Much is written and claimed about the Spetsnaz. Rather less is known for sure, despite what is now quite an industry in Russian-language books on them, from memoirs to survival skills guides.

Russian forces are capturing the northern part of the territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, ...

Russian troops have taken control of the city of Sudzha in the Kursk Oblast and are fighting with the Ukrainian Defense ...

Bukkvoll, a Norwegian defense analyst, uses a vast range of sources to put together a comprehensive history of Soviet and Russian special forces, known as spetsnaz. He charts their trajectory from ...