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 ...

During fighting in Ukraine, the VDV has lost T-72B tanks and BMD-2 infantry fighting vehicles, among other vehicles. US paratroopers have some mechanized capabilities — like the LAV-25 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

“The annual celebrations of Russia’s Airborne Forces (VDV) Day on 2 August 2023 have been overshadowed by an apparently unsanctioned disclosure of the scope of the casualties the elite force ...

The men were part of a column that advanced into Ukraine from Belarus, led by Russia's airborne forces, known by the acronym VDV. Their presence underlined the priority of their objective ...

Today's commercial and residential network environments present a variety of voice, data and video (VDV) communications requirements, which can stretch the capabilities of technical staff.

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 ...