Russian conscripts line up during a ceremony before their departure for garrisons from a recruitment headquarters in Gatchina in the Leningrad region, Russia [Anastasia Barashkova/Reuters] On April 1, ...

In December 2023, along with tens of thousands of other 18-year-old men, Aleksandr, from the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, was called up for mandatory military service in the Russian armed forces. Four ...

At least 60 Russian conscripts have been killed during a Ukrainian operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast in summer 2024, while the fate of another 60 remains unknown. Source: Vazhnie Istorii (Important ...

To combat its growing personnel shortage, Russia has approved a bill that will expand the military draft.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on year-round conscription into the army on Nov. 4, according to Russia's legal acts portal. The move marks a significant shift from Russia's ...

Russia's forced mobilization in occupied Donetsk and Luhansk raises serious concerns, with reports of conscripts being ...

As in the previous army drafts, Russian conscripts had the right to choose military service in various military branches and armed services, considering their health condition and the results of ...

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 ...

The Russian government, facing mounting losses in Ukraine, appears to be intensifying its coercive recruitment tactics targeting prisoners, conscripts, and ethnic minorities from remote regions and ...