As of August 2022, according to the Airborne Forces commander Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, over 5,000 VDV paratroopers have been decorated for distinguished service during …

2023年9月27日 · 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 …

2023年12月7日 · Before Russia widened its war on Ukraine 22 months ago, the Kremlin’s elite airborne corps had four divisions plus several separate brigades: altogether, a force …

Moving in from Bosnia and Herzegovina overnight, Russian paratroopers, part of a peacekeeping force, took control of the airfield just a couple of hours before the NATO soldiers arrived.

2022年11月28日 · Russian generals are now believed to be focused on preventing “a breakthrough by Ukrainian forces on the front line between Kremina and Svatove”, reported …

2023年12月1日 · Russia’s Vozdushno-Desantnye Voyska, almost always abbreviated as VDV, are the Russian airborne forces. Like most airborne forces, they train as shock troops to break …

Russian Paratroopers in Ukraine. The paratrooper’s missions are primarily disrupting enemy coordination and control, disrupting communications, destroying bridges both rail and auto, …

2023年2月7日 · 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 …

2023年8月3日 · More than 8,500 Russian paratroopers have been wounded while fighting in Ukraine, a Russian general said Wednesday in a rare official admission about the number of …

2023年8月6日 · Half of Russia's elite paratroopers in Ukraine have been killed or wounded in battle, UK intelligence said on Sunday, after a top general's rare admission of casualties was …