Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Russia could start conscripting women to join the war against Ukraine as part of ongoing mobilization efforts, according ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed the conscription of an additional 147,000 soldiers on Thursday. That number is an increase of 9% over last year’s spring conscription decree. This conscription ...

Large numbers of recruits will arrive at the front in the coming weeks, soldiers and military analysts said, but some are poorly trained or out of shape. By Constant Méheut Reporting from Kyiv, ...