Astrakhan Governor Presents Putin With 177th Marine Regiment Flag

Overview

• Igor Babushkin met Vladimir Putin in Moscow on November 13 and asked to deliver the gift in a closed format, a request the president approved.
• The governor’s press office told RIA Novosti the present was the 177th regiment’s flag that accompanied troops during combat missions.
• Babushkin said the unit previously conducted landings on the Azov Sea coast and took part in the fighting for Berdyansk.
• He also credited the regiment with actions in Russia’s Kursk region toward Sumy earlier in the campaign.
• Babushkin said the regiment is currently carrying out combat tasks on the Pokrovsk direction, and he leads the State Council commission on veterans’ support.