After receiving a call-up notice and undergoing a fitness check, conscripts are sent to a military barracks to begin basic training. Here, they begin a process of transformation: putting on a military ...

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia's annual spring draft, but the defence ministry said the call-up ...

Cases of disobedience, sabotage and desertion in the Russian army have become more frequent among conscripts, with offenders being sent to assault companies. Source: Report from the General Staff of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia's annual spring draft amid its war with Ukraine. Russia's Defense Ministry ...