<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishBaada ya kuanguka kwa Muungano wa Sovieti, Urusi ilivunjika vipande 15 na kupoteza silaha zake za nyuklia, meli, na askari wengi bora.  <response>: The breakup of the U.S.S.R. shattered the army into 15 pieces, as Russia lost nukes, ships, bases, and many of its best officers to newly independent republics. 