In the this autumn, the Russians adopted a novel form of punishment for backsliders in their ranks.  Soldiers deemed to have shown insufficient resilience in the face of the enemy were organised into penal battalions, or shtrafniki.

Russian paratrooper’s war memoir is a devastating critique of that army's morale as the invasion of Ukraine continues

In 2019, Rosanna and her husband Wes Quirke became parents to Sophia, who was born via gestational surrogate in Ukraine

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