The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly known as the Special Operations Forces, are strategic-level special forces under the Special Operations Forces Com
Russian SOF operators.
SOF operatives during HALO training.
SOF operatives in a winter combat training drill.
Under the leadership of Maj. Gen. Matovnikov, SOF were critical in Syria.
Spetsnaz GRU
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Spetsnaz GRU, formally known as Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, is the special forces of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of t
Special Operations Forces (Russia)
…Staff Directorate (GRU) in 2009 as part of the continuing 2008 Russian military reform. Previously, Russian special operations were the purview of the Spetsnaz GRU. The Special Operations Forces Command, established in 2012, was announced in March 2013 by the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. According…
A depiction of a Spetsnaz GRU training installation as published in Soviet Military Power, 1984
An Afghanka-wearing Soviet Spetsnaz team preparing for a mission at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan in 1988
3rd Spetsnaz Brigade on parade, 9 May 2011
370th SPD conducting special reconnaissance training (2017)