National Defense Force. Russian servicemen provided significant assistance to the country during the Eritrean–Ethiopian War. It is noteworthy that the opposing side used the services of military specialists from Ukraine.

Literature

Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict (1998–2018)
Background
Main topics
Events
Treaties
Conflicts
War (1998–2000)
post-2000 battles
and skirmishes
Proxy conflicts
Related events
Aftermath
Stub icon

This Russian military article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Flag of EthiopiaHourglass icon  

This Ethiopian history–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Russian involvement in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War Add topic