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Putin says Russia lacks certain weapons despite beefing up military production
Russia's armed forces still lack certain weapons despite significantly increasing arms production last year, President ...
Is Russia snatching men from gyms to join Putin's army?
Russian police have been raiding gyms and detaining men as part of an aggressive conscription drive to strengthen troop ...
The National Interest on MSN19d
Russia’s Military Draft Means Trouble for Ukraine (And Putin, Too)
Throughout the three-year war, the Kremlin has been very careful to avoid conscripting men from the country’s most politically influential parts.
RBC Ukraine on MSN13d
Russia has mobilization reserve of 20 million people - Ukraine's army chief
Russia's mobilization resource amounts to 20 million people, of whom 5 million have military experience. Commander-in-Chief ...
How Russia recruits soldiers in occupied Ukrainian territories
Forcibly conscripting soldiers to fight for an occupying power is a war crime. DW spoke to human rights activists and ...
The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN7d
Rada extends martial law and mobilization for 90 more days, with Honcharenko the lone vote against
A total of 357 lawmakers supported the extension. Only one MP voted against — Oleksii Honcharenko from the European ...
The Associated Press on MSN25d
Putin suggests putting Ukraine under UN-sponsored external governance
While Ukraine has agreed to a full, 30-day ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed, Putin has made a complete ceasefire conditional on a halt of arms supplies to Kyiv and a ...
Foreign Affairs21d
Putin’s Theories of Victory
TATIANA STANOVAYA is a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center and the Founder and CEO of the political analysis ...