A Russian commando grips a combat knife, the kind of close-quarters steel that helped make Kizlyar blades part of the Spetsnaz legend.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's Spetsnaz forces are often depicted as a kind of Russian super troops. But the mythology around the Spetsnaz is as often ...

Russia's elite Spetsnaz commando units have suffered enormous casualties during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, leaked Pentagon documents reveal. Satellite images of a Russian base show hugely depleted ...

RECRUITS to the special forces units that reportedly produced one if not both of the Novichok spies face gruelling training and potentially deadly initiations to qualify. Whether it’s being forced to ...

January 23, 2012: Russia's special operations units have benefited greatly from the major reforms being instituted in the armed forces during the last decade. Airborne Forces (paratroopers) and ...

Russian soldiers were locked in a room with a rabid dog and made to kill it with a shovel, during their gruelling training, a defector claimed. Russia ’s special forces are the elite of the Kremlin’s ...

File Photo: Spetsnaz soldiers patrol the grounds around the airport in Beslan. (AFP) Ukrainian forces are defending against an invasion on three sides by a Russian military that is bigger, better ...

Russia has sent its crack special troops into Syria to back up ­ President Bashar al-Assad’s bid to wipe out his opposition. Vladimir Putin’s feared Spetsnaz unit and a covert para battalion ghosted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's elite Spetsnaz commando units have suffered enormous casualties in Ukraine. Leaked US documents show that some units have ...

Spetsnaz have appeared in many war zones, from Syria to Crimea, where they were the 'little green men' without insignia who helped rebels split from the Ukraine RECRUITS to the special forces units ...