downpunxx@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWagner Group captures headquarters of the Southern Military District and the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Rostov, the headquarters of Russia's base of operations for War in Ukrainelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1268arrow-down1external-linkWagner Group captures headquarters of the Southern Military District and the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Rostov, the headquarters of Russia's base of operations for War in Ukrainelemmy.worlddownpunxx@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremookulator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoCan you explain the significance of these buildings? Are they the head offices of those departments, or the offices that are in that city? How powerful are these departments?
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoRostov is the admin centre of Rostov Oblast (state capital city). I would assume the main offices are in Moscow and these are the regional headquarters. So while it is big if they have taken them it is not as big as if they had done so in Moscow.
minus-squareBananaTrifleViolin@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoThe city is apparently the base for the Russian southern military district command which is key to the war efforts in Ukraine - according to the Institute for the Study of War via the Guardian
Can you explain the significance of these buildings?
Are they the head offices of those departments, or the offices that are in that city?
How powerful are these departments?
Rostov is the admin centre of Rostov Oblast (state capital city). I would assume the main offices are in Moscow and these are the regional headquarters.
So while it is big if they have taken them it is not as big as if they had done so in Moscow.
The city is apparently the base for the Russian southern military district command which is key to the war efforts in Ukraine - according to the Institute for the Study of War via the Guardian