The biggest issue for the Russian forces seems to be the mass refusal of the command staff of VDV units to participate in the fighting in Ukraine.

Apti Alaudinov, the Chechen special forces leader, said: 'If you die defending your homeland, you will go to heaven' - Getty Images Europe A Chechen commander has mocked the “sobs” of mothers of young ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the Chechen Akhmat Regiment fighting for Russia, said in a video on Aug. 19 that Russian ...

Russian conscripts recruited for the spring conscription are likely to be forced to sign contracts to participate in the war against Ukraine, according to the UK Ministry of Defense. According to ...

Citizens of Russia who have been banned from leaving the country after receiving draft notices will not be able to travel abroad via Belarusian territory, the State Border Committee of Belarus has ...

The Russian military continues to take heavy losses in the fighting. But despite losing more than 600,000 men, Russian President Vladimir Putin is resisting calls to send conscripts to Ukraine. 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 ...

The long-sacrosanct practice of keeping young Russian army conscripts off the front lines is eroding as the lack of troops in Russia’s Kursk region indicates a manpower shortage. By Neil MacFarquhar ...

In the basement of a prison in northeastern Ukraine, dozens of Russian soldiers – some wounded, most barely adults – sat huddled on metal bunk beds Friday, dressed in mismatched T-shirts and flip ...

The Border Committee confirmed that they share a common database with Russia. Russian conscripts, who have been banned to travel abroad, will not be able to leave through Belarus. This was reported to ...

Belarus will not let russian conscripts out if russia imposes a travel ban. Human rights activists assume that border guards of the two countries are exchanging data from the electronic military ...