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The unit was created in 1994, as a regiment comprising the 901st Air Assault Battalion and the 218th Spetsnaz Battalion of the Russian Airborne Forces. Colonel Pavel Popovskikh is credited with the creation of the 45th Spetsnaz as a “subunit of the future”, designed to wage the counterinsurgency warfare for which the Russian armed forces ...
Paratroopers of the 106th Guards Airborne Division in Kazakhstan, 1999 VDV spetsnaz in Georgia during the Russo-Georgian War, 2008 At the end of the Bosnian War in late 1995 the United States wanted Russia to participate in the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR) that was deployed to ensure that the Dayton Accord was followed. [ 28 ]
In another Tom Clancy game, Endwar, Spetsnaz Guard Brigades is the name of the élite branch of the Russian army. The spetsnaz have also been referenced and featured multiple times in the video game series Call of Duty, mainly in the Modern Warfare titles. Spetsnaz are also featured in multiple entries in the ARMA series.
A group of parachutists Ya.D. Moshkovsky (far left) before the landing on August 2, 1930 Soviet paratroopers deploy from a Tupolev TB-3 in 1930. The first airborne forces parachute jump is dated to 2 August 1930, taking place in the Moscow Military District. Airborne landing detachments were established after the initial 1930 experimental jump ...
Until 2008 [2] or 2013, Dmitry Utkin served as lieutenant colonel and brigade commander of a unit of special forces of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the 700th Independent Spetsnaz Detachment of the 2nd Independent Brigade. [3] [4] [5] The Brigade is reportedly taking part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [6]
On 24 February 2022, a few hours after the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a "special military operation" in Ukraine, Russian troops of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) made an air assault on Antonov Airport with the objective of capturing it.
They were also seen in use by Russian Spetsnaz during the Russo-Ukrainian War. [21] [22] The VSS Vintorez was used in small numbers by Ukrainian peacekeepers in Iraq from 2003−2005. [2] By 2014, it was no longer in use by any security forces in Ukraine. [23] According to Militarnyi, the VSS was retired from service due to the lack of ammo. [24]
4th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment VDV [151] 98th Guards Airborne Division VDV (Guards Colonel Viktor Igoryevich Gunaza [dismissed by end of March], Head of Communications Colonel Alexey Smirnov †) [221] [178] [77] 217th Guards Airborne Regiment VDV (Guards Lt. Colonel Viktor Vasilyevich Droedov) [222] [223]