Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apti Alaudinov, the Chechen special forces leader, said: 'If you die defending your homeland, you will go to heaven' - Getty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the Chechen Akhmat Regiment fighting for Russia, said in a video on Aug. 19 that Russian ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

Russian conscripts recruited for the spring conscription are likely to be forced to sign contracts to participate in the war against Ukraine, according to the UK Ministry of Defense. According to ...

The long-sacrosanct practice of keeping young Russian army conscripts off the front lines is eroding as the lack of troops in Russia’s Kursk region indicates a manpower shortage. By Neil MacFarquhar ...

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 ...