As it infiltrated deep behind enemy lines to establish targets for a precision air strike, a group of four elite Spetsnaz ...

The Dragunov SVD is one of the more famous Russian-made sniper rifles that has been in the service of Russian Special Forces ...

You could think of the Soviet era Spetsnaz as paratroopers with additional training in demolitions, infiltration techniques, foreign language training (which many Russian conscripts had just received ...

David Brennan is Newsweek's Diplomatic Correspondent covering world politics and conflicts from London with a focus on NATO, the European Union, and the Russia-Ukraine War. David joined Newsweek in ...

Russia state-owned media outlet RT tweeted an odd video on Saturday of Russia's elite Spetsnaz operators training. The video shows Spetsnaz operators drop-kicking the windshields of cars and ...

Spetsnaz, Russia’s elite special forces, gained a fearsome reputation for their brutal training, ruthless tactics, and covert operations. Formed during the Soviet era, they specialized in sabotage, ...

Amid its struggles in Ukraine, Russia's military has relied heavily on its most highly trained troops. The fighting has taken a toll on those troops, including Russia's famed Spetsnaz special ...

The Spetsnaz selection and training methods were used to create commando units in the FSB (the successor of the KGB), military intelligence (GRU), the Interior Ministry (the national police), and ...