Chechnya, a North Caucasus region of about 1.5 million people, has been described by some in Russia as a “Chechen Khanate.” ...

During the Soviet-Afghan War, Spetsnaz soldiers needed more than standard steel helmets to survive. The answer? The Altyn helmet—titanium armor built for the toughest missions. Center-right ...

Russia said it downed 343 Ukrainian drones overnight. LONDON -- Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 343 Ukrainian drones overnight, in what appeared to be Kyiv's largest cross ...

Here is the situation on Tuesday, March 11: The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said it hit two Russian oil refineries in the Ryazan region and the Samara region, which supplied fuel ...

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President Trump and his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff have threatened a return to war in the Gaza Strip if Hamas doesn’t release its remaining hostages. Israel is already plotting out how that ...

A few years ago, the scenario which Canadian and other NATO troops rehearsed in Latvia last week might have seemed unthinkable — even alarmist to the untrained eye. On a mud-soaked, winter ...

Petlinsky had been a supervising officer in the GRU Spetsnaz in the 90s and fought in Chechnya and allegedly spent the evening regailing Marsalek with his exploits. Interviewed by the Insider ...

Petlinsky has worked for several Russian secret agencies, according to European security services, and though his history is murky, it is believed that in the 1990s he fought in Chechnya as a ...