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

Several Russian conscripts in Primorye allege coercion into signing contracts to join the military, prompting parental complaints and calls for accountability.

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

As of early 2026, the prospect of a major world conflict has moved from theory to government policy ...

Emmanuel Macron has said a new voluntary national service programme in France, announced today, is not about “sending our youth to Ukraine” to fight. The growing realisation that Russian aggression ...

Germany’s Bundestag voted for a bill on Friday that allows the country to move towards conscription, as tensions with Russia spur calls for Europe to gain more independence from the US security ...

The problem of draft dodging has become part of a broader crisis of manpower, according to locals, as Ukrainian soldiers have been worn down by a long and bloody war.