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Russia commemorates 1969 Sino-Soviet Zhenbao/ Damansky Island War in a high-profile manner across Russia, irking China
https://twitter.com/Resonant_News/status/1768870834838417722/photo/1During the event Russian official called the people who died in the Zhenbao Island War as heroes and said that the soldiers who died were heroes who resisted foreign aggression. Sino-Soviet border dispute, 1969: People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops ambushed Soviet border guards on then-disputed Zhenbao Island in the Ussuri River on Mar 2, 1969, initiating intensified border clashes between China and the USSR that would continue until a September ceasefire. This lasted for 7 months.
https://twitter.com/Resonant_News/status/1768870834838417722/photo/1