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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's ongoing offensive in Ukraine has raised concerns about how its Spetsnaz forces may be used. "Spetsnaz" has come to ...

Amid its struggles in Ukraine, Russia's military has relied heavily on its most highly trained troops. The fighting has taken a toll on those troops, including Russia's famed Spetsnaz special ...

Airborne Forces (paratroopers) and special operations forces (Spetsnaz) have historically been a major source of pride to Russians, going back to the '70s and '80s, when 30,000 Spetsnaz and airborne ...

'The Pentagon leaks' consist of 100 pages of documents leaked online and include information about the Russian invasion, including claims Vladimir Putin's Spetsnaz forces have been almost entirely ...

In Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, the police special forces -- or "Spetsnaz" -- are searching for suspected "saboteurs". AFP was able to accompany these special forces -- akin to an American SWAT ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Russia just released a video of their elite Spetsnaz forces simulating a drilling rig rescue in Crimea — the region of Ukraine that Moscow ...

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 ...

Russian Spetsnaz troops in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in May 2021.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Mark Galeotti's "Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine."Osprey Publishing Most ...

Airborne Forces (paratroopers) and special operations forces (Spetsnaz) have historically been a major source of pride to Russians, going back to the '70s and '80s, when 30,000 Spetsnaz and airborne ...