Some Russian recruits say they were given less than two weeks of preparation before being sent into combat.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to call up 160,000 conscripts for military service in the spring campaign, according to the document published on Monday MOSCOW, March 31. /TASS/. A ...

(CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin made a big promise when he launched his war on Ukraine: conscripts would not be involved in combat. But as Moscow struggles to contain Ukrainian advances ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The last time Liana spoke to her husband Husain before he was captured by Ukrainian troops, he said what he always told her: "Everything is fine." Husain, a 21-year-old conscripted ...

The annual spring decree calling up around 150,000 conscripts to the Russian military signed by President Vladimir Putin was published in Moscow on Sunday in line with longstanding practice. The ...

New testimonies from Russian recruits and foreign fighters are raising concerns about how quickly some troops are sent into combat.Accounts suggest that in certain cases, preparation for the ...

Russia first cut training from five to six months to three in 2013, prior to its initial invasion of Ukraine. Today, by ...

Russian conscripts are taking their own lives to avoid fighting in Ukraine, according to local media reports. Vladimir Putin announced a "partial mobilisation" towards the end of September in a bid to ...