Considered one of the most secretive and superior special forces units in the world, the Spetsnaz are the primary elite ...

Russia's Spetsnaz forces are often depicted as a kind of Russian super troops. But the mythology around the Spetsnaz is as often misleading as it is extensive. In "Putin's Wars," author Mark ...

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 ...

However, serving officers from various structures who have shown outstanding results can also be invited to take the spetsnaz exam (the best of the best are always on the radar of the Ministry of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

One telling aspect is how involved Russia’s Spetsnaz special forces were in the deployment. They were involved in two of their three core missions — reconnaissance and special security missions — but ...

If you thought Outpost: Black Sun was bad, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz is a prequel to the original film, heading back to the World War II to show us the origins ...

In the third installment of the hit Nazi Zombie action-horror franchise, OUTPOST: RISE OF THE SPETSNAZ, discover the horrifying origins of these supernatural soldiers as they battle the most ...