Senators have discussed ways to counter foreign attempts to undermine the country’s military strength Russia may toughen its laws against draft dodging and undermining the capability of its armed forces. Members of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament discussed possible criminalization of ‘draft sabotage’ at a roundtable last Friday.

Valentina Shulgina, the last surviving woman who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad, passed away on Sunday at the age of 101. She left for the frontlines of the Second World War aged just 19, taking command as lieutenant of a medical platoon of 21 people, having just finished training in the city of Tomsk as…

Aleksey Arestovich believes army commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny was right to say that the hostilities with Russia are at a “stalemate” A conflict is brewing between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and the country’s top military brass over the former’s reluctance to admit that Kiev’s counteroffensive has ground to a halt, Aleksey Arestovich, a former aide to…