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Russia’s commando units gutted by #ukraine war, U.S. leak shows
Typically, spetsnaz personnel are assigned the sorts of stealthy, high-risk missions ... for which they receive some of the Russian military’s most advanced training. But when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion last year, senior commanders eager to seize momentum and skeptical of their conventional fighters’ prowess deviated from the norm, ordering elite forces into direct combat...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/14/leaked-documents-russian-spetsnaz
@jurban I first heard of spetsnaz in the James Bond novels! Funny how that comes around from the 60's when Bond was in "From Russia with Love." Now, using them as regular infantry has had consequences.