Finland should increase the amount that is paid to conscripts, according to Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP). The ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

The annual spring decree calling up around 150,000 conscripts to the Russian military signed by President Vladimir Putin was published in Moscow on Sunday in line with longstanding practice. The ...

These are the European countries where citizens are expected to serve: ...

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 ...

Reservists serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the Operation Swords of Iron demonstrated significantly greater psychological resilience than conscripts, according to a new study by ...