Standard steel helmets couldn’t handle ambushes and shrapnel. In the Soviet-Afghan War, Spetsnaz turned to titanium and ...

These weren’t regular soldiers. Spetsnaz units operated deep behind enemy lines in Afghanistan—eliminating targets, ...

Russian occupation forces have recently captured the village of Kindrativka in the north of Sumy region, according to the ...

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 ...

For the first time since Moscow launched its full-scale of invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the territory of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya has been targeted by drone attacks.

Anti-Putin rebels have released a video that they say shows them using kamikaze drones and troops on the ground to ambush elite Spetsnaz commandos in Russia. However, other videos are circulating ...

One of the servicemen of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) was captured during a landing mission in the annexed Crimea, the agency’s spokesman Andriy Yusov confirmed to RBC Ukraine.. On ...

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.

Spetsnaz Security International, Ltd. (S.S.I.) is a licensed and insured security firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Our company was established in December 2016. We currently have over ...

Spec Ops v Spetsnaz, Alpha Team v Wagner mercenary convicts: As Ukraine prepares to launch its counter-offensive, a look at how Kyiv's elite troops compare to Putin's ultimate forces.

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 ...