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VDV: who are Russia’s elite airborne force?
But the MoD claimed that the VDV units have been “severely weakened” by a series of humiliating losses during the war. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter ...
North Korean soldiers ‘forced to retreat’ against Ukraine as 4,000 killed or wounded
Ukrainian military boss Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov has said that roughly 4,000 North Korean forces have been killed or seriously wounded in Kursk Oblast, a region of western Russia. Budanov ...
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Mapped: Russia launches counterattack in Kursk after sending ‘significant’ forces to the region
But footage last week of a column of Russian tanks, believed to belong to a specialist Russian airborne forces (VDV) unit ...
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Moscow's 'special' forces: An inside look at how Russia's famed Spetsnaz really operate
While some units managed to retain a degree of their ... west of Moscow, where the VDV's 45th Brigade is also based. The KSSO has priority claim to a squadron of Il-76 heavy-lift transport ...
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Russia unveils export-oriented Typhoon-VDV air-droppable armored vehicle at army show
PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 19. /TASS/. A Typhoon-VDV air-droppable armored vehicle was unveiled in its export configuration at the Army 2022 international military-technical forum ...