What You Need to Know: Russia's Spetsnaz special operations forces, among the most elite military units in Russia, have been ...

Dating back to the Cold War, the Spetsnaz represents an elite special force of Russian military intelligence. Over the years, ...

Most countries' special forces emphasize physical fitness, determination and aggression. Russia's Spetsnaz are certainly no exception, although apparently they are not necessarily quite as ...

While the United States isn't specifically required to help North Korea, an important part of the U.S. Navy's ongoing mission ...

Others transferred to land-based Spetsnaz units. At the end of the 1990s the rebuilding ... This stuff is offered for export as well as for Russian forces (when they can afford it).

Unbridgeable language barriers between Putin's soldiers and Kim's men have led to deadly 'friendly fire' clashes.

Of the 88,000 identified soldiers, 6,000 were members of elite Russian forces, including marines, paratroopers, Spetsnaz GRU special forces (foreign military intelligence) and air force pilots.

reported on December 14 that North Korean forces in the Kursk region “recently fired at Chechen ‘Akhmat’ Spetsnaz (special forces) battalion vehicles and killed eight Chechen personnel in a ...

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 ...