On January 30, 2026, a Russian military court issued the first sentence in a case involving theft from a classified Defense Ministry facility in the Leningrad region. Seven service members — four ...

The Russian military has two conscription cycles that take place twice a year, one in the spring and another in the fall. On the last days of September, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the ...

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 ...