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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...