"Honestly, they will all die there."

– Kirill, a Russian soldier who has fought in Ukraine
offers a grim prognosis of what awaits the new mobilized recruits.

In a surprising turn of opinion, Ramzan Kadyrov has exempted Chechnya from the draft.

Ukraine continues to press forward in its major counteroffensive against Russia, recapturing villages and towns along the way. 

“It’s time to prove themselves in a real fight, I can only welcome this desire.”

– Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, announcing that he was sending his teenage sons to Ukraine

"We are a soldier country, a soldier nation. We will fight, it's not our first time, and so on... I feel that a rather gloomy period is ahead."

– Alexei Levinson, Levada

The Russian military's morale weakens as Ukraine announces the liberation of two villages.

A massive Ukrainian counterattack in Kharkiv Oblast now places the frontline at the Russian border.

Russia won this year's annual Tank Biathlon, for the ninth time in a row.

Russia aims to increase the size of its army by 10 percent in the coming months.

Russian MiG fighter jets are suspected of violating Finnish airspace.

The possibility of another Chernobyl incident brings Turkey to Ukraine's side.

A Russian airbase situated behind the frontlines receives an alarmingly powerful attack.