Russia's elite airborne force, the VDV, has been at the center of Moscow's offensive against Ukraine. The VDV has struggled in Ukraine, where fighting has taken a high toll in lives and damaged the ...

Russia's elite airborne force, known as the VDV, has taken heavy losses in Ukraine. Those setbacks have led Russian commentators to question how the VDV is designed and employed. The issues raised ...

A new Russian paratrooper unit appears to have suffered losses and failures during its debut in Ukraine. British intelligence says Russian milbloggers demanded that a top commander resigns in response ...

Russia has reportedly reinforced its "over-stretched" infantry troops on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region with units from its VDV Airborne Forces, according to a Monday intelligence update ...

Russia is using elite paratroopers as regular infantry, the UK MOD said. The VDV force isn't at full strength and is being used to help overstretched Russian lines, it said. The VDV's hierarchy is ...

MOSCOW, July 9. /TASS/. The Technodinamika Group (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) is carrying out the Parachute R&D work to develop a cargo parachute system for airdropping the latest ...

(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the ...

Russian President inderlined that today the Airborne Troops face serious, major tasks of technical re-equipment and modernisation of armaments MOSCOW, August 2 (Itar-Tass) — Russian President Vladimir ...

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Here’s What You Need to Remember: For a truly rapid-deployment role, pure “paradrop” units exist in the VDV. These units are designed to deploy an independent, lightweight mechanized infantry fighting ...