Will you be a peaceful ruler that focuses building alliances and trade deals with other nations or will you be a cold-blooded tyrant and raise an army to conquer the world by force? Sid Meier's ...

Despite losing more than 800,000 troops killed and wounded in the first three years of its wider war on Ukraine, the Russian military has still managed to sustain a front-line force of no fewer ...

Russian serviceman patrols near the captured piont of defence of the Ukrainian army outside the town of Schast'ye on June 11, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. (Photo by Yuri ...

A video appeared in Russian Telegram channels showing Russian soldiers being punished for their refusal to go into "meat assaults". The video was reportedly filmed in Kyzyl (Tyva republic of ...

Amid a spate of insubordination, Russian soldiers in the Zaporizhzhia region report constant torture, intimidation, and theft of salary cards by their commanders, according to the Atesh movement. An ...

A Russian soldier who was "killed by Ukrainian tank fire" stunned morgue staff by climbing out of his black body bag. Igor Kononenko, 37 has recalled the moment a duty guard promptly fainted ...

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The Russian soldier knelt beside the dying Ukrainian as he sent a final message to his mother. Now pictures and videos of the Russian fighter, believed to be from the Republic of Sakha in North ...

More than 400,000 Russian soldiers are reported to have died while fighting in Ukraine in 2024 [File: Shamil Zhumatov (Reuters) Russian forces spent four months taking Avdiivka, and two months ...

Ukraine The war of attrition between Russia and Ukraine is killing soldiers at a pace unseen in Europe since World War II. Ukrainian artillery fire, explosive drones and mines are killing Russian ...

In yet another example of ordinary micromobility vehicles being drafted into military use in Russia’s yearslong attack on Ukraine, a new video has emerged showing a failed Russian assault led ...