US tells Ukraine to lower conscription age to 18The outgoing US administration of President Joe Biden urged Ukraine Wednesday to reduce the minimum conscription age to 18 from 25 to tackl...
28 Nov, 2024, 07.30 AM IST
Trump taps retired general Keith Kellogg for key Ukraine conflict roleUS President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named staunch loyalist and retired general Keith Kellogg as his Ukraine envoy, charged with en...
28 Nov, 2024, 06.51 AM IST
Media investigation identifies 66,000 Russian soldiers killed in UkraineIndependent Russian media outlet Mediazona reported that over 66,000 Russian military personnel have died in Ukraine. The figure, compiled ...
31 Aug, 2024, 06.27 PM IST
Budget 2024: Let's go down AgnipathBudget 2024: Recent deaths of 18 'Agniveers' have reignited the debate on the effectiveness of the Agnipath scheme in India's defense budge...
22 Jul, 2024, 12.19 AM IST
Russia-Ukraine war: Why people are getting legs broken by doctorsLocal media in Ukraine has reported advertisements on Telegram which offered “a unique opportunity to avoid mobilization without leaving th...
11 Jul, 2024, 08.00 PM IST
Germany considers drafting teens as Putin boosts nuclear readinessGermany is considering reintroducing compulsory military service for all 18-year-olds, a move fueled by heightened geopolitical pressures, ...
13 May, 2024, 04.00 PM IST
NATO weighs a plan to provide long-term military help to Ukraine as Russian troops assert controlNATO is considering a plan to provide more stable military support to Ukraine amid Russian advances on the battlefield. The proposal aims t...
03 Apr, 2024, 06.27 PM IST
Russia's Putin signs decree on spring military conscriptionPutin signs decree calling 150,000 for military service. Men must serve or train from 18. Parliament extended conscription age to 30. Limit...
01 Apr, 2024, 08.18 AM IST
Russia to expand number of men liable for compulsory military serviceRussia will keep compulsory military service for 18-year-olds, state media reported on Friday, permanently increasing the number of young m...
21 Jul, 2023, 03.30 PM IST
Russia's chaotic draft leaves some out in cold, without gearSince Putin announced the mobilization Sept. 21, independent media, human rights activists and those called up have painted a bleak picture...
26 Oct, 2022, 01.36 PM IST
Russia launches conscription drive amid Ukraine conflictThe Russian military holds two annual draft sessions, in spring and autumn, when it recruits eligible men aged 18 to 27 to serve for a year...
01 Apr, 2022, 05.26 PM IST
Europe struggles to meet mounting needs of Ukraine's fleeing millionsThe millions who have left Ukraine since Russia's invasion began have made their way on foot, by rail, bus or car to neighbouring countries...
23 Mar, 2022, 12.41 PM IST
Flow of Ukrainian refugees testing limits of central Europe's capacityMost of the Ukrainians have arrived at border points in Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary, data compiled by the U.N. refugee agency sho...
20 Mar, 2022, 07.54 PM IST
Czechs will look after Ukraine's 'wives and children', says PMWith men of conscription age prevented from leaving Ukraine, mostly women and children have crossed into the European Union at border point...
19 Mar, 2022, 07.09 PM IST
Israel PM Naftali Bennett returns from surprise trip to RussiaIsrael PM Naftali Bennett's trip was the latest attempt at diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Israel is one of the few countries that ...
06 Mar, 2022, 01.06 PM IST
'Please close the sky' Ukrainian refugees pleadAt the Medyka crossing, Poland's busiest, along its roughly 500-kilometre (310-mile) border with Ukraine, refugees called for a no-fly zone...
05 Mar, 2022, 05.26 PM IST
Thousands cross borders out of Ukraine, men told to stay and fightIn Poland, which has the region's largest Ukrainian community of about 1 million people, authorities said wait times to cross the border ra...
25 Feb, 2022, 08.35 PM IST