As it infiltrated deep behind enemy lines to establish targets for a precision air strike, a group of four elite Spetsnaz commandos was suddenly ambushed by a force of over 40 ISIS troopers.

In terms of training, all Spetsnaz units are airborne qualified in static-line parachuting, but only the most elite are free-fall qualified and can conduct jumps from very high altitudes.

Chechnya's Kremlin-backed authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on Telegram on October 29 that drones had attacked the building of the so-called "Spetsnaz ... special training in the facility ...

Spetsnaz is a Russian special operations force ... “better equipment, longer training, and better officer training;” however, this might be too little too late. The gutting of these elite ...

Some are more costly, however, considering the training time and resources required to reconstitute a troop. For VDV and MP a conservative peacetime timeline to reconstitute a unit is between three ...

Ranking the Best Special Forces in the world is a challenging task, much like trying to determine the best athlete across the various sports that demand diverse skills and abilities. Every country has ...

The former Soviet Spetsnaz (Special Forces) instructor Pavel Tsatsouline coined the term ‘Grease the Groove’ in his 1999 book Power to the People!: Russian Strength Training Secrets for Every American ...

Spetsnaz and other elite forces such as the VDV have been pressed into service in situations different from those their training would have focused on. The Postimees piece, by security expert Erkki ...

Spetsnaz are not all parachute-trained, though about one-third are, and every OOSN has at least one fully airdroppable company. They do all receive training in operating from helicopters ...