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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Spetsnaz, the catchall term for Russia’s special operations forces, are the most elite troops the Russian Federation has. They are also getting destroyed in Ukraine. That’s according to ...

The Ukraine war has decimated Russia’s elite special forces, known as Spetsnaz, with some of the prized units suffering up to a 95% casualty rate, according to leaked Pentagon documents.

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.

The Russian term “spetsnaz” (an abbreviation of special designations or operations) is used to refer to any special forces and is most associated with the special units of the Soviet Union.

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 ...