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 ...

What happens when the most dangerous soldiers on Earth decide to share their bone-breaking secrets? You're about to find out.

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. US analysts ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's elite Spetsnaz commando units have suffered enormous casualties in Ukraine. Leaked US documents show that some units have ...

RECRUITS to the special forces units that reportedly produced one if not both of the Novichok spies face gruelling training and potentially deadly initiations to qualify. Whether it’s being forced to ...

⚠️ warning — military combat only This video reveals real Russian Spetsnaz techniques designed for war, lethal force, and battlefield survival only. These moves can cause permanent injury or death and ...

Russia’s famous Spetsnaz special forces have a long and proud tradition. Until recently their unit identity was wrapped up in distinctly Russian clothing and equipment. The camouflage schemes, load ...

Russia has sent its crack special troops into Syria to back up ­ President Bashar al-Assad’s bid to wipe out his opposition. Vladimir Putin’s feared Spetsnaz unit and a covert para battalion ghosted ...

When Alexander Mikhailov speaks about the threat of terrorism at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, he comes face to face with his own past. "My comrades are doing everything they can to prevent a ...

Russian soldiers were locked in a room with a rabid dog and made to kill it with a shovel, during their gruelling training, a defector claimed. Russia ’s special forces are the elite of the Kremlin’s ...