A St. Petersburg legislator initiated legal action against Putin for calling the war in Ukraine "war," violating his own laws.

A colonel in the Russian army is facing house arrest for two months for taking a washing machine as a bribe.

According to an internal, Kremlin poll, 55% of Russians favor negotiations with Ukraine, and only 25% are in favor of continuing the war.

A US Air Force plane has drawn ire for reportedly flying near a Russian base in a less-than-PG-rated path.

Russia has begun training its army for the event of a nuclear weapon deployed on its home territory.

“Now they have been abandoned without command. They are in some village in the Luhansk region. They need to get out of there because now they are attacked again by an army of enemies. How will they return to Russia? What will happen to them next? We can’t even imagine.”

– Irina, wife of a Russian soldier mobilized in Ukraine

The Russian State Duma has announced that parents of three or more children can have their draft deferred.

Recent crowdfunding efforts in Ukraine raised almost $10m in 24 hours for kamikaze drones.

Two days after declaring martial law in four Ukrainian regions, Vladimir Putin quietly put the Russian economy on a military footing.

A plane was turned around when it was discovered that the co-pilot had been drafted.

"We hope and pray that you return alive and healthy [and] that you return victorious, having defended the security and independence of our country."

– Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin,
announcing the end to mobilization in the capital.

The Russian military has assured local governments that they don't need to worry about canceling New Years' festivities because of the mobilization and conflict in Ukraine.