Russia, Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine's elite Vympel and Alpha units go toe to toe in Pokrovsk

Operators from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB)'s elite Vympel unit training shortly before their deployment to Donbas.
Operators from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB)'s elite Vympel unit training shortly before their deployment to Donbas. © Intelligence Online
Radio intercepts by Ukrainian military intelligence show that the Russian Federal Security Service's Vympel unit is active in the Pokrovsk sector of the Donbas. Kyiv's Alpha units are reportedly engaged in the same area. [...]
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