Russian military forces continue to redeploy units from less prioritized areas of the front in Ukraine to the front line in the Kursk region, reports the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). On ...

Russian paratroopers march during the military parade at Red Square on May 9, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. Russia's airborne units have been at the forefront of the fighting in Ukraine, and have ...

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 Kremlin is likely planning a role for Russian airborne troops in future operations in Ukraine even after they sustained heavy losses during the early stages of the war, British officials said Tues ...

A major Russian aerial attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's home province, timed to coincide with NATO's annual ...

Paratroopers of the Russian Airborne Forces are pictured wearing blue berets and marching during an event in Moscow, Russia, on May 4, 2023. Airborne Forces Colonel Arman Ospanov was reportedly ...

Russia's elite airborne force, known as the VDV, has taken heavy losses in Ukraine. Those setbacks have led Russian commentators to question how the VDV is designed and employed. The issues raised ...

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 ...

Several Russian sources reported on July 15 that the Russian military leadership dismissed Major General Vladimir Seliverstov, a 106th Guards Airborne division commander. The Institute for the ...

In another humiliation, VDV forces were part of the failed Russian defence of Kherson. Russian forces withdrew ignominiously from the southern city earlier this month because the area had become ...

Half of Putin's entire elite airborne forces wiped out in first six months of Ukraine war Mikhail Zvinchuk, a former Moscow military press official, said the specialist Russian Airborne Forces ...

Russian forces attacked the capital and other targets in the eastern half of the country with hundreds of drones and ...