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VDV: who are Russia’s elite airborne force?
Vladimir Putin is sending his elite airborne troops into the ... major elements of the VDV (airborne forces) to the Donetsk and Luhansk fronts” following the Russian retreat from the southern ...
A Lot More Russian Troops Are Attacking In Compact Cars, Vans And Golf Carts
The growing abundance of civilian-style vehicles is evident in the tallies of Russian losses. Armored trucks and civilian ...
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Russia says it's designing its own V-22 Osprey, and it could make Moscow's elite paratroopers even deadlier
The V-22 has a max cruising speed of 310 miles per hour. The elite Russian Airborne Forces, or VDV, are often Moscow's first troops on the ground, like in Afghanistan and more recently in Syria.
Ukraine soldiers take out Russian tanks, troops in tense trench shootout
Ukrainian soldiers were able to take out a squadron of Russian tanks in a tense battle that ended with a shootout inside a ...
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Months after first incursion, Ukrainian troops fighting in second Russian region
Mr Zelensky said the action was intended to "reduce the accumulation" of Russian troops and had occurred "a little below the Kursk region." He did not elaborate. Mr Andrii Kovalenko, an official ...
Russian forces capture new village in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv says fighting continues
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday its forces had taken control of the village of Rozlyv in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the focal point of their steady westward advance through the ...