Just after midnight on August 21, 1991, a column of armored personnel carriers manned by soldiers from a unit of Russia’s 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, a storied force known as the Taman Guards, rumbled into a central Moscow tunnel, where it was met by protesters angered over an attempted coup against Soviet leader Mikhail
MoreThe Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, appeared to be under attack early on October 10 as several explosions shook the city, with the emergency services saying that a number of people were killed and wounded in the blasts.
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