Russia's military is redeploying its elite airborne (VDV) divisions from the southern front of Ukraine to boost its offensive in the east where Moscow's momentum is continuing, it has been reported.

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.

Russia is using elite paratroopers as regular infantry, the UK MOD said. The VDV force isn't at full strength and is being used to help overstretched Russian lines, it said. The VDV's hierarchy is ...

Russia's military commanders are "seeking to place an increased emphasis" on airborne troops, or VDV units, which have been deployed to key areas on the front, such as near the contested Donetsk ...

Vladimir Putin is sending his elite airborne troops into the eastern Donbas region in a bid to repel the Ukrainian counteroffensive, British defence chiefs believe. Yevgeny Prigozhin and the other ...

“The ZSU offensive in the Bakhmut area of the last few months has tied two Russian VDV divisions,” Cooper wrote, using the native acronyms for Ukrainian forces (ZSU) and Russian airborne ...

The biggest issue for the Russian forces seems to be the mass refusal of the command staff of VDV units to participate in the fighting in Ukraine. Russian paratroopers board an Ilyushin Il-76 ...

The Russian Airborne Forces (Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii—or VDV) are set to form six armored companies equipped with newly modified T-72B3M (also known as the T-72B3 biathlon) tanks in the ...

Russia’s paratroopers – the VDV – are supposed to be the best of the best. The 45,000-strong elite and experienced force has a reputation for ingenuity, toughness, and violence.

The Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) are famous for their usage of the BMD and BTR-D series of airdropped armored vehicles. But in 2018, the VDV’s 7 th Novorossiysk and 76 th Pskov air assault ...