Here 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer look at the weapons used by the specialized units. To identify the small arms and weapons used by Spetsnaz Special Forces, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed a catalog of ...

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.

Ukrainian Security Service says two Russian FSB agents suspected of killing Colonel Ivan Voronych on July 10 have been ...

Operators from Ukraine’s 8th Special Operations Forces Regiment discovered a Russian remote mining system during a special ...

A unit of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces has carried out an offensive on Russian positions near the Russian border.

Russian special forces crept miles through a gas pipeline near the town of Sudzha in an attempt to surprise Ukrainian forces as part of a major offensive to eject Ukrainian soldiers from Kursk.

The presence of Russian special forces and advisers on the front line has, in turn, helped Syrian troops and President Bashar al-Assad’s allies consolidate gains and take ground across the country.

Russian special forces crept about 15km into a gas pipeline, spending several days inside, in an attempt to surprise Ukrainian forces near Sudzha in western Kursk, ...

Russian special forces are still most frequently seen with the Kalashnikov family of rifles. The similarities could be problematic if Russian Spetsnaz are ever in conflict with Western forces.

Russia has been celebrating the Special Operations Forces Day on Feb. 27 since 2015, when Putin declared the day a holiday on the first anniversary of Russian forces seizing government buildings ...