The United States Navy SEALs and Russia’s Spetsnaz are two of the most elite and feared special forces units on Earth, known ...

Chechen battalions are unique units within the Russian military, composed mainly of ethnic Chechens and known for their ...

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 ...

Spetsnaz soldiers obviously had a lot of new equipment, as they could be seen employing a wide variety of specially developed small arms and light weapons during operations. There are actually several ...

The Spetsnaz were key in Russia’s Cold War efforts n- but the organisation didn’t die with the Soviet state, and under President Putin, they have had a resurgence.

Spetsnaz units have also had a central role in past Russian counterinsurgency or low-intensity operations, Galeotti wrote in 2020. They could do so again if the war in Ukraine shifts to ...

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 ...

What You Need to Know: Russia’s Spetsnaz special operations forces, among the most elite military units in Russia, have been severely impacted in Ukraine.Initially tasked with high-stakes ...

The Spetsnaz were once billed as among the country’s elite troops, and as the Ukrainian military continues to restructure in the wake of its new conflict, ...

Spetsnaz snipers play an important role in the elite force, and they carry a variety of weapons. Although it's less commonly used today, some still prefer the SVD Dragunov, which fires 7.62 mm ...

Look, I don't want to indulge in any stereotyping here, even for funsies. But I have to cock an eyebrow at this video for the Russian Spetsnaz, the fifth and final Rainbow Six Siege special forces ...