Ukraine: While we examine the effects on the different branches of the Russian military post-Ukraine, we should explore how ...

The VDV is suffering heavy losses because it is being used as regular ground infantry, wasting any tactical advantages of the force. While the Russian Army is reorganizing new airborne units ...

A newly formed Russian paratrooper unit appears to have been severely battered ... The 104th Guards Airborne Division, which ...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said this week that there are several actions being taken to increase the combat potential of the VDV, such as the creation of new airborne assault units.

Russian VDV units have been transferred from the Kherson and Luhansk regions to support Russia's defensive efforts in Zaporizhzhia and Bakhmut, respectively. Zaporizhzhia, an occupied region in ...

Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: On 15 October, Ukrainian media outlets Suspilne and Liga, citing anonymous military intelligence sources, reported that Russia's 11th Airborne ...

believed to belong to a specialist Russian airborne forces (VDV) unit known to be among some of Moscow’s more elite troops, towards the western flank of Ukraine’s attack has presaged a rapid ...