Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on March 7 ordering to transfer some conscripts of compulsory basic military service ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Ukraine's President's Office President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has registered in the Verkhovna Rada a bill ...

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On January 30, 2026, a Russian military court issued the first sentence in a case involving theft from a classified Defense Ministry facility in the Leningrad region. Seven service members — four ...

Young people called up for conscription service who cannot speak Estonian at the B1 level will be required to undertake state-funded year-long mandatory language courses in the future and delay their ...

(CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin made a big promise when he launched his war on Ukraine: conscripts would not be involved in combat. But as Moscow struggles to contain Ukrainian advances ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a decree on March 7 providing for prewar conscripts still serving in the two-year-old war against Russia to be discharged into Ukraine's reserves within the next ...

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to enroll into the army 147,000 conscripts aged between 18 and 27 during the spring draft. The spring drafting period in Russia will start April 1 and end June ...

Conscripts entering not only the Army but also the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps will now undergo pre-enlistment medical and psychological screenings by the Military Manpower Administration (MMA) ...

Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) signed a regulation that will raise the number of conscripts in 2027 to 4,100. Starting in 2027, the length of conscription will be extended to 12 months for ...

The Kremlin is planning to roll out a database to track the movements of conscripts evading President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, according to Kyiv intelligence. The Institute for the Study of ...