March 25, 2014: The United States recently sanctioned a number of Russian officials for their role in the Russian annexation of Crimea. One of those sanctioned was the chief of the GRU (military ...

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 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 ...

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 investigative journalism group Bellingcat says a probe into the 2019 killing of a former Chechen separatist commander in Berlin shows that the attack was planned and organized by Russia's Federal ...

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 ...

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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