Russian and Ukrainian soldiers will eventually largely lay down their arms, but as the Soviet Afghanistan War shows, ...

Their burden could grow heavier if returning Chechen soldiers, whom Moscow has deployed extensively in Ukraine, choose to revisit their independence ambitions. Other nationalist and extremist ...

Roman Ivanishin has been accused of surrendering himself to Ukraine and telling other soldiers to ditch the army - although ...

One said he entered Russia as a rehab therapist, the other as a tourist. Both were eventually captured on the front lines, ...

Ivanishin, who was reported to have denied all the charges, will serve his sentence in a maximum security facility ...

Chinese social media platforms often feature pro-Russia videos — from Chechen special forces showing off captured NATO weapons to clips of young Russian soldiers labeled as "handsome big brothers." ...

A Russian military court sentenced soldier Roman Ivanishin to 15 years in prison after convicting him of desertion and voluntary surrender to Ukraine. This marks Russia's first prosecution of such a ...

A Russian military court sentenced a soldier to 15 years in prison for voluntarily surrendering to Ukraine, Moscow’s first such prosecution, according to state outlets.

A Russian military court on Tuesday jailed a soldier for 15 years after convicting him of desertion and voluntary surrender to Ukraine, Russia's first such prosecution, the Kommersant newspaper ...