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Russian troops surrender to an elite brigade as the Kharkiv front holds, Ukraine says
In a video released by Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade, Russian troops appear to be surrendering in V…
Cameron Manley
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A former North Korean special forces soldier said Kim Jong Un's elite 'Storm Corps' in Russia likely isn't his A-team
Lee Wong-gil said it's likely that the Storm Corps is truly in Russia, but that the troops deployed…
Matthew Loh
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How an elite Ukrainian unit is using viral videos to attract hundreds of fresh-faced volunteers a month
Over 900 volunteers a month are looking to join the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, an April report b…
Cameron Manley
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How an elite brigade of Russian marines was repeatedly mauled in Ukraine and became an emblem of the invasion's failures
The 155th brigade's journey in Ukraine is one of battlefield losses, war crime accusations, poor re…
Sinéad Baker
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Who are Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade? A new elite unit armed with the best Western gear seems to have Russia rattled.
Leaked Pentagon documents from earlier this year said the unit would have 90 US Strykers, 40 German…
Sinéad Baker
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An elite Russian brigade of 5,000 soldiers has been destroyed and reformed as many as 8 times after heavy losses, report says
The Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade has suffered heavy losses in attempts to take the town of …
Alia Shoaib
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An elite Russian military brigade was basically 'wiped out,' taking so many losses in Ukraine that it will 'take years to rebuild,' report says
"Nothing of that brigade is left," a Ukrainian commander said of the 200th Separate Motor Rifle Bri…
Jake Epstein
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First footage of Israel's elite commandos involved in house-to-house fighting in Gaza released by the IDF
The IDF said its strikes in northern Gaza had killed Hamas fighters and destroyed "terrorist infras…
George Glover
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Russia sends some of its most elite paratroopers to the south of Ukraine as counteroffensive breaks through
Russia has sent elements of the elite 76th Guard Air Assault Division to the south of Ukraine, wher…
Alia Shoaib
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2 of Israel's elite commanders and many officers have been killed in the Hamas war launched from Gaza: says IDF
Col. Jonathan Steinberg, led a top infantry brigade, is one of the most senior Israeli officers kil…
Alia Shoaib
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Russia is throwing away elite forces it will likely need later, like paratroopers, trying to blunt Ukraine's counteroffensive
Moscow's VDV Airborne Forces are used on offense and defense and have suffered heavy casualties thr…
Jake Epstein
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Russia's using its elite paratroopers in an unusual way to hold the line, leaving the force 'airborne in name only,' war analysts say
Russia's VDV Airborne Forces have been deployed to help Moscow defend against Ukraine's pressing co…
Jake Epstein
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A Ukrainian sniper called the Ghost of Bakhmut says he's personally killed 113 Russians. He explains how his elite unit hunts the enemy.
The commander of an elite Ukrainian unit that has amassed 558 kills says psychological resilience a…
Alia Shoaib
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Italy's elite special forces stormed a cargo ship taken over by knife-wielding stowaways, reports say
Italy's San Marco Brigade was scrambled on Friday to the Galata Seaways cargo ship off the coast of…
Kieran Corcoran
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Russia is trying to cover up the decline of a once elite unit that was rendered 'combat ineffective,' UK intel says
Russia's military is "likely running a deliberate information operation" to revive the 155th brigad…
Sinéad Baker
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Ukrainians are riding tanks captured from an elite Russian unit into battle in Bakhmut, but their new gear may not last long
Ukrainian mechanics have worked wonders with captured equipment, but long-term use of Russian tanks…
Michael Peck
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Putin's top troops are being 'decimated' as Russia relies too much on so-called 'elite' forces to wage war in Ukraine
Military experts told Insider that the loss of Russia's better-trained soldiers poses a huge proble…
Jake Epstein
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An 'elite' Russian unit is being weakened by severe front-line losses, and the replacements appear to be making things worse, Western intel says
Britain's defense ministry said Russia's 155th Naval Infantry (NI) Brigade has suffered "extremely …
Jake Epstein
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Russia's failures in Ukraine have dented the 'elite' status of its paratrooper force
The Russian military's elite airborne force, the VDV, has been at the center of Moscow's offensive …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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As Ukrainian forces recaptured a key town, another elite Russian unit appears to have gone through 'the meat grinder'
Kyiv caught the world off-guard with its fast-paced counteroffensive this summer, including an elit…