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Exiled Russian oligarch says 'big cities are going to end up in coffins' if Putin sends conscripts from urban areas to Ukraine
During an interview with the Atlantic Council, Khodorkovsky said Russian President Vladimir Putin b…
Azmi Haroun
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Inside Roman Abramovich's rise from college dropout and Red Army conscript to rubber-duck trader, billionaire oligarch, and wartime peace envoy
Roman Abramovich is Russia's most recognizable oligarch, known for his luxury property, yachts, pri…
Grace Dean,James Dean
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Russia-backed conscripts in Ukraine are so ill equipped that they're using decades-old rifles and forced to drink pond water, report says
Reuters spoke to six people in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, who said the forces fighting with Russia ar…
Sinéad Baker
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A Russian mother said military officers 'lied to my face' and she forced Putin's government to return her 2 conscripted sons who were not supposed to be in Ukraine
A Russian mother told the BBC that her two sons were conscripted into the military and found out la…
Azmi Haroun
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Korean Zombie once felt he missed a shot at Conor McGregor because of military conscription, but is back chasing UFC gold on Fight Island
The cult hero Korean Zombie can win a first title shot that was denied to him by Korean army servic…
Alan Dawson
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What it's like to be a conscript in the Russian military
Hundreds of thousands of young Russian men are drafted into the country's military every year, a pr…
Mike Bird
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Summary executions and forced conscription: 'A complete meltdown of humanity' is underway in Aleppo
An estimated 100,000 people are still trapped in a "hellish corner" of less than one mile of territ…
Natasha Bertrand
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Russia's Pullback From The Ukrainian Border Exposes Its Army's Dependence On Conscripts
Putin likely realizes that the incoming conscripts are in need of training. The Russian military's …
Jeremy Bender
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A Soviet Conscript Who Was Captured By The Nazis Shares His WWII Experience In An Eye-Opening Reddit AMA
When I was marching for the Germans, we came upon a village that had been through a big fight. Ther…
Jeremy Bender
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Russia is sending troops with zero combat experience to a key part of the front, Ukraine says
A Ukrainian official said that Russian troops now reinforcing Vovchansk, in Kharkiv, "have never se…
Mia Jankowicz
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An elite Russian commander told Moscow's troops that they would 'go to heaven' if they died in Kursk
A Russian special forces unit commander told the parents of conscripts that their children would go…
Aditi Bharade
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Russia is counterattacking in Kursk and could be trying to split Ukrainian forces, military experts say
Russia appears to have launched a counteroffensive in Kursk, claiming to have recaptured 10 settlem…
Mia Jankowicz
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The West is trying to starve the wrong part of Russia's war machine, defense experts say
Russia is amassing artillery faster than Ukraine can knock it out. The West could help by targeting…
Michael Peck
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Russia needs men so badly that its sign-up bonuses are reaching on par with the US military's
Russia has raised recruitment bonuses to $22,000 to attract more soldiers, placing it on par with t…
Aditi Bharade
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Videos of Russian soldiers appearing to surrender en masse suggest inexperience and desperation, experts say
Experts said the number of videos that show Russian soldiers surrendering to Ukraine in Kursk is ex…
Sinéad Baker
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Russia has likely diverted thousands of soldiers to counter Ukraine offensive, US officials say
Ukraine likely hoped its Kursk incursion would force Russia to thin its frontlines, but they're jus…
Mia Jankowicz
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She grew up in Ukraine, studied accounting, and joined the army. But since Russia invaded, she did a hard career pivot — twice.
The war has created a big need for blue-collar workers in Ukraine. Women, like 32-year-old Yuliia K…
Shubhangi Goel
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Russia has lost access to CERN in a sign that its war in Ukraine is causing a major scientific brain drain
CERN is revoking access to 500 scientists from Russian institutions over the Ukraine war, in a move…
Mia Jankowicz
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Ukraine says over 100 Russian soldiers surrendered in one go after being abandoned by their commanders in Kursk
Ukrainian intelligence posted footage of dozens of uniformed men held captive by its troops, saying…
Matthew Loh
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One of Ukraine's main goals in invading Russia appears to be working
Russia is pulling troops from its invasion force in Ukraine to help defend against Kyiv's audacious…