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The Russian Airborne Troops (VDV, a separate branch of the Soviet and Russian Armed Forces) includes the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade. In 2009, a Directorate of Special Operations was established that reported directly to the General Staff not the GRU to establish the Special Operations Forces which in 2013 became the Special Operations Forces ...
A Russian insider source claimed Ukrainian forces ambushed elements of the Russian 322nd Spetsnaz Training Center in the Semenivskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast border area. [153] The report claimed that 5 Russian Spetsnaz personnel were killed in the ambush, and that it was covered up to save face in the wake of the defeat of Wagner personnel at ...
According to Russian sources, the members of this highly trained group performed remarkably well, losing only two men; the lightest casualties of any of the forces involved in the raid. [18] However, the success of Storm-333 , and the initial invasion, marked the beginning of the ten-year Soviet–Afghan War , and subsequently, Alpha Group's ...
[102] [103] The Russian MoD itself reportedly began recruiting prisoners in October 2022. [103] In April 2023, information emerged about the creation of the Storm-Z series of units by the MoD. [105] After receiving only ten to fifteen days of training, [106] these units are attached to regular Russian forces suffering from battle fatigue. [107]
In 2021 spetsnaz groups from different Russian regions, including the Kadyrovites, took part in a selection march at "Tambukan" training facility in Stavropol Krai. [63] The event ended after the other participants accused the Chechen operators of cheating and covering some of the march distance in vehicles, resulting in a brawl. [63]
Cockpit view inside a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter conducting a low flying sortie over Antonov Airport on 24 February. As the Russian paratroopers landed in growing numbers and fanned out, the Ukrainian garrison was forced to retreat [1] [27] as they started to run out of ammunition. The initial clash had lasted about an hour; while the ...
The 18 year-old basic combat training solider, whose name wasn’t immediately released, was “found unresponsive in her barracks area,” according to a statement released by leadership at the base.
The Russian commando frogmen (Russian: Морской спецназ, romanized: Morskoy spetsnaz), informally called "commando frogmen" in civilian media, are a Russian Naval Spetsnaz unit under operational subordination to the GRU that specialized in amphibious reconnaissance to prepare for amphibious warfare operations, clandestine operation, defense against swimmer incursions, direct ...