A Russian soldier said the situation was 'insane' and that bodies were lying everywhere, as they were picked off by swarms of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday allowing foreigners to serve in the Russian army not only during a state of emergency or martial law, but also during the period of mobilisation ...

The Russian army has a reputation for murdering, torturing and treating its own recruits terribly. How does such behavior become acceptable in a military?"They killed my child," Tatjana Bykova laments ...

Ukrainian intelligence intercepted a conversation in which Russian soldiers openly admit that they break their own soldiers' legs if they try to flee the battlefield. The new intercepted conversation ...

Russia has four options to rebuild its military power after heavy losses against Ukraine. Russia's easiest option isn't to move into the future, but rather go back to the past. If the war were to end ...

“The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is hardly a one-off. Swap out “Nevsky” for “Wolves,” “Saint George,” or any of ...

Ukrainian frontline troops are innovating new drone tactics to counter Russian forces, helping them strike more effectively and conserve resources in a constrained fight.

The Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) is, “one of the more important instruments in the General Staff’s toolkit, serving as a rapid reaction force for local conflicts, supporting special operations, or ...

Imagine U.S. sentiment if 8,000 conscripted prisoners died from 2001-2021. By comparison, more than 2,400 U.S. service members died during U.S. operations in Afghanistan. The twenty-year conflict, ...

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia’s military is bludgeoning its way forward in Ukraine, combining the brute force of the Red Army with the help of modern technology. The Russian way of war relies on drones to spot ...

An up-armored GAZ-69. The GAZ-69 was one of the earliest Soviet off-road vehicles. The first example of the 3,500-pound, four-wheel-drive truck rolled off the assembly line at the Molotov plant in ...

Becky Alexis-Martin is affiliated with the British American Security Information Council. Reports have emerged in recent months of particularly savage casualties among Russian troops fighting in the ...