Vladimir Putin is sending his elite airborne troops into the eastern Donbas region in a bid to repel the Ukrainian counteroffensive, British defence chiefs believe. Yevgeny Prigozhin and the other ...

Numbering about 35,000 troops in 2010, VDV paratroopers were also deployed to South Ossetia during the Russo-Georgian War in 2008, and they blocked NATO troops from seizing the Pristina ...

Airborne Forces: Russia’s airborne troops (VDV) have seen the highest casualties, with 3,957 confirmed deaths. This includes 3,240 professional paratroopers and 654 officers. The famed 331st ...