Almost a year has passed since partial mobilization was announced in Russia. In September of last year, around 300,000 men were called to the front. Although all of them had previously done their army service, they were ordinary workers, office clerks, managers, and businessmen before being conscripted. A soldier with the military call sign ‘Ural’,…

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Kiev has some work to do before it can enter the US-led military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg has said NATO leaders have agreed to invite Ukraine to join the bloc, but the time is not right, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said. The US-led bloc’s chief had earlier ruled out Ukrainian accession while the country is embroiled…