Spetsnaz, an abbreviation of “special purposes forces” in Russian, is a term that describes the specialized units of the ...

Reports that the embattled Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar has fallen to Russian forces have been dismissed by experts and ...

Spetsnaz trained elite forces in Cuba, protected Soviet shipping ... Mark Galeotti is a scholar of Russian security affairs with a career spanning academia, government service, and business.

Ukrainian forces recently recaptured lost positions near Toretsk, meanwhile Russian forces advanced near Toretsk, Chasiv Yar, ...

Russia’s undeclared war against the West is intensifying, leveraging fear, destabilization and covert operations to undermine ...

Of the 88,000 identified soldiers, 6,000 were members of elite Russian forces, including marines, paratroopers, Spetsnaz GRU special forces (foreign military intelligence) and air force pilots.

Russian military bloggers first reported attacks ... armoured personnel carriers full of soldiers,” the Archangel of Spetsnaz Z, told its 1.15 million subscribers on Telegram.

WW3 fears as Russia has boosts its covert operations spy and special forces battalions whilst 'stubborn' western leaders ignore the growing threat to NATO and its allies ...

In December, Russian social media outlets were quick ... a thermal sight that is largely used by the Kremlin’s Spetsnaz elite special forces personnel. Captured small arms can yield big secrets.

Russian military bloggers first reported attacks by Ukrainian tanks and infantry on positions ... “The enemy is driving forward with tanks and armoured personnel carriers full of soldiers,” the ...

North Korean soldiers opened fire on Russian special forces, after mistaking them for ... destroyed several vehicles and killed eight of the Spetsnaz soldiers. Analysts at the US think-tank ...