Oct 28, 2026 19:35 457 Russia is expanding the recruitment of residents of the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories into military structures through contracts, recruitment and military training in schools. Among the main tools is the volunteer battalion “BARS“, presented to the local population as…
Kenyan athlete Evans Kibet says he traveled to Russia expecting to take part in a cultural event where he would share his experience in sports training. Instead, he ended up in the Russian military. According to Kibet, he was asked…
"If you mean people in their 50s, maybe in their early 60s." Some individuals in their sixth decade are "absolutely cracking", Commodore Prest said, "sharp as a tack" and still "physically fit", and so could be put to good use. "I mean,…
Russia is stepping up the number of Africans it recruits to counter a personnel shortage in its military and is targeting some of the continent’s most dysfunctional states for manpower, a presentation obtained from people familiar with Ukraine’s intelligence service…
The UK Parliament website states: "During the spring of 1939, the deteriorating international situation forced the British Government under Neville Chamberlain to consider preparations for a possible war against Nazi Germany. "Plans for limited conscription for single men aged between 20 and…
Ukraine’s latest military recruitment drive has failed to gain traction, with the number of new contracts signed amounting to a “drop in the ocean,” Ukrainskaya Pravda has reported. Kiev has been struggling with acute manpower shortages as it suffers heavy…
In brief: Residents of Omsk accuse military recruiters of abducting men, beating them and forcing them to sign contracts to fight in Ukraine, as reports of coercive recruitment spread across 33 Russian regions and occupied Crimea. Omsk, one of Siberia’s three…
The move follows efforts by Kenya and South Africa to stop their citizens from joining the Russian army. Russia is shifting its recruitment focus for its war in Ukraine to people from countries including Burundi and Zimbabwe, as it seeks…
"Plans for limited conscription for single men aged between 20 and 22 were given parliamentary approval under the Military Training Act in May 1939. "This required men to undertake six months' military training, and some 240,000 registered for service." However, once war was declared,…
Primorsky Krai’s regional Labor Ministry said social payments in the krai could be temporarily delayed. Primorsky Kraiâs regional Labor Ministry said social payments in the krai could be temporarily delayed The ministry said the regional budget is currently â…
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