Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz officers and soldiers march during the rehearsals of the Victory Day Parade in 2021 in Moscow, Russia.
  • Russia's elite Spetsnaz commando units have suffered enormous casualties in Ukraine. 
  • Leaked US documents show that some units have suffered 95% casualties. 
  • Russia may take decades to rebuild the units, according to US estimates. 

Russia's elite Spetsnaz commando units have suffered enormous casualties during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, leaked Pentagon documents reveal. 

Satellite images of a Russian base show hugely depleted numbers in one Spetsnaz unit, with the leaked report, obtained by the Washington Post, claiming two units suffered 90-95% casualties.