A suspicious device was discovered beneath the SUV of a 54-year-old colonel from Russia’s elite Airborne Forces (VDV) in ...

"These Russian formations have become 'airborne' in name only," war experts wrote in a new analysis. Russia has turned to its elite paratroopers, the VDV Airborne Forces, to help defend against ...

More Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images The airborne—known as the VDV, the acronym of the Russian Vozdushno Desantniye Voyska—are among Russia's best-trained, best ...

Russian authorities have deployed additional units from the Russian 106th Airborne (VDV) Division to the Kursk region. Russia may start relocating more experienced forces to support its current ...

The Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) is, “one of the more important instruments in the General Staff’s toolkit, serving as a rapid reaction force for local conflicts, supporting special ...

Paratroopers of the Russian Airborne Forces are pictured wearing ... Paratroopers from the Airborne Forces, also known as VDV, are often described as some of Moscow's most fearsome fighters.

who claimed that the Russian 11th Airborne (VDV) Brigade, previously active near Bakhmut in late July 2024, struck a Ukrainian armored vehicle in southern Russkaya Konopelka (east of Sudzha).

Vladimir Putin is sending his elite airborne troops into the eastern ... What next for the VDV? Russian hopes that the VDV can bounce back from recent setbacks are unlikely to have been boosted ...

Russian sources claimed that the 106th Guards Airborne (VDV) Division has been operating in the Bakhmut area since January, and ISW has recently observed the 106th VDV Division’s 137th Guards ...

Gen. Mikhail Teplinsky, as the commander of the Russian Airborne (VDV) forces. Moscow “may be in the process of radically reshuffling the command structure of the Russian invasion of Ukraine ...

After pushing Kyiv's troops out of Kursk, Russian forces are gathered across the border from Ukraine's second-largest city.

Russia is relying on its elite paratroopers, the VDV, to defend against Ukraine's counteroffensive. But these repurposed soldiers have been bruised in combat, and their future is uncertain. "These ...