Elite Russian Naval infantry units have lost four times more personnel in a year of fighting near Vuhledar than in ten years of war in Chechnya. More than 200 marines were killed there ...

A different patch and beret do not make an elite force. The Russian Naval Infantry functions as Russia’s primary amphibious assault and coastal defense force. A small unit with only 9,000 men ...

The Naval Infantry Day is celebrated in Russia on November 27. First Russian naval infantry force was formed in 1705 and since than has fought in numerous wars. Russian Marines are equipped ...

TASS/. The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s 810th Naval Infantry Brigade has set an ambush for a Ukrainian convoy in the Kursk Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported. "The enemy ran into the ...

April 8 (Reuters) - A man wielding a knife was killed after attacking a police station in Chechnya on Tuesday, along with one of the station's officers in the Russian Caucasus region, officials said.