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 ...

During Ukraine's counteroffensive this fall, its troops surrounded the city of Lyman. Lyman is an important hub in eastern Ukraine, and a larger Russian force was trapped there. Russian troops in ...

As it infiltrated deep behind enemy lines to establish targets for a precision air strike, a group of four elite Spetsnaz commandos was suddenly ambushed by a force of over 40 ISIS troopers. The ...

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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 ...

The fate of the Wagner Group is in the hands of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin. The New York Times reported the Russian Defense Ministry was considering absorbing the group. An ex-GRU officer told ...

Igor Korobov, 62, had headed the military's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) since 2016 and was the target of US sanctions. The headquarters of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence ...

Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and President Vladimir Putin on Monday lauded the country's special operations units, which the former said had demonstrated "flawless" preparation for Moscow's ...

The war in Ukraine has gutted Russia’s clandestine spetsnaz forces, and it will take Moscow years to rebuild them, according to classified U.S. assessments obtained by The Washington Post. The finding ...

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