Russia's elite airborne force, the VDV, has been at the center of Moscow's offensive against Ukraine. The VDV has struggled in Ukraine, where fighting has taken a high toll in lives and damaged the ...

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 ...

Russia's elite airborne troops are taking increasing responsibility for Moscow's offensive operations in Ukraine, according to a new assessment. Russia's military commanders are "seeking to place an ...

Russia has reportedly reinforced its "over-stretched" infantry troops on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region with units from its VDV Airborne Forces, according to a Monday intelligence update ...

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MOSCOW, July 9. /TASS/. The Technodinamika Group (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) is carrying out the Parachute R&D work to develop a cargo parachute system for airdropping the latest ...

Russia’s Airborne Troops (VDV) performed the world’s first group airdrop on 26 April from an altitude of some 10,000 m in the Arctic using special parachute systems and oxygen equipment. Following the ...