9600 x 6224 px | 81,3 x 52,7 cm | 32 x 20,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. November 2003
Ort:
Off Route 6, 65 kilometres north-west of Al Kut, southern Iraq.
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This is a BTR-80 8-wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) (designed in the USSR). The soldier is carrying an AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle. 1, 650 troops Ukrainian soldiers were deployed to Al Kut (South Central Iraq) in late 2003. In May 2005, the brigade was replaced with the 81st Tactical Group, numbering around 900 troops. A training team of around 40 troops remained in Diwaniyah & Al Kut until December 9, 2008. The deployment was then reduced continuously until the remaining 44 troops were pulled out on December 22, 2005. This fulfilled a long-planned withdrawal pledged by newly elected President Viktor Yushchenko. Ukraine suffered 18 fatalities: twelve in attacks, three in accidents, two in suicides and one as a result of a heart attack, while 33 were wounded or injured. Early in 2004, three Ukrainian engineers were taken hostage in Iraq, but were freed shortly after.
