On February 26, 2020 – two days after Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine – Russian Spetsnaz units hatched a plan to hunt down and assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other senior ...

Under an almost-moonless Crimean sky, SBU Alpha sent heavy-warhead drones into Belbek and punched holes through Russia’s ...

Russia's ongoing offensive in Ukraine has raised concerns about how its Spetsnaz forces may be used. "Spetsnaz" has come to describe all specialized units in Russia's military, law enforcement, and ...

When Alexander Mikhailov speaks about the threat of terrorism at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, he comes face to face with his own past. "My comrades are doing everything they can to prevent a ...

The crack anti-terrorist commandos who ended the Moscow theatre siege are part of a Russia's elite Spetsnaz forces. The word itself translates as "special designation", and is often applied to any ...