Spetsnaz trained elite forces in Cuba, protected Soviet shipping ... Mark Galeotti is a scholar of Russian security affairs with a career spanning academia, government service, and business.

Considered one of the most secretive and superior special forces units in the world, the Spetsnaz are the primary elite forces of the Russian military, focusing on ‘political warfare’ operations that ...

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched an offensive in the Kursk region in the direction of the Belov district. The details ...

It seems that 2024 was the deadliest year of the war so far for Moscow's forces, with thousands of elite troops killed on the battlefield.

WW3 fears as Russia has boosts its covert operations spy and special forces battalions whilst 'stubborn' western leaders ignore the growing threat to NATO and its allies ...

Since then, Russian forces have continued to make small advances into Chasiv Yar, but according to experts and analysts, are still some way from taking the entire city. Before Russia's full-scale ...

North Korean soldiers opened fire on Russian special forces, after mistaking them for ... destroyed several vehicles and killed eight of the Spetsnaz soldiers. Analysts at the US think-tank ...

“North Korean forces are reportedly facing expected struggles with high casualties and poor communication with Russian forces ... fired at Chechen ‘Akhmat’ Spetsnaz (special forces ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces are bypassing a key stronghold in eastern Ukraine that they have fought for months to capture and are focusing instead on cutting supply lines to it, a Ukrainian ...