A recent investigation by RFE/RL's Schemes unit revealed that a senior Russian commander shared a meme among fellow officers that read, 'It's not a war crime if it was fun.' The sentiment is ...

Russian soldiers have described the harrowing moments they saw their fellow soldiers executed for refusing to obey orders. As the war enters its fifth year, the UK ministry of defence estimates that 1 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four Russian soldiers have exposed the horror and brutality of conditions on their side of the front lines in Ukraine, with two ...

RFE/RL’s Ukrainian and Russian investigative units obtained three years of correspondence sent and received by a top Russian general fighting in Ukraine. Jokes about torture, mutilation, and ...

A decorated Russian general boasted to his wife about torturing and murdering captive Ukrainians in messages revealed by ...

If fighting in war didn't kill you, then deserting the battlefield surely would! Find out why "cowards" were put to death if they refused to fight or bailed on their fellow soldiers during battle, in ...

Russian soldiers get cash pay-outs depending on the severity of their wounds - Copyright AFP Olga MALTSEVA Russian soldiers get cash pay-outs depending on the ...

After losing his right leg on the battlefield in Ukraine, Dmitry, a former fighter with Russia's Wagner paramilitary group, is walking again thanks to a new prosthetic limb. With hundreds of thousands ...

A seasoned soldier, he told AFP he was impressed by the support Moscow offered wounded veterans -- contrasting it with a sense of abandonment after the Soviet Union's war in Afghanistan or the Chechen ...

Soldiers assigned to the 11th Airborne Division executed a nighttime air assault last week at Yukon Training Area, Alaska, during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 26-02. The operation was ...