Some 49,000 soldiers have deserted from the Russian army. But to avoid the harshest charges or being sent forcibly back to ...

no medals for you,” when asked about awards. These actions, combined with significant losses, have heightened tensions between soldiers and their commanders. As a result, cases of sabotage and ...

The Ukrianians then come out with their hands above their heads as a Russian soldier points a gun at them and begins patting them down while more Kremlin fighters arrive. The Russian blogger video ...

“I don’t need these medals ... Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr described how he was sitting at a military medal ceremony in a university building basement Sunday when two Russian ballistic ...

Baza reported that the Russian soldier fled with a Kalashnikov machine gun and 70 rounds of ammunition, "but the weapon was presumably found not far from the scene of the incident." A self-defense ...

A Russian soldier has defected to Ukraine, according to the Freedom for Russia Legion, the “I Want to Live Project,” and the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. The defected soldier – with the ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets ...