A new Russian law allowing draft notices to be sent electronically could be a first step in a new effort to send hundreds of thousands of fresh troops to Ukraine. But Kremlin watchers say Russian ...

Saying that war is hell is like saying it's better to eat than starve. Well, war certainly is not peace. War, if you will, sucks. But don't take my word for it. Heed the words of our current commander ...

In early November, 19-year-old Russian conscript Andrei Lazhyev died at a naval hospital in Sevastopol, home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the illegally annexed territory of Crimea. The recent ...

An alarming video has emerged showing what appears to be a Russian military conscript asking a friend to break his arm with a sledgehammer to dodge the draft into the war with Ukraine. The recording, ...

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A Russian conscript who refused to go to war against Ukraine described a grueling four-day escape spanning thousands of miles with like-minded young draft dodgers. The exile of the 21-year-old Eboshi ...

The problem is not the inefficiency of a conscript army; the problem is the gross immorality — indeed, the massive ...