Documentary film “Special Forces of the GRU. Wolfhounds ”was released in 2005. The timing of the tape is 43 minutes. The director of the film, Artem Temnikov, has many years of experience working on documentary projects, the best of which are “Far and Farther with Mikhail Kozhukhov,” “Around the World,” and “Russian Extreme”. The author of this project is Andrey Medvedev, producer Alexander Smirnov.
History tour
The GRU special forces was formed and began its existence at the dawn of Soviet power.
This unit was created to deal with
NATO countries in the event of a nuclear attack. It consists of army special forces and fleet special forces. His task was to attack strategically important enemy targets: command posts, ammunition depots, airfields,
rocket launchers, naval bases. GRU special forces fighters were involved in the 1979-1989 war in Afghanistan. From 1994 to 1996, the GRU “Volkodavy” special forces took part in the first Chechen campaign. And also in the operation in Dagestan (the second Chechen company). Nowadays, due to the fact that the information is classified, it is not possible to find out how many units of this military special forces exist. Only nine brigades “East” and “West” are known for sure. There is also the 45th reconnaissance regiment of the Airborne Forces, whose fighters undergo the same training as the special forces. The film "Wolfhounds. The GRU Special Forces ”is considered almost the only reliable documentary that was allowed to demonstrate for a wide audience.
Fighters against terrorism
Events of the film “Special Forces of the GRU. Wolfhounds ”take place on November 23, 2003 in the Chechen Republic, three kilometers from the village of Serzhen-Yurt. On this day, Russian GRU special forces attacked and destroyed the base of Chechen fighters who called themselves Wolves. This base was a real training center for future terrorists.
And what is noteworthy, the composition of the terrorist group included citizens of not only Chechnya, but also Germany, Turkey, Algeria. Russian media have repeatedly hinted that among the Chechen fighters there are people with a European appearance. Eight special forces soldiers of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation participated in this operation - the elite of the Russian army. There were twenty well and brutally trained terrorists at the base. This place was carefully guarded and approaches to it were mined. Despite the fact that commandos were losing in quantity, 17 inveterate terrorists were destroyed during a desperate battle. During the operation, not a single Russian soldier was lost.
Cruel reality
Real shots from the film “Special Forces of the GRU. Wolfhounds ”are undoubtedly impressive, permeate. The viewer as if falls on a real battlefield and is imbued with those events. These are unique frames and actions, information about which was strictly classified. The film "Special Forces of the GRU. Wolfhounds ”educates incredible patriotism and causes a sense of pride for our young guys. The GRU commandos who carried out this operation fearlessly confidently destroyed the enemy, which was more than twice as strong. Terrorists are particularly brutal cruelty, lack of fear, they have neither pity nor mercy, they absolutely do not care. Like wolves, they stray into merciless packs, and only more powerful and trained forces, the “Wolfhounds” of the GRU special forces, can destroy them.