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, ...

In March 2022, weeks after ordering a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to "mothers, wives, sisters, and fiancees" that he would deploy only "professional ...

At least 60 Russian conscripts have been killed during a Ukrainian operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast in summer 2024, while the fate of another 60 remains unknown. Source: Vazhnie Istorii (Important ...

As in the previous army drafts, Russian conscripts had the right to choose military service in various military branches and armed services, considering their health condition and the results of ...