Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's Spetsnaz forces are often depicted as a kind of Russian super troops. But the mythology around the Spetsnaz is as often ...

January 23, 2012: Russia's special operations units have benefited greatly from the major reforms being instituted in the armed forces during the last decade. Airborne Forces (paratroopers) and ...

Since the opening hours of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s elite Spetsnaz special operations units have been on the front of the fighting. Much like the rest of the Russian military, ...