Moscow Struggling To Find New Conscripts To Fight In Ukraine Says Ukrainian Defense Ministry
Russia is reportedly struggling to recruit new soldiers because potential conscripts are afraid they might die in Ukraine.
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Russia is reportedly struggling to recruit new soldiers because potential conscripts are afraid they might die in Ukraine.
Despite being surrounded by the Russians, the remaining Ukrainian forces in Mariupol have refused to surrender and launched a counterattack.
The Russians have launched a new reenergized offensive on the eastern flank, signaling the start of the battle of Donbas.
Putin’s forces captured British fighters Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner after they defended the Ukrainian city of Mariupol with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russians are now using them for propaganda.
Major General Vladimir Frolov, the deputy commander of Russia’s 8th Army, is the 8th Russian general killed in Ukraine.
SOFREP asked Publisher Brandon Webb, “What happens if Russia wins?”
Russian officials warns that it will arm nukes in Kaliningrad if Sweden and Finland join NATO.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) asked their government for more funding as they are running out of cash to give their casualties a proper funeral.
Lieutenant Colonel Denis Mezhuev, commander of the 1st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, has been killed in Ukraine.
A video has been released by the Russian Defence Ministry purporting to show the crew of the cruiser Moskva and her Captain believed to have been killed when the ship was hit by one or more Ukrainian anti-ship cruise missiles. We are skeptical of this.
Russian soldier Alexey Bychkov assigned to a unit operating in Ukraine, was arrested by Russian police due to him sexually abusing a baby. The videos could not be verified whether they were taken in Ukraine or before the invasion.
Russia accuses Ukraine of bombing Russian villages. They even go as far as explaining why Ukraine would do so, but is this a case of Russia projecting its own motives for bombing civilians onto Ukraine?