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Articles with tag "Russian military"

Ukraine Says It Received 84K Missing Person Requests From Families of Russian Soldiers

The “I Want to Find” hotline, launched in January 2024, claimed that the true number of missing Russian troops is likely two to three times higher...

Russian Court May Release Jailed Army General Popov to Fight in Ukraine – TASS

Popov, who was arrested on fraud charges, reportedly asked Putin to allow him to “continue smashing the enemy” in Ukraine in a letter last month.
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Putin Increases Spring Conscription Target to 160K

Russia holds biannual conscription drives, with men aged 18-30 eligible for mandatory service.
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Jailed Army General Popov Appeals to Putin for Return to Military Service

In a letter to Putin, Major General Ivan Popov claimed he had been “subjected to unjust prosecution” on fraud charges.
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Russia Says Evacuated Over 350 Civilians From Retaken Areas in Kursk Region

The civilians became trapped when Ukraine launched its surprise incursion in August 2024, more than two years into Russia's offensive.
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Russian General Kirillov Was Hospitalized With Gunshot Wound Months Before Assassination – RFE/RL

The injury was reportedly unrelated to combat, but the date, location and circumstances of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov’s shooting remain unclear...
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Yandex Users Flooded With Russian Army Recruitment Ads in 2024

Russia’s top search engine displayed more than 1 billion military recruitment ads last year.
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Russian Soldier Convicted of Killing 4 Fellow Servicemen Sentenced to Life in Prison – Mediazona

A military court found Corporal Nikita Posmetukhov guilty of murder and violence against military authorities during an armed conflict.
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Russian Courts Processed Record 20K Cases of Missing or Dead Persons in 2024 – Mediazona

Mediazona linked the surge to the Russian military’s apparent efforts to replenish its ranks while avoiding compensation payments to families of missing...
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Samara Region Offers Record $40K Bonuses for High-Risk Assault Deployments in Ukraine

“Of course, they’re going to send us to get slaughtered. Nobody in our country just throws money around,” a soldier told Vyorstka.
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Russian Diplomats Make First Syria Visit Since Assad’s Fall

The visit comes as Moscow looks to secure the fate of its bases in Tartus and Khmeimim.
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Verified Russian Deaths in Ukraine War Exceed 90K

Yet BBC Russia and Mediazona believe their verified figures represent only about half of the actual death toll.
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Russia and Uzbekistan Sign Military Strategic Partnership Plan

The plan outlines 50 unspecified “joint military activities” scheduled for 2025, followed by broader strategic initiatives between 2026 and 2030.
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Syria Terminates Russian Naval Base Deal – Reports

Authorities in the port city of Tartus reportedly annulled the agreement and demanded the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces.
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Siberian Police Arrest Military Officer Filmed Beating Soldiers

Pro-war bloggers had earlier published videos of a military police officer striking two soldiers with a baton and using a stun gun on one of them.
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Moscow Accuses Ukraine of Killing Civilians in Occupied Border Region

Russian state media outlets had published a video that they said showed Russian troops discovering several dead bodies in a dark basement.
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Russian Army Claims Liberation of Over 60% of Occupied Kursk Territory

Russia said it has retaken 801 square kilometers of territory initially seized by Ukrainian troops after their surprise incursion last year.
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Russian Soldier Jailed for Accidentally Shooting Down Friendly Helicopter

Captain Igor Pashkov turned himself in to the authorities last May, “admitting that he could have made a fatal mistake,” Kommersant reported.
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Russia Claims Capture of 2 More East Ukraine Villages

Russia's military said its troops had "liberated" the villages of Lozova in the northeastern Kharkiv region and Krasnoye — called Sontsivka in Ukraine...
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Russian Military’s Chemical Weapons Chief Killed in Moscow Blast

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov is the most senior military official to be killed in a bomb attack since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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