Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's Spetsnaz forces are often depicted as a kind of Russian super troops. But the mythology around the Spetsnaz is as often ...

January 23, 2012: Russia's special operations units have benefited greatly from the major reforms being instituted in the armed forces during the last decade. Airborne Forces (paratroopers) and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian Spetsnaz troops march through Red Square in a Victory Day military parade, May 9, 2021.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Amid ...

For decades, Russia’s Spetsnaz units operated behind a veil of secrecy. Now, rare footage of their training has surfaced, revealing a demanding program designed to test recruits physically, mentally, ...

Russia's military spent months fortifying its positions ahead of Ukraine's recent counteroffensive. Its strategy involves using convicts, conscripts, regular troops, and Spetsnaz in different roles.

More than elite soldiers, the Spetsnaz were instruments of secrecy and control. In Afghanistan, they waged a brutal, unseen war far beyond the front lines. Presidential immunity is coming back to ...

Russia’s war on Ukraine has taken a major toll on its special forces after their heavy deployment to the front lines with skilled commandos suffering a high number of casualties, leaked US military ...

The militia is believed to have been created by Dmitri Utkin - a former special forces officer and a lieutenant colonel with Russia's military intelligence service, the GRU. Its fighters have been ...

As the Russian drawdown from Syria continues, more information continues to emerge about the forces Moscow had committed to shoring up the Assad regime. One telling aspect is how involved Russia’s ...