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 ...

Russia’s Spetsnaz are among the most secretive and feared special forces in the world, carrying out covert operations, sabotage, reconnaissance, and counterinsurgency missions behind enemy lines. From ...

RECRUITS to the special forces units that reportedly produced one if not both of the Novichok spies face gruelling training and potentially deadly initiations to qualify. Whether it’s being forced to ...

Russia may take decades to rebuild the units, according to US estimates. Russia's elite Spetsnaz commando units have suffered enormous casualties during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, leaked Pentagon ...

File Photo: Spetsnaz soldiers patrol the grounds around the airport in Beslan. (AFP) Ukrainian forces are defending against an invasion on three sides by a Russian military that is bigger, better ...

Russian soldiers were locked in a room with a rabid dog and made to kill it with a shovel, during their gruelling training, a defector claimed. Russia ’s special forces are the elite of the Kremlin’s ...

April 17, 2016: Russia reported that a key element in the Syrian conquest of Palmyra in late March 2016 was the presence of Spetsnaz commandos with the Syrian troops. As expected the Spetsnaz served ...

Russia state-owned media outlet RT tweeted an odd video on Saturday of Russia's elite Spetsnaz operators training. The video shows Spetsnaz operators drop-kicking the windshields of cars and ...