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 is sending a new division of its VDV paratrooper force into Ukraine, the UK MOD said. But the division is "likely be poorly trained," it said. It said the division is unlikely to meet the ...