Russia’s elite “Green Beret” recon paratroopers have the training, gear, and reputation to shape the battlefield, yet in ...

Russia's Spetsnaz forces are often depicted as a kind of Russian super troops. But the mythology around the Spetsnaz is as often misleading as it is extensive. In "Putin's Wars," author Mark Galeotti ...

Russia is using elite paratroopers as regular infantry, the UK MOD said. The VDV force isn't at full strength and is being used to help overstretched Russian lines, it said. The VDV's hierarchy is ...

Russia sent elite units to southern Ukraine to try to stop Ukraine advancing, a think tank said. But they failed to repel Ukrainian attacks, The Institute for the Study of War said. It said Ukrainian ...

The Ukraine war has decimated Russia’s elite special forces, known as Spetsnaz, with some of the prized units suffering up to a 95% casualty rate, according to leaked Pentagon documents. US analysts ...