He was told he would be sent to war. These units are often sent in to battle as the “first wave” and a number of Russian deserters have told the BBC that “troublemakers” who object to the ...

3. A fight occurred at Timber Ridge, yesterday, between a portion of Company F of the Two Hundred and First Pennsylvania Mounted Infantry and some delinquent conscripts and deserters congregated ...

ITV News' Europe Editor James Mates met two Russian deserters in France ... by any industrialised nation in a conflict since World War II. Accurate numbers are difficult, given the Russian ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia, which could put Kyiv at a clear ...