Russian involvement in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War

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Russian involvement in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War
Active	Summer 1998 — December 2000
Country	Russia
Type	Military advisor
Size	500
Garrison/HQ	Ethiopia
Engagements	Eritrean–Ethiopian War
Commanders
Current commander	Yakim Yanakov

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[edit]

Алексей Андреев. АФРИКАНСКИЙ РОГ: ЗАТИШЬЕ ПЕРЕД БУРЕЙ // Независимая газета : газета. — 29 марта 2000.
Александр Пинчук. Командировка в Африку // Красная звезда : газета. — 11 апреля 2009.
Михаил Жирохов. Война в воздухе на Африканском Роге // Уголок неба : авиационная энциклопедия. — 2004.

Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict (1998–2018)

Background

Main topics	Eritrea–Ethiopia border Eritrea–Ethiopia relations Italian colonialism Badme
Events	Italo-Ethiopian wars 1887–89 First Second WWII Italian Eritrea B.M.A. Italian East Africa Federation Eritrean War of Independence Ethiopian Civil War Fall of the Derg Eritrean independence referendum
Treaties	Wuchale (1889) Addis Ababa (1896) Paris (1947)

Conflicts

War (1998–2000)	Timeline Invasion of Ethiopia "Sunset" [be] 1999 air battles May-June 2000 [be] "Aider" Air campaign [ru] Russian / Ukrainian involvement Algiers Agreement (2000)
post-2000 battles and skirmishes	2010 skirmish 2012 Afar attack 2016 Battle of Tsorona
Proxy conflicts	Second Afar insurgency Insurgency in Ogaden 2007–08 crackdown
Related events	UN Mission (1998–2008) War in Somalia (2006–2009) Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict

Aftermath

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