Belarus has closed a key escape route for Russian citizens facing military conscription by enforcing travel bans issued by Moscow through a shared border-control database. The move ends a loophole ...

LONDON - Russia will draft 300,000 reservists to support its military campaign in Ukraine, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday in televised remarks. In Moscow's first update on casualty ...

Russia's Defense Ministry says only 12 percent of young men eligible for military service last year were actually drafted into the military. Almost half of those who reported for service were turned ...

Russia is intensifying covert mobilization to offset heavy battlefield losses, targeting vulnerable groups and imposing quotas on businesses, while Belarus has closed escape routes for draft evaders.

Ukraine is facing a major conscription crisis, just as Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that a protracted conflict in the Middle East will hamper its efforts to combat Russia’s invasion. Earlier this ...