In December 2023, along with tens of thousands of other 18-year-old men, Aleksandr, from the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, was called up for mandatory military service in the Russian armed forces. Four ...

Russian conscripts line up during a ceremony before their departure for garrisons from a recruitment headquarters in Gatchina in the Leningrad region, Russia [Anastasia Barashkova/Reuters] On April 1, ...

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 deeper into ...

More than 300 have been processed in a prison in Ukraine, providing the country with a much-needed “exchange fund” for future swaps of prisoners of war. Russian prisoners of war in their bunk beds ...

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 Russian government has approved a bill that will streamline the conscription process and expand the military draft.

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 ...

The Russian government has approved new measures to streamline the conscription process, making it easier to draft young men into the Armed Forces, including those who previously evaded service, The ...

ISW also gathered evidence showing Russian assault or infiltration activity across 4,899.75 square kilometers of territory in 2025, indicating the occupiers suffered at least 83 casualties per square ...