![]() The article points to a number of weapons and pieces of equipment that it asserts are issued only to armed forces in the Russian Federation: In March 2014, the Finnish magazine Suomen Sotilas ( Soldier of Finland) published an analysis of the weapons and equipment seen on photos of "little green men". It likely also included paratroopers of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade of the VDV. Furthermore, numerous sources, including Russian state media, have confirmed that the "little green men" were a mix of operatives from the Special Operations Forces and various other Spetsnaz GRU units. The Russian Federation initially denied that these were Russian military forces, but on 17 April 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin finally confirmed the presence of the Russian military. Russian media referred to them with the euphemism " polite people" (Russian: вежливые люди, romanized: vezhlivye lyudi). The term first arose during the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, a period from late February to March 2014, when such forces occupied and blockaded the Simferopol International Airport, most military bases in Crimea, and the parliament in Simferopol. The phrase " little green men" ( Russian: зелёные человечки, romanized: zelyonye chelovechki Ukrainian: зелені чоловічки, romanized: zeleni cholovichky Polish: zielone ludziki) refers to masked soldiers of the Russian Federation in unmarked green army uniforms and carrying modern Russian military weapons and equipment who appeared during the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014.
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