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The Guards label used to mean something. It was a reference to the Praetorian Guard, the elite of the elite, a ruler's personal pocket army, in case his generals or vassals revolted. At Waterloo, a French general, when called upon to give up, said "The Guard dies but does not surrender!" This Russian Guards unit, reportedly the remnants of a battalion, has decided discretion is the better part of valor.
Kursk Oblast, a group of Ukrainian soldiers from the 116th Mechanized Brigade stand on a captured banner from the Russian 488th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment.
