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 ...
Journalists from iStories have used open sources to identify 129 non-mobilized Russian conscripts who have disappeared or been captured by the Ukrainian army during its incursion into Russia’s Kursk ...
He is one of the few survivors. “The conscripts surrendered as soon as the first shots were fired,” Askerkhan explains with a shrug. “Those from the marine units who tried to resist were ...
A fifth batch of conscripts Myanmar's junta hopes will help reverse its battlefield losses has begun training, state media reported on Tuesday. A military source also told AFP the new batch ...
Women and ethnic minorities who are exempt from military service can voluntarily sign up for the social services. Like military conscripts, those who take part in the peace activities coordinated by ...
Husain told her his unit had come under heavy Ukrainian shelling, and that he and two other conscripts were the unit's only survivors. Reuters could not independently verify Husain's account.
Some of the captured troops identify themselves in the videos as conscripts, Russians who are serving mandatory time in the military. Conscripts are not generally expected to face battle ...
Husain told her his unit had come under heavy Ukrainian shelling, and that he and two other conscripts were the unit's only survivors. Reuters could not independently verify Husain's account. "He ...