Russia’s Spetsnaz are among the most secretive and feared special forces in the world, carrying out covert operations, sabotage, reconnaissance, and counterinsurgency missions behind enemy lines. From ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Spetsnaz, the catchall term for Russia’s special operations forces, are the most elite troops the Russian Federation has. They are also getting destroyed in Ukraine. That’s according to leaked ...

Russia's ongoing offensive in Ukraine has raised concerns about how its Spetsnaz forces may be used. "Spetsnaz" has come to describe all specialized units in Russia's military, law enforcement, and ...

The Russian armed forces are ready to roll out military units trained to perform combat missions both in Russia and abroad. Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov recently said that the ...

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 ...

Many books have been written, and several movies have been made about America’s Green Berets and Special Forces, but it is incredible how many stories about these warriors are obscure, if not entirely ...

The Spetsnaz GRU was designed to carry out reconnaissance and sabotage activity on the enemy’s territory. Military special operation forces are elite units of the Russian Armed Forces. They are ...

Russian soldiers were locked in a room with a rabid dog and made to kill it with a shovel, during their gruelling training, a defector claimed. Russia ’s special forces are the elite of the Kremlin’s ...

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 ...